US declares monkeypox a public health emergency
Georgia has the x most cases of monkeypox in the state. Vaccine availability is low, but help could be on the way.
The first ever community health monkeypox vaccine clinic in Seattle was held Saturday. The line wrapped around the block for much of the morning and afternoon as people streamed in to get their vaccinations.
In a rare Saturday session, Democratic senators are beginning the process to pass a signature package of policy wins on climate change, health care and deficit reduction. NBC’s Ali Vitali reports for Saturday TODAY.
D.C. residents hoping to get vaccinated against monkeypox lined up Friday on the first day of the District offering weekly vaccination clinics at three locations in the city.
The Florida Department of Health provided no other information about the case other than noting it was a Leon County resident.
Israeli jets pounded militant targets in Gaza on Saturday and rocket barrages into southern Israel persisted, raising fears of an escalation after a wave of Israeli airstrikes on the coastal enclave killed at least 12 people. (Aug. 6)
An expected 6.9 million doses are targeted to be delivered by May 2023, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
In Illinois, 59 counties are at a high COVID-19 community level as of Friday. Here’s data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state on test positivity, hospital admissions and deaths.
Head coach Pete Carroll told the media the quarterback Geno Smith is "leading" Drew Lock in the race to win the starting job.
"Given this new law, we will be forced to plan for more employment growth outside our home state," the company said.
Amber Escudero-Kontostathis is in stable condition in a Washington, D.C.-area hospital after being revived on-site by the U.S. Secret Service.
With the omicron variant and its subvariants dominating the pandemic in 2022, here's how to decide which social gatherings are right for you.
A 12-year-old boy who had been in a coma for four months died Saturday at a London hospital after doctors ended the life-sustaining treatment his family had fought to continue. Archie Battersbee’s mother, Hollie Dance, said her son died at 12:15 p.m., about two hours after the hospital began withdrawing treatment. British courts had rejected both the family’s effort to extend treatment and a request to move Archie to a hospice, saying neither move was in the child's best interests.
Parliamentarian nixes Democrats’ plan to lower drug prices for Americans with private insurance.
Clinicians say monkeypox is being widely under-diagnosed because people are scared and don't know what to look for, fueling the outbreak.
Beshear urged vulnerable Kentuckians to mask up if they live or work in counties at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s high COVID-19 community level.
GoFundMeArchie Battersbee, a 12-year-old boy whose parents have been fighting to keep him on life support after he fell into a coma in April, died Saturday morning after British courts ruled to suspend treatment.“It’s with my deepest sympathy and sadness to tell you Archie passed at 12:15 today,” his mother, Hollie Dance, said from outside the hospital. “And can I just tell you, I’m the proudest mum in the whole world.”Dance and Battersbee’s father had been fighting to keep the boy alive since h
State Representative John L. Bartlett argued that banning erectile dysfunction drugs will put the onus of pregnancy onto men.
“The body inside of the mom’s body is not her body. Not her body, not her choice,” said Rep. John Jacob, an anti-abortion extremist who wanted to remove exceptions for rape and incest from the bill.View Entire Post ›
"How you catch COVID" could determine whether or not you develop the new disability, a doctor who treats recovering patients tells Fortune.