Vaccine skepticism, equity issues hinder fight
By Ariel Cohen, CQ-Roll Call Cervical cancer is the only cancer that is vaccine-preventable and curable, but the United States is lagging in its efforts to meet the World Health …
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Latest Covid-19 vaccine offers strong protection against symptomatic infection, including from JN.1, early CDC data shows
By Deidre McPhillips | CNN A shot of the latest Covid-19 vaccine can help cut the chances of getting a symptomatic infection by half, early data from the US Centers …
The U.S. eliminated measles in 2000. Why is it back now?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care providers to be “on alert” for patients with symptoms of measles — a virus declared eliminated in the U.S. …
‘Don’t sit on it,’ warns woman whose husband died of strep A
Kim Wetmore is urging people to go to the hospital or get a test if you’ve got symptoms of strep A. She doesn’t want people to have to go through the same …
Why are measles cases popping up across the United States? Here’s what to know about the highly contagious virus
By Amanda Musa and Carma Hassan | CNN Nearly a dozen cases of measles have been reported in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Georgia in recent weeks, according to local health departments. …
The World’s First Malaria Vaccine Program for Children Starts Now
Malaria expert Brian Greenwood had once resigned himself to the possibility that a successful vaccine for the disease might not become available in his lifetime. Now, at 86 years old, …
‘Emergency’ or not, COVID is still killing people. Here’s what doctors advise to stay safe
Amy Maxmen | (TNS) KFF Health News With around 20,000 people dying of COVID in the United States since the start of October, and tens of thousands more abroad, the …
Measles outbreak shows danger of skipping childhood vaccinations
A cluster of measles cases in the Northeast is putting a spotlight on how easily the highly contagious disease can spread — and how dangerous any further slip in childhood …
Wastewater tests can find mpox, study finds. Expect more bugs to be tracked that way
By MIKE STOBBE | Associated Press NEW YORK — Wastewater testing does a good job at detecting mpox infections, U.S. health officials said in a report Thursday that bolsters a …
Pat McAfee’s repeated airing of Aaron Roders’ conspiracy theories on ESPN presents a headache for Disney boss
Analysis by Oliver Darcy | CNN Where are Bob Iger and Jimmy Pitaro? The Disney and ESPN chiefs have both been conspicuously silent as sports shock jock Pat McAfee very publicly uses their air to host …