People living with HIV who have monkeypox are hospitalized more than twice as often as other patients diagnosed with the rapidly spreading virus, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Cont...
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U.S. monkeypox outbreak is slowing as vaccines become more accessible, health officials say
The U.S. monkeypox outbreak is slowing as vaccines have become more available and there’s broader public awareness about what actions individuals can take to lower their risk of infection, accor...
New York ends mask mandate for subways, buses and other mass transit
A Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) logo is displayed on the side of a subway train in Manhattan, New York on June 2, 2021. Ed Jones | AFP | Getty Images New Yorkers are no longer required t...
People who recently caught Covid can wait to get omicron booster, health official says
People walk by a Covid-19 testing site at Times Square on May 12, 2022 in New York City. Liao Pan | China News Service | Getty Images People who recently caught Covid can wait a few months to get a ne...
CVS to buy home health giant Signify Health for about $8 billion
CVS Health has reached a deal to acquire in-home health-care company Signify Health for about $8 billion, the companies said Monday. CVS said it will pay $30.50 a share in cash for Signify, an acquisi...
CDC panel recommends new omicron Covid boosters with shots expected to begin next week
Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent committee on vaccines recommended reformulated booster shots that target the latest omicron subvariant...
U.S. health officials brace for another fall Covid surge, but with fewer deaths
People walk past a COVID-19 walk up testing site on July 28, 2022 in New York City. Liao Pan | China News Service | Getty Images Fall is on the horizon and public health officials are again bracing fo...
Texas reports what may be the first U.S. death from monkeypox
Monkeypox virus, illustration. Thom Leach | Science Photo Library | Getty Images Texas health officials said Tuesday that a person diagnosed with monkeypox died in what may be the nation’s first...
Where Amazon is heading in health after the Amazon Care failure
In this photo illustration, the Amazon Basic Care logo is displayed on a smartphone with an Amazon logo in the background. Thiago Prudêncio | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Chalk up another ...
Struggling with long Covid? Here’s what you should and should not eat
Fatigue, brain fog, heart palpitations and breathing difficulties. Those are just some of the common symptoms of “long Covid” that can affect people in the long term after recovery from i...
CDC cautiously optimistic outbreak might be slowing
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is cautiously optimistic that the U.S. is slowing the spread of monkeypox as new cases fall in several major cities. “We’re watching this wit...
Indian health advisory for rare virus infecting children
Tomato flu — so called due to the painful red blisters it produces — has so far been detected in more than 100 children across three states since the first case was reported on May 6. Hindustan Times ...
non-fully vaccinated travelers don’t need quarantine from Monday
People sit outside a bar at Emily Hill in Singapore, on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. Ore Huiying | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore is set to allow non-fully vaccinated travelers to skip quara...
4 takeaways from the Investing Club’s ‘Morning Meeting’ on Monday
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments: Stocks slide to start tradi...
Stalled monkeypox vaccines raise risk of spillover, wider outbreak
There are growing concerns that a monkeypox vaccination drive could be stalled amid a shortage of supply. Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Concerns are mounting that the window of opportunity for con...
Child polio vaccination rate low in some New York areas, increasing outbreak risk
Nurse Lydia Fulton prepares to administer the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine as well as a vaccine used to help prevent the diseases of diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and polio at Children&...
CDC admits Covid response fell short, launches reorganization
Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, Director, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; speaks during the COVID Federal Response Hearing on Capitol Hill on June 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. Joe...
Best Buy to sell OTC hearing aid devices after FDA regulation
Black Friday shoppers leave a Best Buy store in Washington, DC, on November 26, 20221. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images Best Buy said Wednesday that it will offer an expanded collection of hearing p...
Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act into law, setting 15% minimum corporate tax rate
After more than a year of debate over costs, taxes, tax credits and regulations, President Joe Biden finally signed his sweeping tax, health and climate bill into law — albeit a significantly reduced ...
Passage of Inflation Reduction Act gives Medicare historic new powers
A pharmacist collects medications for prescriptions at a pharmacy. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Medicare is poised to renegotiate the prices of some of its most expensive drugs through a hi...
Polio detected in New York City sewage suggesting local circulation of virus
NYC commissioner for health Dr Mary T. Bassett Andy Katz | Pacific Press | Lightrocket | Getty Images Polio has been detected in New York City wastewater, suggesting local circulation of the virus, he...
DOJ plans to retry Philip Esformes despite Trump commuting sentence
Philanthropist Philip Esformes attends the 15th annual Harold & Carole Pump Foundation gala at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on August 7, 2015 in Century City, California. Tiffany Rose | Getty I...
Pharma stocks crater as investors brace for litigation charges
Shares of GSK, Sanofi and Haleon all sold off sharply this week, shedding tens of billions in market value, amid investor fear over potential U.S. litigation charges focused on popular heartburn drug ...
CDC eases guidance as U.S. has more tools to fight the virus
A sign outside of a hospital advertises COVID-19 testing on November 19, 2021 in New York City. On Friday vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention voted unanimously ...
Novavax cuts 2022 revenue guidance in half, stock tanks in after-hours trading
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 Novavax deep...
Hong Kong cuts hotel quarantine for travelers to 3 days
Hong Kong is reducing the amount of time travelers will need to serve hotel quarantine, from seven days down to three starting Friday. “The seven-day quarantine hotel arrangement will be changed...