Public Health
6 Questions about Monkeypox Vaccines
A virologist explains how they work, who can get them and how well they prevent infection
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Public Health
The Monkeypox Outbreak
What the virus is, how it spreads, and how it is being handled: here’s what you need to know about monkeypox
Weather
Heat Waves Affect Children More Severely
Children “are not little adults”—they have more trouble regulating temperature than adults do
Public Health
The New Normal for COVID Calls for a New Narrative
We’ve swung between fear and denial for too long and need to talk about this disease from a different perspective
Public Health
What Could Actually Work to Curb Gun Violence
Evidence-based solutions to firearm safety range from banning assault weapons to increasing green spaces
Climate Change
‘Zoe’ Becomes the World’s First Named Heat Wave
Blistering temperatures were ranked as a Category 3—the most severe tier—in Seville, Spain’s new heat wave system
Public Health
Graphic: Many States That Restrict or Ban Abortion Don’t Teach Kids about Sex and Pregnancy
States that protect abortion rights tend to have more comprehensive sex ed policies
Climate Change
Extreme Heat Breaks Daily Records across the Northeast
Tens of millions of Americans sweltered under heat advisories over the weekend
Public Health
What Are the Risks of COVID and Treatments Available to President Biden?
An infectious disease doctor explains what Biden’s medical team will be doing to treat the president’s case of COVID
Public Health
COVID Virus May Tunnel through Nanotubes from Nose to Brain
Nanotubes may provide a cunning answer to the mystery of how the virus that causes COVID infects neurons and produces long-lasting neurological symptoms
Climate Change
Risk of Dangerous Heat Exposure Is Growing Quickly in Cities
Population growth, climate change and the urban heat island effect are combining to put more people at risk
Climate Change
Heat and Humidity Are Already Reaching the Limits of Human Tolerance
Events with extreme temperatures and humidity are occurring twice as often now as they were 40 years ago
Climate Change
With Record-Breaking Heat, Europe Glimpses Its Climate Future
Heat in France, Spain, Italy and the U.K. is exacerbating drought and wildfires and threatening human health
Public Health
People in Republican Counties Have Higher Death Rates Than Those in Democratic Counties
A growing mortality gap between Republican and Democratic areas may largely stem from policy choices
Epidemiology
U.S. Monkeypox Response Has Been Woefully Inadequate, Experts Say
Testing bottlenecks and vaccine rollout problems have let the monkeypox virus spread unchecked, echoing the mistakes of the U.S. COVID response
Public Health
When Heat Waves Meet Air Pollution, Death Risks Rise Substantially
Rising temperatures and more frequent wildfires are taking a grim toll on human health
Policy
What Researchers Know about Gun Policies’ Effectiveness
Studies are “decades behind,” owing to a lack of funding, but research is picking up
Public Health
Regulating Power Plants Is a Health Issue
Doctors must get more involved in the public health crises that climate change will bring
Epidemiology
What You Need to Know about Monkeypox
An infectious disease expert answers questions about how the virus spreads, what its symptoms are and how to get testing and treatment
Politics
Gunshot Survivors and Trauma Surgeons Welcome the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
After a chaotic week in which gun safety measures were struck down by the Supreme Court and enacted by Biden, the time to act is now
