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Elmo got his Covid-19 vaccine.

Washington (AFP) - US health authorities said Tuesday they were immediately releasing 56,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine -- five times the number distributed so far -- to areas of high transmission as part of a major escalation of the country's immunization strategy.

The major U.S. cruise lines still require pre-cruise covid tests. Signs suggest those rules could be loosened or even go away.

Giving birth is deadly for Black women. Ending abortion is going to make it worse

Although the chief justice's incrementalism did not sway his colleagues, his observations about the meaning of a "right to choose" could be relevant in state legislatures.

MIAMI — Dozens of South Florida pharmacies, community health centers, children’s hospitals and pediatricians received delivery this week of the first COVID-19 vaccines available for children as young as 6 months old — much earlier than anticipated after state officials missed a deadline for preordering the shots.

Researchers found 50 genetic mutations in the virus, when they would usually expect 10

The testing system set up by the CDC actually deters doctors from ordering a monkeypox test, and many physicians aren't familiar with the disease, resulting in too few tests and little tracking.

‘I’m feeling really fine,’ says 81-year-old