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Health Helen Branswell

Push to double up on Covid booster and flu shot may have a downside, experts caution

Health Brittany Trang

Stress and depression are better long Covid indicators than physical comorbidities, new study says

Health Helen Branswell

Study raises concerns about the effectiveness of the monkeypox vaccine

Health Helen Branswell, Matthew Herper and Sarah Owermohle

Your questions on the new Covid vaccine boosters answered

Health Helen Branswell

A Q&A with WHO’s Maria Van Kerkhove on Covid — and fatigue over the pandemic

Health Matthew Herper

FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna Covid boosters targeted against Omicron strains

Health Andrew Joseph

Texas reports death tied to monkeypox, a first in the U.S.

Health Megan Molteni, Helen Branswell, Andrew Joseph and Jason Mast

10 key questions about monkeypox the world needs to answer

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Health Helen Branswell

Complexity of Covid vaccine program leads to concerns about potential for error

First Opinion Awi Federgruen

Vaccine guarantees can help prevent the resurgence of polio

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A STAT Investigation Nicholas Florko

With a promising new plan to pay for pricey cures, two states set out to eliminate hepatitis C. But cost hasn’t been the biggest problem

Health Andrew Joseph and Helen Branswell

With increased virus activity, providers urged to be alert for signs of rare polio-like syndrome in kids

Matt's Take Matthew Herper

Don’t let shrill debates keep you from getting a Covid booster

First Opinion Sallie Permar and Jay K. Varma

Polio in New York: A call to action for U.S. pediatricians and public health to work together

Health Edward Chen

Scientists are racing to develop home tests that measure protection against Covid-19

First Opinion Ryan Prior and Kimberly Knackstedt

Biden’s long Covid plan is a good start. But it needs to go further

Health Jason Mast

White House, facing pressure from activists, to accelerate rollout of monkeypox treatments and vaccines

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Risk of ‘brain fog’ and other conditions persists up to two years after Covid infection

Health Helen Branswell

‘What aren’t we facing?’: Immunization leader lays bare challenges to the monkeypox response

Health Helen Branswell

Wastewater monitoring identifies polioviruses in New York City

First Opinion Caitlin Rivers and Tom Inglesby

FDA needs to fully review ACAM2000 before allowing its widespread use as a monkeypox vaccine

First Opinion Mandeep Dhaliwal

Decriminalizing HIV: Scientifically proven and morally correct

Health Theresa Gaffney

With support on monkeypox hard to come by, queer communities turn to one another

Health Megan Molteni

What scientists know — and don’t know — about how monkeypox spreads

Health Akila Muthukumar

As monkeypox spreads, university campuses prepare for another outbreak

Health Helen Branswell

U.S. moves to stretch out supplies of monkeypox vaccine

First Opinion Philip Krause and Luciana L. Borio

Will low-dose vaccination stretch the monkeypox vaccine supply, or backfire?

Health Seth Borenstein — Associated Press

Study connects climate hazards to 58% of infectious diseases

First Opinion Martha Rebour and Purvi Parikh

The U.S. must fully fund global polio eradication efforts

Health Helen Branswell

Polioviruses found in wastewater samples in 2 N.Y. counties, suggesting continued spread

Health Helen Branswell

U.S. declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency

Health Helen Branswell

With monkeypox vaccine in high demand, NIH to test approaches to stretch supplies

Health Elissa Welle

Monoclonal antibody treatment for malaria shows encouraging results