The U.S. also surpassed 50 million COVID-19 cases, the most in the world. Two experts who raised early warnings discuss how the losses continue to deepen, despite the arrival of vaccines a year ago.
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800,000 Americans have died of COVID. Now the U.S. braces for an omicron-fueled spike
The U.S. also surpassed 50 million COVID-19 cases, the most in the world. Two experts who raised early warnings discuss how the losses continue to deepen, despite the arrival of vaccines a year ago.
Struggling hospitals brace for another wave of COVID brought by the omicron variant
Many U.S. hospitals are already struggling with a wave of COVID-19 patients and now they are also racing to prepare for the omicron variant, which threatens to further accelerate hospitalizations.
Sandra Lindsay got the first U.S. COVID jab. Here’s her secret to motivate others
Since Lindsay rolled up her sleeve to get vaccinated a year ago, she has devoted herself to motivating others, especially those who are hesitant, to get vaccinated. She shares 5 persuasive tips.
The NIH director on why Americans aren’t getting healthier, despite medical advances
As he prepares to leave his post of 12 years, Francis Collins reflects on the agency’s biomedical advances, the dangers of polarizing medicine, and the huge health gaps that still exist in the U.S.
Data analysts proved what Black Pittsburgh knew about COVID’s racial disparities
Community leaders saw early in the pandemic that the city’s residents of color were being hit hard by COVID-19. They worked with data analysts to show just how hard, where and why.
Thriving Black-owned businesses “Righting the wrongs of the past” in rural Mississippi
In one of the poorest rural regions of the country’s poorest state, a Black entreprenuer is helping Black owned businesses open and thrive even during the pandemic.
Physician assistants want to be called physician associates, but doctors cry foul
PAs say the new title would clarify that they work in a team and don’t require oversight by M.D.s. Doctors say it obscures the fact that PAs have less education and training than physicians.
Sending the right message about the omicron variant is tricky
Scientists may not know for a couple weeks yet how risky the new coronavirus variant will be to public health. But getting out front now about what is known helps dispel misinformation, they say.
These women speak candidly about their abortions. Here’s what they want you to know
In D.C. and across the country, people gathered by the thousands in coordinated rallies to demand reproductive justice for all. The main message? Everyone loves someone who’s had an abortion.
