Fenit Nirappil
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FDA approves RSV vaccine in pregnancy to protect infants
The U.S. now has three ways to immunize vulnerable infants and seniors for RSV, a leading cause of hospitalization in young children. → Read More
Covid or a summer cold? Without free tests, many won’t know.
The U.S. is experiencing an uptick in covid hospitalizations for the first time since the public health emergency ended in May. But free testing is hard to find. → Read More
Marijuana addiction is real. Those struggling often face skepticism.
Dozens of states have legalized recreational sales, with experts saying most people don't experience serious health woes. But some do. → Read More
Loneliness poses profound public health threat, surgeon general says
An advisory on loneliness from Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy calls for a collective effort to “mend the social fabric of our nation.” → Read More
Masks come off in the last refuge for mandates: The doctor’s office
Some infectious-disease specialists have concluded universal masking is no longer essential in medical settings, a stark return to pre-covid life. → Read More
How the monkeypox outbreak revealed the path for vanquishing viruses
The disease's decline revealed the power of public health to quash threats when politics and science align and a community mobilizes to protect its own. → Read More
Flu hospitalizations soar as triple viral threat looms ahead of holidays
The CDC urged Americans to get the latest flu and coronavirus vaccines to protect themselves. → Read More
Biden administration poised to lift monkeypox emergency declaration
Fewer than 10 cases a day are being reported, compared with more than 450 in early August. → Read More
Men are using condoms less, even as syphilis and other STDs surge
The United States recorded nearly 2.5 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in 2021, more than doubling in the last two decades. → Read More
CDC warns of tough winter as flu, RSV and covid collide
CDC reports unusually high flu hospitalizations amid concerns of flu, covid and RSV further straining health system this winter. → Read More
Adderall shortage is so bad some patients can't fill their prescriptions
A national shortage of Adderall has left patients who rely on the pills for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder scrambling to find alternative... → Read More
Monkeypox’s toll: Stories of agony, isolation and government incompetence
Monkeypox infected more than 26,000 Americans. Five men share what the virus has done to their bodies, their families and their finances. → Read More
Inside a city’s struggle to vaccinate gay Black men for monkeypox
From clubs to church, a gay Black health worker fights to close one of the nation's widest racial disparities in monkeypox vaccinations. → Read More
During the summer of revenge travel, covid struck back
A couple celebrated their 49th anniversary isolated in their Vienna hotel room, racking up $3,000 in extra lodging costs. An annual beach house getaway ended... → Read More
Inside the 100-day U.S. struggle to stop monkeypox
Early mistakes by the Biden administration left hundreds of thousands of gay men facing the threat of an agonizing illness and the potential for broader circulation of monkeypox. → Read More
CDC: Consider fewer sexual partners to avoid monkeypox
The guidance was issued the day after the Biden administration declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency. → Read More
What to know about monkeypox symptoms, treatments and protection
The monkeypox virus has been declared a global health emergency, but it is far less transmissible than the coronavirus that causes covid-19. → Read More
Struggle to protect gay, bisexual men from monkeypox exposes inequities
This is what disparities look like in accessing testing, vaccines and treatment for monkeypox, the latest viral threat hanging over gay life. → Read More
Moderna vaccine on brink of approval for older children
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unanimously recommended the agency clear Moderna vaccine for children 6 through 17 years old. → Read More
Monkeypox dilemma: How to warn gay men about risk without fueling hate
As the U.S. confronts its largest-ever monkeypox outbreak, public health authorities navigate a delicate but familiar balancing act. → Read More