Amy Maxmen

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A New Covid Booster Is Here. Will Those at Greatest Risk Get It?

The CDC says everyone over 6 months old should get the new covid booster. But the emergency response mechanisms that supported earlier vaccine campaigns are gone. As one expert wonders: How to get boosters to people beyond Democrats, college graduates, and those with high incomes?

Workers Pay the Price While Congress and Employers Debate Need for Heat Regulations

Studies suggest official numbers vastly underestimate heat-related injuries and illness on the job. To institute protections, the government must calculate their cost — and the cost of inaction.

As pandemic raged, global south lacked vaccines. Never again, researchers vow.

An initiative involving companies and institutes in 15 middle-income countries aims to give them the ability to produce messenger RNA vaccines.