COVID boosters could save 90,000 lives this winter. Will Americans get them?
How many Americans will die of COVID-19 this winter could depend on how many get their booster shots, a new report shows.
Oct 6, 2022
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Some officials now say monkeypox elimination unlikely in US
Some U.S. health officials are conceding that monkeypox is probably not going away anytime soon.
Oct 1, 2022
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Pandemic federal programs helped kids in need get access to 1.5 billion meals every month
When schools closed during the first year of the pandemic, an immediate and potentially devastating problem surfaced: How would millions of children in struggling families get the school meals many of them depended on?
Sep 9, 2022
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Monkeypox cases dropping, but racial disparities growing
The White House said Wednesday it's optimistic about a decline in monkeypox cases and an uptick in vaccinations against the infectious virus, despite worsening racial disparities in reported cases.
Sep 8, 2022
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Wendy's pulls lettuce from sandwiches amid E. coli outbreak
The fast-food chain Wendy's says it is pulling lettuce from sandwiches in its restaurants in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania after people eating them there reported falling ill.
Aug 20, 2022
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Does decades-old smallpox vaccination protect against monkeypox?
Health officials are scrambling to stretch scarce doses of vaccine to slow the mounting monkeypox outbreak, but do older people already vaccinated as kids for the related but deadlier smallpox virus already have protection?
Aug 17, 2022
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Chinese medical portal censored after doubting herbal 'COVID remedy'
A popular Chinese medical information site has been censored by authorities for "violation of relevant laws and regulations", months after its criticism of a government-backed herbal COVID-19 treatment sent shares in a pharmaceutical ...
Aug 11, 2022
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Fauci to retire by end of biden's term
Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has helped shepherd Americans through the pandemic amid heavy fire from critics, plans to retire as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases by the end of President ...
Jul 19, 2022
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