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A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine at a pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, US, on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Novavax’s protein-based Covid-19 vaccine received long-sought US emergency-use authorization in July, but use is likely to be limited. Photographer: Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images

America is skeptical of the ‘dark horse’ COVID vaccine others abroad can’t get enough of

CHARLOTTE, NC – AUGUST 20: Johnny Wilson, an employee at the Mecklenburg County Health Department wears a shirt that encourages people to ask him about the Monkeypox vaccine at the 2022 Charlotte Pride Festival in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina on August 20, 2022. (Photo by Logan Cyrus for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Monkeypox cases are dropping nationally, but they’re increasing in some key groups, White House officials say

PARIS, FRANCE – NOVEMBER 11: World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives at the Élysée Palace for the inaugural dinner of the Paris Peach Forum as World Leaders and dignitaries arrive in Paris for the first day on November 11, 2021 in Paris, France. The forum, which includes 30 heads of state and government, will examine global health, post-COVID recovery and ways to ensure equitable access to coronavirus tests, treatment and vaccines for all nations. (Photo by Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)

Global COVID deaths are the lowest they’ve been since March 2020. The world has ‘never been in a better position to end the pandemic,’ WHO head says

TOPSHOT – A patient shows his hand with a sore caused by an infection of the monkeypox virus, in the isolation area for monkeypox patients at the Arzobispo Loayza hospital, in Lima on August 16, 2022. – Nearly 28,000 cases have been confirmed worldwide in the last three months and the first deaths are starting to be recorded. (Photo by Ernesto BENAVIDES / AFP) (Photo by ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images)

White men initially suffered the highest number of monkeypox cases in the U.S. Not anymore

A boy receives polio drops during a pulse polio immunization program in Kolkata, India, on June 19.

The World Health Organization has added the U.S. to its list of countries with circulating polio. It joins the likes of Somalia, Yemen, and Israel

Covid vaccination, virus and vaccine needle flu shot with people in line at clinic facility for protection, or prevention of diseases. A woman wearing surgical face mask for employee business policy

What to know about the new Omicron booster and flu shot season

A employee picks up a fried chicken sandwich during an event ahead of the grand opening for a Chick-fil-A restaurant in New York, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. Chick-fil-A, the Southern chicken-sandwich chain that has drawn both controversy and copycats over the years, has finally arrived in New York. The company will open a 5,000-square-foot (465-square-meter), three-level restaurant in Manhattan’s Garment District that will be the chain’s largest location in the nation. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Chick-fil-A apologizes for ‘spicy nuggets’ tweet to Black man some say had racial undertones

Shot of a young businesswoman looking stressed out while working in an office

Now we know how many people COVID is keeping out of the workforce—and how much it’s costing employers. Long COVID is only the tip of the iceberg

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – AUGUST 09: Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical advisor to the U.S. president, throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the game between the Seattle Mariners and the New York Yankees at T-Mobile Park on August 09, 2022 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images)

Is Fauci’s prediction of an annual COVID vaccine an attempt to ‘gaslight’ people that it’s just like the flu?

The great RTO/WFH war means COVID is really over this fall

Plastic surgeon holding breast silicone implant closeup. Breast augmentation concept

Breast implants may cause cancer, the FDA says. It seems to be rare, but still…

A child receives a dose of the SinovacBiotech Ltd. Covid-19 vaccine at a community vaccination center in Hong Kong, China, on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. The city is battling to contain an outbreak of the omicron variant of the virus that has strained its healthcare system, and raised questions about its Covid Zero strategy. Photographer: Justin Chin/Bloomberg via Getty Images

No Happy Meals or library trips for unvaccinated kids in Hong Kong, as the region tries to compel citizens to get COVID shots

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical advisor to the U.S. president, throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the game between the Seattle Mariners and the New York Yankees at T-Mobile Park on Aug. 9 in Seattle, Wash.

Fauci and the White House say annual COVID shots are likely coming soon: ‘We have a vaccine that matches’

A health care worker prepares a Pfizer booster shot in Pennsylvania

New COVID boosters are now available in the U.S. Here’s where to find them

HONG KONG, CHINA – APRIL 01: Flight attendants of the Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. walk through the arrival hall of the Hong Kong International Airport on April 1, 2022 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Li Zhihua/China News Service via Getty Images)

Monkeypox just touched down in Hong Kong for the first time. A 30-year-old man currently in quarantine has it