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With flu season here, health officials urge communities of color to get vaccinated

LOS ANGELES — When Sandy Sandoval tries to encourage her family members to get the flu vaccine, they usually tell her that the shot does not work and the vitamins they're taking are enough to protect them through the season.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 26, 2022

What to know: COVID-19, RSV and the flu in children

Symptoms of the flu typically come on suddenly, which is perhaps its biggest distinction from RSV.

Axios · Nov 25, 2022

Alzheimer’s has a disparate impact on women, so let’s empower them to be involved in the fight against the disease

Women are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s and to be caregivers for those living with the disease.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 25, 2022

Mistrust and polarization steer rural governments to reject federal public health funding

ELKO, Nev. — When Elko County commissioners rejected a $500,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that could have helped the county create a health department or health district, Kayla Hopkins pleaded with them to reconsider.

Tribune News Service · Nov 23, 2022

Monkeypox 'to be given new name by WHO to destigmatise the virus'

A new name has reportedly been decided by the World Health Organisation for monkeypox which is set to be unveiled today in a bid to destigmatise the virus which has had a global outbreak this year

Daily Mirror · Nov 23, 2022

US renews push for COVID boosters as data show they protect

Americans who have gotten the updated COVID-19 boosters appear better protected against symptomatic infection than those who haven't — at least for now

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2022

'Viral jambalaya': Early flu adding to woes for US hospitals

A rapidly intensifying flu season is straining U.S. hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022

The COVID variants dominating this fall mean ‘we’re still in the Omicron era’

It's relatively good news for everyone except the immunocompromised.

Fortune · Nov 18, 2022

Nine children have been hospitalised in an Ohio measles outbreak that’s infected more than a dozen

Almost all of the cases reported have been in children under the age of 5, local health officials said

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022

1 billion young people may be at risk for hearing loss due to ‘unsafe’ listening habits, study shows

An international team of researchers determined there is an “urgent need” for governments to implement safe listening policies.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 18, 2022