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Dr. Demetre Daskalakis is steering the U.S. monkeypox response. A month into the job, he sees signs of success, but there's still more to be done.
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The COVID-19 vaccine strategy may be shifting toward Americans getting yearly vaccinations, like many do with annual flu shots.
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Religious rules guiding Catholic health care systems often mean their doctors can't prescribe contraceptives or perform tubal ligations. And sometimes that leaves patients with few other options.
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While the impacts of climate change may conjure images of natural disasters, a new study shows that its can also impact humans on a microscopic level.
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The Biden administration is pausing its distribution of free COVID-19 tests this week, but you can still order new ones before the end date.
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Know-how gained through the pandemic is seeping into other public health areas. But in a nation that has chronically underfunded its public health system, it’s hard to know which changes will stick.
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Animal carriers of the virus include various rodents, dogs, primates, hedgehogs and shrews, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Wastewater testing has proved a reliable early alarm bell for COVID-19 outbreaks. U.S. researchers are now adapting the approach to track the explosive spread of monkeypox, and maybe other viruses.
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Declaring a public health emergency can free up resources to help the administration respond to the monkeypox outbreak. So far more than 6,000 people in the U.S. have been infected.
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Despite the increase in cases, Governor Ron DeSantis says he will not declare a public health emergency, arguing it's not necessary at this point.
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Monkeypox cases in California, Illinois and New York make up nearly half of the nationwide total. The governors in those states have all declared a state of emergency to help address the outbreaks.
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The country's monkeypox outbreak can still be stopped, U.S. health officials said Thursday, despite rising case numbers and so far limited vaccine supplies.