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Category: Health
Monkeypox vaccine rollout marred by glitches in Ne...
The city has struggled to respond to a growing monkeypox outbreak, the first major public health crisis since the Covid pandemic b...
A better way to measure immunity in children
Some scientists believe that a clearer picture of Covid vaccine efficacy could have emerged sooner if investigators had tracked ce...
When pregnancy risks meet abortion and health care...
Even before the wave of abortion bans, medical treatment and advice for pregnancy has largely focused on fetal safety over the mot...
Not just for birds: bird flu also kills wild mamma...
As a new version of bird flu spread through North America this spring, scientists began finding the virus in red foxes, bobcats an...
Tattoo artists face a grayer palette in Europe
The E.U. has prohibited some pigments, deeming them potentially hazardous to humans. Artists and manufacturers around the world ar...
Despite another Covid surge, deaths remain near lo...
Most Americans now carry some immune protection, experts said, whether from vaccines, infection or both.
Vaccines for young children are coming, but many p...
The vaccines seem safe for children and are likely to protect against severe illness. But data on efficacy is thin, and most child...
F.D.A. Aims to reduce smoking by reducing levels o...
The move would be an effort to further wean Americans from addictive tobacco products and reduce smoking-related illnesses.
Britain declares national incident after polio vir...
No cases of polio have been identified so far, but health officials urged those who were not fully immunized to seek vaccines imme...
Florida Meningococcal Disease Epidemic Grows, C.D....
So far, 26 cases, including seven deaths, have been identified, primarily in men who have sex with men.
Scientists zero in on origins of monkeypox outbrea...
Even as cases rise, genetic analysis suggests that the virus has been silently circulating in people since 2018.
F.D.A. Order Juul to stop selling e-cigarettes
The agency ruled against the company’s application to stay on the market, a decisive blow to a once-popular vaping brand that appe...