Category: Public Health

Child COVID-19 cases, by state

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Telemedicine Abortions Offer Cheaper Options but May Also Undermine Critical Clinics

A change in FDA rules during the pandemic has let women receive the drugs needed for a medical abortion by mail after a telemedicine appointment. While some abortion rights advocates hail the move, others note that these services, which are often cheaper than going to a clinic, could siphon away patients needed to keep those brick-and-mortar facilities operating.

Your Covid Game Plan: Are Stadiums Safe?

Fall and football go hand in hand. But with covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths soaring from the delta variant, is it safe to go to the stadium? KHN asks the experts.

Surgical masks prevent COVID-19’s spread, ‘gold standard’ study finds

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COVID-19 cases jump in Tennessee, South Carolina; US hospitalizations drop as deaths rise — 8 updates

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Minister for Seniors at Famed Church Confronts Ageism and the Shame It Brings

Lynn Casteel Harper, a minister at the interdenominational Riverside Church in New York City, discusses the spiritual dimension of aging.

WHO adds new strain ‘mu’ to its variants of concern list

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Pandemic to keep US death rates up, births lagging through 2023: 5 government findings

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South Africa identifies new COVID-19 variant — 8 notes

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Unvaccinated Americans shouldn’t travel for Labor Day, all Americans should wear masks indoors: CDC

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