This episode is the second half of a two-part series about uranium mining on the Navajo Nation. A coalition of Indigenous leaders and non-Native locals are lobbying Congress and fielding research to force the cleanup of abandoned uranium mining sites and expand federal compensation for workers harmed by the uranium industry.
New data from the height of New York state’s omicron surge suggests Pfizer’s vaccine offers significantly less protection against infection in children ages 5 to 11 compared to older kids and adults.
A large market in Wuhan, China, where food and live animals were sold in late 2019, is likely the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, a pair of new studies suggest.
The U.S. will continue to see steep declines in COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations through mid-March, according to forecasts from the CDC and Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic.
Inoculation rates remain low despite massive outreach efforts and incentives from federal and state programs and Medicaid plan operators, leaving many low-income people vulnerable to the virus.
COVID-19 deaths fell nationally for the third week in a row, while hospitalizations declined for the fourth straight week and cases dropped for the fifth, according to the CDC’s COVID-19 data tracker weekly review published Feb. 25.
The CDC eased indoor mask guidance Feb. 25, now relying on how COVID-19 is affecting a community’s healthcare system — rather than transmission rates alone — as a guide for mask recommendations.
Two states are reporting moderate flu activity and three are reporting low levels of activity, according to the CDC’s FluView report published Feb. 25.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, MD, updated the state’s COVID-19 guidance Feb. 24, which shortens isolation periods, advises against masks in community settings and grants healthcare practitioners flexibility to tre…
A new investment fund launched by one of the few Black venture capitalists in health care is focused on backing Black entrepreneurs. And the investors include some of the biggest names in for-profit health care.
