Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from CDC

Missouri Legislative Employee's Pro-Mask-Mandate Speech Protected by First Amendment

From Mayfield v. Miller, decided Tuesday by Judge Douglas Harpool (W.D. Mo.): Plaintiff Tad Mayfield worked for the Missouri House of Representatives … from August 29, 2011, until his termination on August 6, 2020. Plaintiff was employed by the House at the time as a Legislative Specialist II. Defendant Dana…

Reason

Critics fear abortion bans could jeopardize health of pregnant women

The 17 states that ban abortion after 20 weeks make exceptions to protect the life or health of the woman. But doctors and reproductive health advocates worry such exceptions are so vague or narrow that abortion providers are unlikely to invoke them — especially if they fear they could be…

Tribune News Service

US Expands Monkeypox Testing Capacity To Five Commercial Lab Companies

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), started shipping monkeyp

Benzinga

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

US to expand monkeypox testing to large commercial labs

The U.S. plans to start testing for monkeypox at five of the nation’s largest commercial laboratories, broadening its effort beyond government facilities in an effort to address rising case numbers, the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

U.S. expands monkeypox testing in bid to better track scope of outbreak

The CDC has reported 156 confirmed cases as of today.

Axios

News briefs

‘Blue slip’ problem hangs up veterans toxic exposure bill

Tribune News Service

CDC: Historic outbreak of meningococcal disease among LGBTQ men in Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. — At least six people in Florida have died in what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday called “one of the worst outbreaks of meningococcal disease among gay and bisexual men in U.S. history,” with state and health officials and LGBTQ+ groups scrambling to alert…

Orlando Sentinel

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Grocery chain Publix refuses to offer Covid-19 vaccines to children under five

Major pharmacy retailer will not administer vaccines ‘at this time’ to youngest children

The Independent UK

CDC panel recommends US seniors get souped-up flu vaccines

A federal advisory panel says Americans 65 and older should get newer, souped-up flu vaccines

The Independent UK

COVID vaccines are finally here for young kids. But the logistics aren't easy

NPR talks to Claire Hannan, who has helped navigate vaccine rollouts in all 50 states, about some of the challenges involved in quickly getting shots out to millions of young kids.

WEKU

US to drastically reduce nicotine content in cigarettes: reports

Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden's administration is set to announce a new policy requiring cigarette producers to reduce nicotine to non-addictive levels, US media reported Tuesday -- a move that would deal a powerful blow to the tobacco industry.

AFP

With Denver now 'so darn hot,' is air conditioning going from nice perk to absolute necessity?

Anthony Yelenick wakes every summer morning in a puddle of his own sweat.

The Denver Post

How heat waves impact your health

Rising temperatures can lead to hospitalizations and deaths, particularly among the most vulnerable.

Axios

Huge spike in US children being given melatonin, reports CDC

‘We at this time are not asserting that melatonin directly led to serious outcomes, including death,’ doctor says

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Tribune News Service

How Kansas, Missouri and prairie dogs were involved in first US outbreak of monkeypox

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — State health officials in Missouri on Saturday identified the first local case of monkeypox, a viral infection that has now been reported in nearly 20 states, the largest outbreak in U.S. history.

Tribune News Service

What you need to know about COVID vaccines for kids under 5

COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 years old were authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday and by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday, a welcome relief to parents of the last age group to become eligible for shots.

Boston Herald

Mass. governor's administration approves COVID vaccines for young kids after CDC OK

BOSTON — Parent’s of very young children received some good news from the Baker administration Sunday, when the state announced COVID-19 vaccines would become available Tuesday.

Boston Herald

Sex and monkeypox: CDC puts out guidance on how you should do it if you’ve caught it

Stop kissing. Have sex with your clothes on. Or better yet, apply some sexy social distancing and fire up the webcam the next time you’re getting down.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Wales Online

Infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers given Covid vaccine in USA

“We know millions of parents and caregivers are eager to get their young children vaccinated, and with today’s decision, they can,”

Tribune News Service

Youngest kids in US cleared for Moderna, Pfizer COVID vaccines

U.S. health officials approved COVID-19 vaccines for infants and toddlers, the last remaining age group that hasn’t been eligible for inoculation.

AFP

US approves Covid vaccines for youngest kids

Washington (AFP) - US health authorities on Saturday cleared the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines for children aged five and younger, in a move President Joe Biden greeted as a "monumental step" in the fight against the virus.

Chicago Sun-Times

COVID shots for infants, preschoolers OKed to begin in the coming week

The approval Saturday from Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the CDC’s director. expands the nation’s coronavirus vaccination campaign to children as young as 6 months old.

Tribune News Service

US panel backs Moderna, Pfizer COVID shots for youngest kids

Infants and toddlers in the U.S. are now able to be vaccinated against COVID-19 after shots from Moderna Inc. and Pfizer Inc. won support from health advisers on Saturday.

Axios

Kids under 5 can get COVID vaccines next week after CDC approval

CDC Director Walensky has agreed with the recommendation the Moderna and Pfizer shots be given to children as young as six months old.

WEKU

CDC clears the way for vaccinations for children 6 months to 5 years old

CDC advisers are recommending the use of two separate COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest children made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, paving the way for vaccine rollout as early as next week.

1 … 100 101 102 103

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

House of Representatives

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Department of Health and Human Services

46 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.