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Health Sarah Owermohle

The Biden administration is pushing another round of Covid boosters. Who’s listening?

Officials are starting to push new, variant-targeting vaccines that they say will curb a winter coronavirus wave.

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Health Matthew Herper

FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna Covid boosters targeted against Omicron strains

Health Tech Mohana Ravindranath

One Medical founder Tom Lee on the Amazon deal and striking the right balance with virtual care

Health Kate Sheridan

U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutive decline

Health Andrew Joseph

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

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Health J. Emory Parker and Andrew Joseph

A third Covid autumn is upon us. Here’s a look at where we stand

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

10 key questions about monkeypox the world needs to answer

Health Isabella Cueto

There’s nothing simple about chronic conditions. A complexity researcher has some ideas to improve care

Health Katherine Gilyard

Study: religious practice, spirituality can improve Black Americans’ cardiovascular health

Special Report Usha Lee McFarling

‘So much more to do’: A hospital system’s campaign to confront racism — and resistance to change — makes early strides

Health Olivia Goldhill

Psilocybin shows promise for treating alcohol addiction, new study finds

Health Helen Branswell and Theresa Gaffney

U.S. plan to stretch monkeypox vaccine supply already hitting hurdles

Health Edward Chen

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

Health Isabella Cueto

‘A golden age’: Long neglected in medicine, rare kidney diseases see a surge in research

Health Matthew Herper

Pfizer seeks authorization for updated Covid vaccine, without fresh clinical trial data

Health Andrew Joseph

Anthony Fauci to step down as nation’s top infectious disease official

Health Megan Molteni

Zapping the brain with electricity shown to boost older people’s short- and long-term memory

In the Lab Isabella Cueto

When spinal fluid from ALS patients was put into mice, the mice got weak. An unlikely protein could be the culprit

Health Edward Chen

‘People count on it’: In Boston, a mobile clinic meets health needs in the neighborhood

Health Usha Lee McFarling

‘A poster child’ for diversity in science: Black engineers work to fix long-ignored bias in oxygen readings

Health Angus Chen

Despite overall decline, late-stage cervical cancer cases are rising

Health Jason Mast

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

Health Lev Facher

Biden administration has simple way to cut overdose deaths, experts say: expand methadone access

Health Elizabeth Cooney

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

Health Associated Press

Judge rules CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart owe $650M in opioids suit

Health Helen Branswell

In an effort to address its missteps during Covid, CDC plans an ‘ambitious’ agency overhaul

Health Associated Press

Over-the-counter hearing aids expected this fall in U.S.

Health Andrew Joseph

A complicated fall vaccine campaign: Updated Covid boosters, flu shots, and how to time the jabs

Health Trisha Pasricha

Health

The Biden administration is pushing another round of Covid boosters. Who’s listening?

FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna Covid boosters targeted against Omicron strains

One Medical founder Tom Lee on the Amazon deal and striking the right balance with virtual care

U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutive decline

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

All Coverage

A third Covid autumn is upon us. Here’s a look at where we stand

10 key questions about monkeypox the world needs to answer

There’s nothing simple about chronic conditions. A complexity researcher has some ideas to improve care

Study: religious practice, spirituality can improve Black Americans’ cardiovascular health

‘So much more to do’: A hospital system’s campaign to confront racism — and resistance to change — makes early strides

Psilocybin shows promise for treating alcohol addiction, new study finds

U.S. plan to stretch monkeypox vaccine supply already hitting hurdles

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

‘A golden age’: Long neglected in medicine, rare kidney diseases see a surge in research

Pfizer seeks authorization for updated Covid vaccine, without fresh clinical trial data

Anthony Fauci to step down as nation’s top infectious disease official

Zapping the brain with electricity shown to boost older people’s short- and long-term memory

When spinal fluid from ALS patients was put into mice, the mice got weak. An unlikely protein could be the culprit

‘People count on it’: In Boston, a mobile clinic meets health needs in the neighborhood

‘A poster child’ for diversity in science: Black engineers work to fix long-ignored bias in oxygen readings

Despite overall decline, late-stage cervical cancer cases are rising

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

Biden administration has simple way to cut overdose deaths, experts say: expand methadone access

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

Judge rules CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart owe $650M in opioids suit

In an effort to address its missteps during Covid, CDC plans an ‘ambitious’ agency overhaul

Over-the-counter hearing aids expected this fall in U.S.

A complicated fall vaccine campaign: Updated Covid boosters, flu shots, and how to time the jabs

Pregnancy tests are routine before many surgical procedures. But Dobbs has raised the stakes of a positive result

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