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What Does It Say About Your Neighborhood If Your Supermarket Isn't So Super?
Poor diet is fueled by a lack of healthy food options in Black and brown communities.
What Are Taxpayers Spending for Those 'Free' Covid Tests? The Government Won't Say.
The much-touted purchase was the latest tranche in trillions of dollars in public spending in response to the pandemic. How much is the government paying for each test?
The Doctor Will See You Now — In the Hallway
Three years ago, treating people in the hallways would have been an extraordinary measure. Now, medical professionals prepare for it everyday.
Ready for Another Pandemic Malady? It's Called 'Decision Fatigue'
Questions that once felt trivial have come to bear the moral weight of a life-or-death choice. Your struggle has a name: "decision fatigue."
Day 6 of Covid, and a Rapid Antigen Test Comes Back Positive. Stay Home, Say Virologists.
What does it mean if a person's rapid antigen test result comes back positive after five days of isolation due to COVID-19?
CDC Tells Pharmacies to Give 4th Covid Shots to Immunocompromised Patients
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reached out to pharmacists Wednesday to reinforce the message that people with moderate to severe immune suppression are eligible for fourth covid shots.
Pharmacies Are Turning Away Immunocompromised Patients Seeking 4th Covid Shot
Patients with weakened immune systems say pharmacies are turning them away when they seek additional vaccine doses recommended by federal health officials.
Patient, Beware: Some States Still Pushing Ineffective Covid Antibody Treatments
Health officials warn that certain treatments no longer work against the highly contagious version of the virus that causes COVID-19.
What Patients Can Learn From One Negative Rapid Test (Hint: Very Little)
While home antigen testing remains a useful — and underutilized — tool to curb the pandemic, experts say, it is often misused and may provide false confidence.
With Sexually Transmitted Infections Off the Charts, California Pushes At-Home Tests
California has become the first state to require health insurance plans to cover at-home tests for sexually transmitted infections.
With Overdose Deaths Surging, Advocates Push for Over-the-Counter Naloxone
As overdose deaths nationwide reach all-time highs, the Biden administration has made increasing access to naloxone a key part of its overdose prevention strategy.
Sex Apps for Gay Men Join Forces to Fight Online Insults
Sexual health experts say the harshness of much online behavior can exacerbate low self-esteem and feelings of depression or anxiety.
Is It Time to Change the Definition of 'Fully Vaccinated'?
It's been more than six months since many Americans finished their vaccination course against covid; statistically, their immunity is waning.
Omicron and Other Coronavirus Variants: What You Need to Know
Scientists caution that it's still too early to say whether omicron will prove as dangerous as delta. For now, here's what we know, and don't know, about the omicron variant.
Why You Can't Find Cheap At-Home Covid Tests
The U.S. produced covid-19 vaccines in record time, but, nearly two years into the pandemic, consumers have few options for cheap tests that quickly screen for infection.
Live Performers Find Red COVID State Rules a Tough Act to Follow
Performers are coming up with creative ways to make sure the show goes on safely in states that ban venues from imposing vaccine or mask requirements.
Discontinuation of Puberty Blocker Drug Troublesome for Young Gender Dysphoria Patients
The discontinuation of puberty-blocking drug Vantas may make it more difficult and cost-prohibitive for young patients suffering from gender dysphoria to receive treatment.
New Health Plans Offer Twists on Existing Options, With a Dose of 'Buyer Beware'
New health insurance options for 2022 are designed to look appealing for consumers but are not comprehensive medical coverage.
Unvaccinated? Don't Count on Leaving Your Family Death Benefits
If workers die of COVID and weren't vaccinated, their families may not get death benefits they would otherwise have received.
What Do We Really Know About COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness?
Getting vaccinated with any of the three COVID-19 vaccines available in the U.S. reduces the chance of getting infected, but no vaccine is 100% effective.