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As hepatitis C proliferates, states lift barriers to treatment - Roll Call

States that have traditionally imposed restrictions to costly hepatitis drugs are now lifting those barriers.

Roll Call · Oct 19, 2022

Remote work may have fueled a baby boom among U.S. women

A new study suggests that workplace flexibility might be one solution to the long-term issue of falling birth rates.

Axios · Oct 19, 2022

First case of highly infectious BQ.1 variant found in Thailand

The first case of Omicron's highly transmissible and immune-evasive descendant called BQ.1 has been detected in Thailand, according to the Centre for Medical Genomics at Ramathibodi Hospital.

Bangkok Post · Oct 19, 2022

Top CDC official says Title 42 border policy ‘came from outside’ - Roll Call

He told a House subcommittee a directive that’s restricted asylum access was drafted without input from the nation’s top health agency.

Roll Call · Oct 17, 2022

Dr Anthony Fauci: long Covid is an ‘insidious’ public health emergency

Exclusive: America’s top disease expert speaks to the Guardian about the dangers of long Covid and urges US Congress to avoid complacency

The Guardian - US · Oct 17, 2022

Monkeypox cases in the U.S. are way down — can the virus be eliminated?

Early fears of an escalating outbreak have not come to pass. Scientists are finding that the virus needs a very particular set of circumstances to spread effectively.

WEKU · Oct 17, 2022

Deer and mink can harbor Covid-19: Why animal virologists say we need to worry

The list of infected animals that caught Covid-19 includes more than a dozen species, but infections may be much more widespread.

Inverse · Oct 16, 2022

The monkeypox non-pandemic

Experts feared that monkeypox would cause a pandemic on the level of COVID-19. This is why that didn't come to pass

Salon · Oct 14, 2022

Azeem Rafiq to receive extra security at ECB’s Yorkshire hearing after threats

The former Yorkshire bowler Azeem Rafiq is to be provided with extra security at an ECB disciplinary hearing next week after confirming he would attend

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022

US experiencing ‘steep rise’ in flu activity amid low vaccination rates, CDC warns

Texas and Georgia have already seen high levels of influenza

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022