Category: Washington Post

First death of American with monkeypox reported in Tex.; cause unknown

Health officials said the Harris County resident who died Sunday was a severely immunocompromised adult who had various serious illnesses.

Settling scores or telling truths? Trump-era memoirs reveal covid chaos

More than a dozen books show how officials undercut one another to win president’s approval.

How the U.S. is stretching the monkeypox vaccine supply

The Biden administration has proposed using a less common injection method that would allow a single dose of the monkeypox vaccine to be split into five.

Officials ‘cautiously optimistic’ about falling monkeypox cases

The worldwide monkeypox outbreak may have peaked, amid evidence that gay men are curbing risky sexual behaviors and more people are getting vaccinated

Moderna sues Pfizer-BioNTech, alleging coronavirus vaccine patent infringement

The lawsuit sets up a clash between rival vaccine makers who used novel mRNA technology to speed delivery of shots.

Twitter labeled factual information about covid-19 as misinformation

Doctors, scientists and advocates attempting to warn the public about the dangers of the virus have had tweets flagged and accounts suspended.

What is tomato flu? Viral infection is spreading among children in India.

Tomato flu, which medical experts say is not considered life-threatening, gets its name from the painful red blisters that enlarge to the size of a tomato.

House panel: Trump sought to pressure FDA on covid vaccines, treatment

The report offers fresh details about that campaign and how it rattled agency officials.

Marijuana use among young people in U.S. at record high, study says

About 1 in 10 young people used cannabis on a near-daily basis, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Your first brush with coronavirus could affect how a fall booster works

It’s a phenomenon known by the forbidding name of original antigenic sin, and, in the case of the coronavirus, it prompts a constellation of questions.