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Health secretary calls on Congress and states to do more to help contain monkeypox outbreak
People wait in line for the monkeypox vaccine at the Balboa Sports Center in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on July 27, 2022. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. health secre...
U.S. to release 786,000 additional monkeypox vaccine doses as outbreak spreads
The U.S. will make 786,000 additional monkeypox vaccine doses available to local health departments “as soon as possible” after the Food and Drug Administration approved the shots for dist...
WHO recommends gay, bisexual men limit sexual partners to reduce spread
People line up outside the Test Positive Aware Network nonprofit clinic to receive the monkeypox vaccine in Chicago, Illinois, July 25, 2022 Eric Cox | Reuters The World Health Organization on Wednesd...
Coronavirus Likely Emerged In Wuhan Market, New Studies Find
Topline A pair of studies suggest the coronavirus originally jumped from animals to humans in a market in Wuhan, not a laboratory. Two studies find that coronavirus stemmed from the Huanan Market in W...
Researchers Find More Symptoms Of Long Covid
Topline Long Covid sufferers endure a wider set of symptoms than previously thought, according to new research published Monday in Nature Medicine, the latest study to shed light on the poorly underst...
President Joe Biden likely has Covid-19 BA.5 variant; symptoms improving
President Joe Biden, who tested positive today for Covid-19 this morning, posts on Twitter “Folks, I’m doing great. Thanks for your concern. Just called Senator Casey, Congressman Cartwrig...
WHO declares spreading monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency
Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images The World Health Organization has activated its highest alert level for the growing monkeypox outbreak, declaring the virus a public health emergency of inte...
Biden administration considering public health emergency
A Northwell Health staff member holds the monkeypox vaccine, at Cherry Grove on Fire Island, New York, where monkey pox vaccines were administered on July 14, 2022. James Carbone | Newsday | Getty Ima...
Polio case confirmed in New York state, health-care providers told to look for more
Polio virus, illustration. Each virus particle is composed of a protein coat around a core containing RNA genetic material. This virus infects children and causes the disease poliomyelitis or infantil...
President Biden tests positive for Covid-19, has mild symptoms
President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19, the White House said Thursday. The 79-year-old president, who is fully vaccinated and has received two booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid ...
CDC panel recommends Novavax vaccine for adults
In this photo illustration a silhouette of a man holding a medical syringe and a vial seen displayed in front of the Novavax logo on a screen. Cezary Kowalski | Lightrocket | Getty Images The Centers ...
Texas sues Biden administration over abortion rule
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a news conference after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in President Joe Biden’s bid to rescind a Trump-era immigration policy that fo...
Hospitalizations have doubled since May as omicron BA.5 sweeps U.S.
Medical staff treat coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient Frank Clark in his room on an isolated medical unit floor at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, January 5, 2022. Shannon Stapl...
HHS says physicians must provide abortions in medical emergencies, regardless of state law
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during the coronavirus disease (...
U.S. scientists to enroll 40,000 in high-stakes, $1.2 billion Recover study
A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 test at testing site in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The National Institutes of He...
Hot job market and Great Resignation persist despite recession threat
Mixetto | E+ | Getty Images Workers are still reaping the benefits of a hot labor market characterized by few layoffs, ample job openings and a high level of voluntary departures, according to U.S. De...
China’s Auto Sales Are Booming. Can the Rebound Last?
Text size China’s auto market is showing a robust rebound. Here: a BYD Tang vehicle at the company’s showroom in Beijing. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg While the recent recovery in much of China’s ...
EU airlines face strikes, struggle to find workers post-covid summer travel
Some airlines and airports are struggling with the post-covid demand for travel. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images LONDON — Delays, cancellations and strikes. It’s been a messy time...
What’s required to travel to Thailand? Only one Covid document now
Travelers wondering what it’s like to visit Thailand now may be interested to know the country is “allowing almost everything” again. That’s according to the Tourism Authority ...
Pfizer Raises Covid-19 Vaccine Price 27%. What It Means for the Stock.
Text size Pfizer said it has signed a deal to supply the U.S. with vaccines in the fall, while Moderna has yet to announce a sale. Jacob King – WPA Pool / Getty Images Pfizer has raised the U.S....
U.S. to deploy nearly 300,000 monkeypox vaccine doses to fight outbreak
Mock-up vials labeled “Monkeypox vaccine” are seen in this illustration taken, May 25, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The U.S. will deploy nearly 300,000 monekypox vaccine doses in the coming...
FDA panel recommends changing Covid shots to fight omicron this fall
A healthcare worker prepares a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, Janua...
Maternal Death Rates Soared During Pandemic—Especially Among Black And Hispanic Women, Study Finds
Topline Maternal deaths soared during the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly among Black and Hispanic women, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open on Tuesday, underscoring the vast inequali...
World Health Organization says monkeypox is not a global health emergency right now
The World Health Organization on Saturday said the rapid spread of monkeypox across dozens of nations does not represent a global health emergency at this time. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghe...
Several states immediately institute abortion bans after Roe ruling
Pro-life demonstrators hold signs in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as they await its decision on the legality of a Republican-backed Louisiana law that imposes restrictions on abortion doctors in Wa...
CDC panel recommends Moderna two-dose Covid vaccine for kids ages 6 to 17
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to clear Moderna‘s two-dose Covid-19 vaccine for kindergartners through high schoolers for public distribution this week after the agen...
CDC advisors recommend Covid vaccines for children as young as 6 months
A child is administered a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pediatric vaccine. Mayela Lopez | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent vaccin...
Have You Been Vaccinated And Had A Covid Infection? You’re Probably Best Protected Against Omicron, Study Suggests.
Topline A previous Covid infection provided more “durable” protection against infection with the omicron variant than two or three doses of Pfizer or Moderna’s vaccines—but protectio...
Here’s what the Fed’s highest rate hike in 28 years means for you
What the federal funds rate means to you The federal funds rate, which is set by the central bank, is the interest rate at which banks borrow and lend to one another overnight. Although that’s n...
FDA committee recommends Moderna two-dose Covid vaccine for kids ages 6 to 17
A young man receives his Covid-19 vaccination at a vaccination clinic. People receive the Moderna vaccine in Milford, Pennsylvania. Preston Ehrler | LightRocket | Getty Images Moderna’s two-dose...