Day: October 7, 2022

Covid-19 cases are rising again, driven by Omicron subvariant BA.5. Federal health officials urge Americans to get vaccine boosters if they are due, but if new boosters are developed for the fall, should people wait? CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Lean Wen explains. Read More

The monkeypox virus has spread quickly in clusters across the United States — at certain music festivals, pool parties and bathhouses — and now public health officials in areas with a lot of infections want more vaccines made available to help control transmission, which appears to happen when people touch intimately, skin to skin. Read More

It’s not your imagination: As the rapidly spreading BA.5 coronavirus subvariant causes a surge in infections across the United States, more people are catching Covid-19 for the second or third time. Read More

Abortion rights advocates in Mexico once looked to the United States as a shining example. The last year brought a dramatic role reversal, as Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalized abortion and the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Read More

When most of us read the words “plant-based diet,” we tend to think of foods such as kale salads and grain bowls or trendy meat replacement brands. But there’s one nonmeat option that’s gaining traction as the newest superfood: seaweed. Read More

A person from Rockland County, New York, has been diagnosed with polio, the first case identified in the United States in nearly a decade. Read More