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Virus Outbreak Los Angeles

Health By Andrew Joseph

Why is Delta such a big deal? And other burning questions about the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic

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Health By Helen Branswell

How the Covid pandemic ends: Scientists look to the past to see the future

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Health By Andrew Joseph

CDC recommends masks indoors even for some vaccinated against Covid-19

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Health By Andrew Joseph

How Delta is pushing the U.S. into a new phase of the Covid-19 pandemic

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Health By STAT staff

When and how will we know if we need Covid-19 booster shots?

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Health By Andrew Joseph

Covid-19 reinfections are rare — but without better data, we don’t know how rare

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Health By Helen Branswell

Positive Covid-19 tests kept a mom and baby apart for 55 days. Experts see it as a bigger testing problem

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Health By Usha Lee McFarling

A user’s guide: How to talk to those hesitant about the Covid-19 vaccine

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First Opinion By Christina Severin and Erin McAleer

Smoothing the path to fighting food insecurity

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Health By Lev Facher

Biden wants $100 rewards for those who get vaccinated against Covid-19 — but there’s little he can do to make it happen

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Health By Nicholas St. Fleur

Virtual event: The next battles in the war against HIV

Michelle Ciappa

Health By Marion Renault

‘There is a real cost’: As Covid shows, barring bedside visitors from ICU deprives patients of the best care

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First Opinion By Leslie Boden, Will Raderman, and Patricia Fabian

Circumventing Covid-19 with better ventilation and air quality

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First Opinion By Peter M. Sandman

Since the CDC’s mid-May guidance on wearing masks, we’re no longer all in this together

Health By Andrew Joseph

Biden to nominate Atul Gawande for global health position

Dr. Rahul Gupta

Politics By Lev Facher

Biden to nominate West Virginia’s Rahul Gupta as drug czar

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First Opinion By Alissa Erogbogbo

Managed care’s role in protecting women from childbirth-related complications

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Politics By Lev Facher

Experts warn full Covid-19 vaccine approval is no quick fix for hesitancy

Virus Outbreak Kids Heart Inflammation

Health By Lauran Neergaard — Associated Press

Pfizer to seek FDA authorization for third, booster dose of its Covid-19 vaccine

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Health By Elizabeth Cooney

Study highlights need for full Covid vaccination to protect against Delta variant

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Health By Helen Branswell

Can we stretch existing Covid vaccines to inoculate more people? Experts are divided

FDA Menthol Cigarettes

Health By Claudia López Lloreda

Smokers of menthol cigarettes have a harder time quitting, large new study finds

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Health By Helen Branswell

12 lessons Covid-19 taught us about developing vaccines during a pandemic

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First Opinion By William Eger and Margaret House

Confronting a legacy of scarcity: a plan for reinvesting in U.S. public health

In the Lab By Andrew Joseph

After racing to help the world understand Covid-19, scientists grapple with how to pick up the research they put on hold

NEJM Dengue Vaccine

Health By Helen Branswell

CDC advisory panel backs use of dengue vaccine in high-risk areas, despite delivery challenges

Oakland California wastewater treatment plant

First Opinion By Aparna Keshaviah

Next steps for wastewater testing to help end this pandemic — and prevent the next one

Adolescent vaccination

Health By Andrew Joseph

Officials note ‘likely association’ between Covid-19 vaccines and rare heart condition in young people

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First Opinion By Vikram Bakhru

Health care is a human right in times of crisis. Why not every day?

Health By Megan Molteni

Sewage sleuths helped an Arizona town beat back Covid-19. For wastewater epidemiology, that’s just the start

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Exclusive By Kathleen McLaughlin

FDA accuses company of distributing unapproved Covid test and using falsified data

Adolescent vaccination

Health By Andrew Joseph

U.S. health officials report higher-than-expected heart inflammation cases following Covid-19 vaccination

Delta variant UK

Health By Andrew Joseph

More transmissible, wilier variant makes Covid-19 vaccinations even more crucial, experts say