Health

School officials struggle with how to feed students as omnibus bill skips meal waivers

By Laura Santhanam

Pandemic-era waivers cut bureaucratic red tape and made it easier for schools to feed vulnerable children. But those waivers are set to expire on June, 30, leaving schools scrambling for food amid supply chain constraints.

U.S. officials extend the travel mask rule while weighing new approach

By David Koenig, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

Federal officials are extending the requirement for masks on planes and public transportation through mid-April while taking steps that could lead to lifting the rule.

How will COVID end? Experts take a look at past epidemics for clues

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the world has seen a dramatic improvement in infections, hospitalizations and death rates in recent weeks, signaling the crisis appears to be winding down.

After years of pain, opioid crisis victims confront Sackler family in court

By Geoff Mulvihill, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

Victims of opioids and those who have lost loved ones to the addiction crisis are unloading their emotions on members of the family they blame for fueling the deadly epidemic.

A look inside the 1st official safe injection sites in U.S.

By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

Two modest rooms in New York City are the first places in the United States where local officials are allowing illicit drug use to make it less deadly.

Man who received first transplanted pig heart dies

By Lauran Neergaard, Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press

A Maryland hospital says the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died.

How climate change poses unique risks to pregnancy, according to the latest IPCC report

By Jessica Kutz, The 19th

Heat, air pollution and natural disasters all have been shown to impact maternal and fetal health. Climate and health expert Kristie Ebi says we can take more measures to protect those affected.

WHO reverses stances on COVID boosters, now 'strongly supports' extra doses

By Associated Press

An expert group convened by the World Health Organization said it “strongly supports urgent and broad access” to coronavirus vaccines, including booster doses.

Pentagon to permanently shut down leaking Navy fuel tank facility in Hawaii

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

The Defense Department says it will permanently shut down the Navy’s massive fuel tank facility in Hawaii that leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor’s tap water, and will remove all the fuel.

Moderna greenlights new vaccine facility in Kenya, its first in Africa

By Associated Press

Moderna says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kenya’s government for the drugmaker's first mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Africa.