Health Sep 28 When the hospital emergency room is inundated with knee-deep water Experts predict that human-driven climate change will significantly increase the number of communities vulnerable to flooding and could undermine the health care systems that support cities and towns already in harm’s way.
Health Sep 17 WATCH: U.S. plans to spend $2.1 billion to improve infection control The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is allocating the funding from the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that was signed into law by President Joe Biden this year.
Health Sep 10 WATCH: White House COVID-19 task force holds briefing after Biden unveils action plan So far, nearly three-quarters of Americans aged 12 and older have received at least one vaccine dose, but millions more remain vulnerable to the virus as the delta variant has fueled new infections, hospitalizations and deaths.
Health Sep 07 For countries with few vaccine doses, fighting COVID-19 is ‘a race from behind’ The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare wide disparities in health care between countries on issues like vaccines and raised calls for more resource-sharing to save lives.
Health Sep 03 4 takeaways about Americans’ COVID views at summer’s end While taming the coronavirus will continue to depend on widespread adoption of key public health measures, the United States is still confronting the gulf between those who believe that something like getting a vaccine is a personal decision versus those…
Politics Sep 02 Here’s who Americans blame for U.S. failures in Afghanistan The chaotic evacuation of more than 120,000 Americans, U.S. allies and Afghans from Kabul seems to have cost President Joe Biden significant public approval as the nation nears the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Health Aug 17 WATCH: How to keep kids safe from COVID-19 in school Will everyone wear a face mask? How many children and staff will be present in each classroom? Do school administrators have resources to improve ventilation and air flow?…
Health Aug 13 Who can ask about your vaccine status? Here’s what you need to know about HIPAA HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, protects people’s private health information from being shared by certain health care entities without patient consent. But this 1996 law is far more narrowly defined than most people realize.
Health Aug 11 Tensions over school mask mandates roil this Mississippi town The simple back-to-school precaution of masking has become a source of controversy in Mississippi and around the country as millions of students prepare to enter the academic year and rates of COVID-19 infection soar.
Health Aug 04 As COVID cases surge again, here’s how vaccinations are rising With the more transmissible delta variant fueling steep spikes in places where vaccination rates are low, experts insist more must be done.