Face of boy after three days with measles rash. reader comments 376 Florida health officials on Sunday announced an investigation into a cluster of measles cases at an elementary school in the Fort Lauderdale area with a low vaccination rate, a scenario health experts fear will become more and more common amid slipping vaccination rates ..
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reader comments 47 with Americans will again have an opportunity to receive free at-home COVID-19 rapid tests from the US government, with orders beginning next Monday, September 25, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. Households will be eligible to receive four free rapid tests that will “detect the currently circulating COVID-19 variant,” the Department of Health ..
Enlarge / Revelers celebrate New Year’s Eve in Times Square on January 1, 2023, in New York City. This year’s New Year’s Eve returned to pre-COVID-19 pandemic numbers, with around 1 million people estimated to fill Times Square. reader comments 63 with 0 posters participating Share this story A new omicron coronavirus subvariant dubbed XBB.1.5 ..
Enlarge / Balloons carrying anti-North Korea leaflets are released by North Korean defectors, now living on South Korea, on February 16, 2013, in Paju, South Korea. reader comments 110 with 59 posters participating Share this story After an intense, detailed investigation, North Korea has determined what sparked an explosive outbreak of COVID-19 that has led ..
reader comments 85 with 54 posters participating Share this story The US has now identified 45 monkeypox cases scattered across 15 states and the District of Columbia, while the multinational outbreak has reached more than 1,300 confirmed cases from at least 31 countries. No deaths have been reported. In a press briefing Friday, US health ..
Enlarge / A 2003 photo of the arms and legs of a 4-year-old girl infected with monkeypox in Liberia. reader comments 110 with 70 posters participating Share this story A growing outbreak of monkeypox cases has spread across several countries, including the US, suggesting that the animal-transmitted disease that occurs in forested areas of Central ..
reader comments 94 with 75 posters participating Share this story Covid-19 Coverage View more stories A sub-lineage of the omicron coronavirus variant, dubbed BA.2, continues to increase steadily around the globe as scientists and health officials are still working to understand the risk it poses to public health. So far, the overall data has been ..
Enlarge / A healthcare worker conducts a test at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at the Dan Paul Plaza on December 29, 2021 in Miami, Florida. In response to the increasing demand for COVID-19 tests, Miami-Dade County opened two new testing sites and expanding hours at the Zoo Miami testing location. reader comments 138 with ..
Enlarge / Travelers wait in line to check-in at LaGuardia Airport in New York, on December 24, 2021. -On Christmas Eve, airlines, struggling with the Omicron variant of Covid-19, have canceled over 2,000 flights globally, 454 of which are domestic, into or out of the US. reader comments 145 with 73 posters participating Share this ..
Enlarge / Costumed attendees take a break during Anime NYC at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City on November 20, 2021. Anime NYC is an annual three-day anime convention held in New York City. reader comments 140 with 83 posters participating Share this story Covid-19 Coverage View more stories An anime ..