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The U.S. jail population has a 55% weekly turnover rate, raising the risk of infections passing between communities, according to the study.

Using the COVID vaccine “off-label” — whether that’s for booster shots or young children — may be tempting to some vaccine providers, but the CDC warns it could get them into trouble.

Moderna submitted data from 344 volunteers who got a third shot of the vaccine six months after their first two doses. The additional shot significantly boosted immunity, the company said.

Doctors are using conscientious objection to turn down patients. Religious anti-abortion clinics are springing up. Advocates say abortion rights are under threat again in Romania.

The approach, sometimes funded by Medicaid, operates on the notion that fixing certain legal ills for patients can be a vital part of their medical care. Emerging evidence suggests that works.

After their brother died, two sisters faced down a barrage of misinformation, pandemic denialism, and blaming questions. Grief experts say that makes COVID the newest kind of “disenfranchised death.”

Although Portland has helped boost Oregon’s overall vaccination rate, rural areas lag far behind. That’s allowed the pandemic to rage in places like the Rogue Valley, where hospitals are overwhelmed.

Pastor Danny Reeves encouraged some members of his congregation to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but thought he didn’t need to get vaccinated himself. That changed after COVID-19 almost killed him.

Worries about waning immunity and talk of COVID booster shots has some Americans checking their antibody levels to see if they’re protected. But scientists warn blood tests don’t tell the full story.

To realign the man’s jaw and ease his chronic pain and high blood pressure, he would need two operations, the surgeon said. Both procedures went well, but the patient was shocked by the second bill.