Public Health
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Why some people might need Covid-19 booster shots — and some might not.
Labels like “nonessential” are getting in the way of urgent treatments and surgeries. There’s a better way.
Pandemic failures have sometimes led to deadly care rationing.
How most of Europe caught up to — and then surpassed — the US in their Covid-19 vaccine drives.
US testing numbers have been consistently bad because there is no real strategy.
The Florida surge is a microcosm of a summer gone wrong.
Covid-19 vaccines still are effective in preventing hospitalization. But vaccinated people are more likely to get sick than before.
Some of Florida’s most populous counties don’t want their children to get Covid-19.
Child and maternal mortality have fallen dramatically. Now what?
India’s health system was broken. Then the delta surge arrived.
Nurses were struggling even before the pandemic. We have the tools to change that.
Overdose deaths surged during Covid-19. But suicides declined. What happened?
An expert explains why vaccinated people should wear masks in some indoor settings.
What the law says about vaccine mandates, explained.
Don’t dwell on the 2020 dip. Worry about the long-term trend.
Public health crises require a dynamic government that makes quick decisions. GOP judges want to prevent that.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar has proposed changing the internet law Section 230 in order to combat health misinformation.
Covid-19 outbreaks in ICE detention have made vaccinations more urgent.
The most promising frontier in US health policy has nothing to do with doctors or hospitals.
US health care is even further behind other wealthy nations.
The CDC suspects anxiety is behind some negative effects experienced by needle-averse people.
A program called Covax wants to distribute vaccines fairly. Is it working?
The CDC says we can now drop our masks outdoors in some cases. Experts explain where we still need to keep them on.
A partisan split is emerging in America’s vaccination rates, but a lack of accessibility might be an even bigger obstacle to herd immunity.
Access barriers have created a Hispanic vaccination gap.
Air pollution is really bad for kids.
It may still be a while. Here’s what parents can do in the meantime while their kids aren’t vaccinated and others are.
Toddlers and teenagers might have pretty different summers.
Pandemic survivor guilt may be pervasive, but it’s hard to detect, leaving many struggling in silence.
Patients are usually terrible at getting their second shot. Not with the Covid-19 vaccine.
We’re health disparities experts in Baltimore. Here’s how we’re helping more Latinos get their shots.
The US set a new daily record for vaccinations on Saturday with 2.9 million shots.
“I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy”: Doctors describe what their sickest coronavirus patients endure.
Early data on why health care workers are delaying the Covid-19 vaccine could help us end the pandemic sooner.
The evidence is clear: We can open schools safely now.
The legislation calls for an anti-racism center at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Prisoners say they’re “scared as hell” about a continued lack of vaccines, testing, and masks.
“It’s been a lifeline. I don’t have very big classes but when we meet up [over Zoom], we check in with each other. We see how we’re doing.”
My research shows that people think highly of others who conform to rules out of benevolence, which is a good way to sell mask-wearing.
Adding trained staff is much more difficult than making a physical ICU bed, especially deep into a pandemic.