News Scan for Aug 24, 2022
Life expectancy fell amid COVID, especially for Hispanic and Black malesIn 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, life expectancy in the...
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Arizona weekly COVID-19 update adds 8,505 cases, 65 deaths
Reported COVID-19 cases in Arizona declined by 30% last week, and the percentage of tests returning positive for the virus dropped too, the state's...
POLL: DeSantis may be vulnerable on cost-of-living issues, but his culture war is working with voters
Joey Mackey voted for Ron DeSantis in 2018, but is wavering on whether to support him again.Mackey is a 28-year-old...
Florida primaries: The political brawl brewing over Miami’s airwaves
Getty ImagesAs a young girl growing up in South Florida, Cuban-born restaurateur Irina Vilariño, 46, vividly remembers the soundtrack of...
Arizona weekly COVID-19 update adds 12,244 cases, 81 deaths
Reported COVID-19 cases in Arizona declined last week, as did the percentage of tests returning positive for the virus, according to the state's...
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Why monkeypox is a repeat of the data mistakes made with Covid-19
The US declared monkeypox a public health emergency this month, but the decision may have come too late. Though states...
North Korea’s Covid Outbreak Is Over, Kim Jong-un Says
Kim Jong-un declared “victory” over the virus, despite a lack of vaccines. Outside experts have cast doubt on the North’s...
Arizona weekly COVID-19 update adds 13,501 cases, 59 deaths
Reported COVID-19 cases in Arizona were slightly lower last week, as was the percentage of tests returning positive for the virus,...
News Scan for Aug 10, 2022
WHO calls for trials of fractional dosing of monkeypox vaccineOne day after the United States said it would allow intradermal,...
Mix-n-match COVID boosters may produce more durable immunity
A single-center study today in JAMA Network Open finds longer-lasting humoral and cellular immune responses in US adults given a...