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WATCH: Health care leaders testify on workforce shortage

By News Desk

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing Thursday on addressing workforce shortages in the health care industry.

WATCH: Senate Appropriations Committee holds hearing on CDC Budget

By News Desk

The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking is a $1.6 billion increase in CDC funding as it continues to manage the pandemic and vaccination efforts.

Examining the American Medical Association's racist history and its overdue reckoning

By Yamiche Alcindor, Claire Mufson

The national calls to action over racial justice have brought new awareness of past injustices in many parts of our society, including the fields of science and medicine. Yamiche Alcindor speaks to Dr. Aletha Maybank, the American Medical Association's chief…

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Many cancer patients pay dearly for hospital parking

By Rebecca J. Ritzel, Kaiser Health News

Patients often fork over payments comparable to valet rates to park while receiving care.

WATCH: White House COVID task force holds news briefing

By News Desk and Associated Press

The White House coronavirus task force will hold a news briefing on Tuesday, May 18.

Can schools require COVID-19 vaccines for students 12 and up?

By Kristine Bowman, The Conversation

Each state has its own rules for which vaccines kids must have to attend school and the reasons students can opt out.

WATCH: Biden boosting world vaccine sharing commitment to 80 million doses

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

The doses will come from existing production of Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine stocks, marking the first time that U.S.-controlled doses of vaccines authorized for use in the country will be shared overseas.

As more Americans get vaccinated, 41% of Republicans still refuse COVID-19 shots

By Laura Santhanam

So far, 59 percent of U.S. adults said they have gotten vaccinated, and another 14 percent say they plan to, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll.

Hundreds of bodies found buried along Indian riverbanks

By Associated Press

Police are reaching out to villagers in northern India to investigate the recovery of bodies buried in shallow sand graves or washed up on the Ganges River banks, prompting speculation on social media that they’re the remains of COVID-19 victims.

CDC director says mask turnaround based solely on science

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

The sudden change sparked praise from those eager to return to pre-pandemic life, particularly those who see the new guidelines as a way to reopen workplaces, schools and other venues that went dark during the pandemic.