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This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a monkeypox virion, obtained from a sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. On Wednesday, May 18, 2022, Massachusetts has reported a rare case of monkeypox in a man who recently had traveled to Canada, and investigators are looking into whether it is connected to recent cases in Europe. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP)
US Case of Monkeypox Reported in Massachusetts Man
  • 19 May 2022
Massachusetts reported a rare case of monkeypox in a man who recently traveled to Canada,...
US Case of Monkeypox Reported in Massachusetts Man
FILE - A nurse holds a vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, right, and a vial of the vaccine for adults, which has a different colored label, at a vaccination station in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. U.S. regulators authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance their protection as infections once again are on the rise. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
FDA Clears COVID Booster Shot for Healthy Kids Ages 5 to 11
  • 17 May 2022
U.S. regulators authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra...
FDA Clears COVID Booster Shot for Healthy Kids Ages 5 to 11
President Joe Biden speaks before presenting Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor awards to fourteen recipients, during an event in the East Room of the White House, Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Biden Offering Additional 8 Free COVID-19 Tests to Public
  • 17 May 2022
The government website for people to request free COVID-19 at-home tests from the U.S. government...
Biden Offering Additional 8 Free COVID-19 Tests to Public
Sara Atkins poses for a photo, in Wynnewood, Pa., Tuesday, May 10, 2022, while holding a pillow with an image of her father Andy Rotman-Zaid, who died of COVID-19 in December 2020. She channels her grief into fighting for global vaccination and better access to health care to honor her father. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
US Deaths from COVID Hit 1 Million, Less Than 2 1/2 Years in
  • 16 May 2022
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 1 million, a once-unimaginable figure that only hints...
US Deaths from COVID Hit 1 Million, Less Than 2 1/2 Years in
President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to O'Connor Farms, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Kankakee, Ill. Biden visited the farm to discuss food supply and prices as a result of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Biden Co-Hosts 2nd Global COVID Summit As US Nears 1M Deaths
  • 12 May 2022
President Joe Biden will appeal for a renewed international commitment to attacking COVID-19 as he...
Biden Co-Hosts 2nd Global COVID Summit As US Nears 1M Deaths
Nathan Lambrecht is photographed next to a picture of his father, Doug Lambrecht, at his apartment in Woodinville, Wash., Monday, March 21, 2022. The 71-year-old retired physician was among the first of the nearly 1 million Americans to die from COVID-19. "I'm afraid that as the numbers get bigger, people are going to care less and less," Nathan said. "I just hope people who didn't know them and didn't have the same sort of loss in their lives due to COVID, I just hope that they don't forget and they remember to care." (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Nearly 1 Million COVID-19 Deaths: A Look at the US Numbers
  • 6 May 2022
Three out of every four deaths were people 65 and older, according to U.S. data.
Nearly 1 Million COVID-19 Deaths: A Look at the US Numbers
FILE - Vials of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine are seen at a pharmacy in Denver on Saturday, March 6, 2021. On Thursday, May 5, 2022, U.S. regulators strictly limited who can receive this vaccine due to a rare but serious risk of blood clots. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
FDA Restricts J&J’S COVID-19 Vaccine Due to Blood Clot Risk
  • 5 May 2022
U.S. regulators on Thursday strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine due...
FDA Restricts J&J’S COVID-19 Vaccine Due to Blood Clot Risk
FILE - An abortion-rights activist wears a mask with text that reads in Spanish "Legal Abortion" during a rally outside Congress as lawmakers debate a bill that would legalize abortion, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. In Argentina, lawmakers in late 2020, passed a bill legalizing abortion until the 14th week. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
As US Poised to Restrict Abortion, Other Nations Ease Access
  • 4 May 2022
As women in the United States find themselves on the verge of possibly losing the...
As US Poised to Restrict Abortion, Other Nations Ease Access
A pediatrician examines a newborn baby in her clinic in Chicago on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. In a new policy statement released Monday, May 2, 2022, the American Academy of Pediatrics says it is putting all its guidance under the microscope to eliminate “race-based” medicine and resulting health disparities. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)
US Pediatricians’ Group Moves to Abandon Race-Based Guidance
  • 3 May 2022
For years, pediatricians have followed flawed guidelines linking race to risks for urinary infections and...
US Pediatricians’ Group Moves to Abandon Race-Based Guidance
FILE - Turkeys stand in a barn on turkey farm near Manson, Iowa on Aug. 10, 2015. A Colorado prison inmate has tested positive for bird flu in the first confirmed case of a human being infected with the disease that has resulted in the death of millions of chickens and turkeys. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, April 28, 2022, that the man who tested positive had been in a pre-release program and was helping removing chickens from an infected farm. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
First Case of Human Bird Flu Infection Confirmed in Colorado
  • 29 April 2022
A Colorado prison inmate has tested positive for bird flu in the first recent confirmed...
First Case of Human Bird Flu Infection Confirmed in Colorado
FILE - Menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products are displayed at a store in San Francisco on May 17, 2018. The U.S. government is set to release its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. On Thursday, April 28, 2022, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf previewed the announcement in congressional testimony, saying the proposal would reduce disease and death among smokers and help many quit. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
FDA to Issue Plan Banning Menthol in Cigarettes, Cigars
  • 28 April 2022
The U.S. government will lay out its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored...
FDA to Issue Plan Banning Menthol in Cigarettes, Cigars
FILE - A health worker administers a dose of a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Moderna on Thursday, April 28, 2022, asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than 6, a long-awaited move toward potentially opening shots for millions of tots by summer.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Moderna Seeks to Be 1st with COVID Shots for Littlest Kids
  • 28 April 2022
Moderna asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children younger...
Moderna Seeks to Be 1st with COVID Shots for Littlest Kids
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