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When should you get covid booster and flu shot?

When Should You Get the New COVID-19 Booster and the Flu Shot? Now Is the Right Time For Both

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The Conversation
Sep 22, 2022 When COVID-19 and the flu co-infect, it’s ‘flurona.’ But such cases are rare, and there are effe ...
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Is the pandemic over?

Is the Pandemic Over? We Asked an Economist, an Education Expert, and a Public Health Scholar Their Views

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The Conversation
Sep 21, 2022 President Joe Biden’s suggestion that the COVID-19 pandemic is over has led to a backlash among ...
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Critical-care patients in the emergency polio ward at Haynes Memorial Hospital in Boston in August 1955.

Virologist: Here's What You Should Know About Polio In the US

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The Conversation
Sep 8, 2022 Reports of an unvaccinated man in New York contracting the disease surfaced in July 2022, and pu ...
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Will omicron-specific booster shots be effective at combating COVID-19? 5 questions answered

5 Things Immunologists Want You to Know About Omicron-Specific Booster Vaccines

Written by:
The Conversation
Aug 31, 2022 In a matter of days, eligible people will be lining up to receive the shots that are tailored to ...
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Person, Human, Clothing

Long COVID: How Researchers Are Zeroing in on the Self-Targeted Immune Attacks that May Lurk Behind It

Written by:
The Conversation
Aug 31, 2022 In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, much attention focused on repo ...
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As of August 2022, COVID-19 vaccination rates in Black and Hispanic people exceeded those of white Americans nationally, but only for the initial shots. FatCamera/E+ via Getty Images

COVID Researchers: Racial Disparities In Vaccine Booster Rates Persist

Written by:
The Conversation
Aug 29, 2022 COVID-19 vaccination rates in Black and Hispanic people exceeded those of white Americans nation ...
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Person, Human, Crowd

Cigarette Ads Aggressively Target Kids in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, New Study Finds

Written by:
The Conversation
Aug 10, 2022 The tactics included displaying cigarettes near snacks, sweets, and sugary drinks.
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After news broke that the U.S. declared monkeypox to be a public health emergency, friends and family started asking me, an infectious disease epidemiologist, if monkeypox is about to begin causing widespread death and chaos.

US Has Declared Monkeypox a National Health Emergency. Here's What That Means.

Written by:
The Conversation
Aug 8, 2022 An epidemiologist from the University of Richmond explains.
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WILTON MANORS, FLORIDA - JULY 12: A healthcare worker prepares to administer a vaccine to Michael Nicot for the prevention of monkeypox the Pride Center on July 12, 2022 in Wilton Manors, Florida. The center is offering the free smallpox/monkeypox vaccinations from the Florida Department of Health in Broward County as South Florida leads the state in the number of people infected. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Monkeypox Vaccines: A Virologist Answers 6 Questions

Written by:
Jessica Lee
Aug 5, 2022 Maureen Ferran, a virologist at Rochester Institute of Technology, has been keeping tabs on the ...
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Is Monkeypox Spread Through Airborne Droplets?

Is Monkeypox Spread Through Airborne Droplets?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Aug 3, 2022 Health officials are still working to better understand the virus.
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Can Monkeypox Be Considered an STD?

Is Monkeypox Considered an STD?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jul 29, 2022 Medical experts are still debating how to classify the disease.
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Can You Catch COVID-19 from Your Cat?

Can You Catch COVID from a Cat?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jul 15, 2022 Don't worry, there's no need to treat your pet like a bioweapon.
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Abortion Rights

Instagram Post About Ectopic Pregnancy in 'Trigger Law' State Bespeaks Post-Roe Fears

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jun 29, 2022 A physician we consulted raised concerns that abortion bans could delay crucial medical care for ...
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Evidence of Polio in London Stirs COVID Vaccine Concerns, Conspiracies

Evidence of Poliovirus in London Stirs Vaccine Confusion

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Jun 29, 2022 Social media users tried to sow doubt and confusion about the safety and efficacy of vaccines af ...
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monkeypox is not just spread through gay sex

Monkeypox Is Not a 'Gay Disease'

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Jun 3, 2022 Health experts have linked the outbreak to two raves in Europe. Close physical contact with any ...
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Finger, Hand

What Is Monkeypox?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
May 19, 2022 U.S. health officials are tracking clusters of infections in countries that don’t normally repor ...
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Have US Abortion-Related Deaths Decreased Since Roe v. Wade?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
May 16, 2022 To suggest a decline in abortion-related deaths was purely due to the lega ...
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eyeball maggots, sheep botfly larvae

Doctors Pluck More Than a Dozen Maggots from Gardener’s Eye

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Apr 11, 2022 Sheep botfly larvae typically grow in the nostrils of sheep and feed on mucus.
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us life expectancy declines

Report: US Life Expectancy Declines for 2nd Year in a Row

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Apr 8, 2022 A new research study, not yet peer-reviewed, reports that life expectancy in the U.S. decreased ...
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Person, Human, Building

Here's What We Know About 'Johns Hopkins Study' on Lockdowns

Written by:
Dan Evon
Feb 3, 2022 It's a non-peer reviewed working paper that has not been endorsed by the university.
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