Kenya’s Elections Will Come Down to the Wire
On August 9, 2022, Kenyans will cast their ballots for president, members of parliament, and members of the Kenyan senate....
Month: June 2022
Florida’s preventable deaths rose during the pandemic. It wasn’t just COVID.
Florida has recorded 17,000 unexpected or excess deaths from preventable health issues other than COVID-19 since the start of the...
Michigan COVID cases rise as state adds 14,353 cases, 174 deaths over last week
Michigan's COVID-19 hospitalization and case rates have increased for the first time after declining for the last five consecutive weeks,...
Opinion | Hong Kong was not supposed to look like this
Hong Kong was not supposed to look like this, 25 years after the end of British colonial rule and midway...
Covid-19 Vaccines and Variant News: Live Updates
A healthcare worker prepares a Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus booster shot in Los Angeles earlier this year.Caroline Brehman/EPA, via ShutterstockAn independent panel...
COVID undermined students’ well-being more than we thought
“The COVID cult did lasting damage to our kids,” writes the journalist Alex Gutentag. “As a result, the United States...
Millions remain unboosted, as scientists say 3rd COVID shot provides ‘significant’ protection
As advisors to the FDA consider what type of COVID-19 shots should be offered in the fall, new federal data...
Kids’ vaccines are ‘a game changer,’ experts say—here’s what else needs to happen to end the Covid pandemic
For months, the country has been waiting on a pandemic turning point — and it might be here, in the...
Tracking an FDA advisory panel meeting on updating Covid vaccines
Meetings of the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccines advisory committee are never dull affairs. Drenched in data, maybe, but never...
Recent Trends in Mental Health and Substance Use Concerns Among Adolescents
Concerns about adolescent mental health and substance use have increased recently, particularly in light of gun violence and the COVID-19...