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As billions roll in to fight opioid epidemic, one county shows how recovery can work
FINDLAY, Ohio — Communities ravaged by America’s opioid epidemic are starting to…
Major US pharmacy chain Rite Aid files for bankruptcy
Major U.S. pharmacy chain Rite Aid says it has filed for bankruptcy…
Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to two scientists whose work enabled creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on…
5 things to know about the new COVID-19 vaccine
It may be time to get your COVID-19 vaccine again. There’s a…
CDC recommends updated COVID shots for people 6 months of age and older
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday recommended updated COVID-19…
New coronavirus variant has experts on alert and WHO is urging countries to step up COVID surveillance
A new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has put epidemiologists around the…
WHO names Eris a COVID variant of interest. Here’s what you need to know.
The World Health Organization has upgraded COVID-19 variant EG.5 to a variant…
New ‘Eris’ COVID variant is dominant in the U.S., but a shortage of data is making it hard to track
A new variant of COVID-19 dubbed EG.5 has become dominant in the…
COVID pandemic is officially over in the U.S., excess-deaths data show
The COVID-19 pandemic is definitively over, according to two recent reports focused…
U.S. dollar could soon wipe out all of its post-pandemic gains, Soc Gen strategist warns
The slide in the U.S. dollar in the last eight months could…
FDA advisors recommend AstraZeneca antibody to protect babies from RSV
Narisara Nami | Moment | Getty Images A panel of independent advisors…
WHO declares end to Covid-19 global public health emergency
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during…
World Health Organization declares end to COVID global health emergency
The World Health Organization on Friday declared an end to the COVID-19…
The doctor won’t Zoom with you now: The telehealth frenzy is over.
The pandemic opened the floodgates to telehealth. Now, many patients and doctors…
Loneliness is an ‘epidemic’ that costs billions and leads to bad health outcomes and even death
Loneliness is more than a bad feeling. It’s as deadly as smoking…
Biden will end Covid vaccine mandates for federal workers and international travelers on May 11
Travelers wearing protective masks receive nasal swabs from nurses at a COVID-19…
Alzheimer’s patients may wait years to get treated with new drugs, putting them at risk of more severe disease
Juanmonino | E+ | Getty Images Seniors with early Alzheimer’s disease will…
New York and California are stockpiling alternative abortion pill misoprostol
Pills of Misoprostol, used to terminate early pregnancies, are displayed in a…
China is not only asserting itself geopolitically but openly questioning the U.S.’s central role on the world stage
It’s been a busy few months for China — and sobering ones…