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A student sanitizes their hands after taking a Covid-19 test during pool testing at an elementary school in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. The latest Covid surge has taken a toll on the Boston Public Schools and its staff, with more than 1,000 daily absences among teachers and staff in the city, CBS reports. Photographer: Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images

There’s good news in the crowded field of Omicron subvariants: ‘Bad Ned’ is (nearly) dead—but Aeterna and Centaurus are on the rise

Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase, o speaks on September 25,2019 in New York,US. (Photo by Misha Friedman/Getty Images)

Jamie Dimon defends ‘woke capitalism,’ saying ‘society is worse off if we don’t lift up everybody’

Jamie Dimon, Chairman & CEO of JP Morgan Chase & Co, speaks during the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York on September 25, 2019. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/Afp/AFP via Getty Images)

Jamie Dimon on 2 reasons why China is right to call America ‘incompetent and lazy’—and 1 reason it’s wrong

People are wearing face masks during the fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Krakow, Poland. January 18, 2022. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Colds and the flu ruin our winters. COVID isn’t nearly as picky—but this could be changing

TOPSHOT – A US Capitol Police Officer works near a police barricade on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on August 14, 2022. – A man died early Sunday near the US Capitol building after driving his car into a barricade and firing shots into the air before turning his gun on himself, police said. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)

Man fatally shoots self after fiery car crash into barricade near U.S. Capitol, police say

President and Mrs. Roosevelt enjoying after-luncheon conversation with little patients of the Warm Springs Foundation.

Polio was eradicated in the U.S. decades ago. How has it returned?

PRODUCTION – 19 July 2022, Berlin: Molecular biologist Emanuel Wyler examines wastewater samples for pathogens in the safety laboratory at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Mitte. From the amount of bacteria and viruses found, conclusions can be drawn, for example, about the frequency of corona infections. (to dpa “Getting in front of the wave – How researchers read health in wastewater”) Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa (Photo by Bernd von Jutrczenka/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Wastewater is trying to tell us something about the future of COVID, polio, monkeypox, and the next epidemic to come

NEW YORK, NY – JULY 21: People protest during a rally calling for more government action to combat the spread of monkeypox at Foley Square on July 21, 2022 in New York City. At least 267 New Yorkers have tested positive for monkeypox, a virus similar to smallpox, but with milder symptoms. (Photo by Jeenah Moon/Getty Images)

FDA approves splitting of monkeypox vaccine doses to stretch supply, green-lights shot for children

Group of kids playing together in outdoor pool

Monkeypox at a day care was ‘only a matter of time,’ expert says. Next up: pools, sports, schools

WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 05: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on August 05, 2022 in Washington, DC. Schumer spoke on the Inflation Reduction Act. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Schumer may force Senate Republicans into a vote over the controversial $35 insulin copay cap

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 22: U.S. President Joe Biden participates virtually in a meeting with his economic team in the South Court Auditorium of the White House campus July 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. On Thursday morning, the White House Press Office announced that U.S. President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Biden tests negative for COVID after ‘rebound,’ will isolate until confirmed

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Elon Musk attends The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)

Musk tweets challenge to Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal: Debate me on bots

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 03: Pharmacist Uchita Parikh prepares a dose of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic opened today by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health at the West Hollywood Library on August 3, 2022 in West Hollywood, California. California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on August 1st over the monkeypox outbreak which continues to grow globally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Monkeypox vaccines: Why does the U.S. government want 5 people to share 1 dose?

Standing desperate woman with a giant covid-19 virus above her. Coronavirus effect on mental health. Psychology and anxiety of coronavirus. Feeling of oppression. Vector illustration

Long COVID isn’t inevitable. It only feels like it

A photograph shows a syringue with a dose of the Monkeypox vaccine at the Edison municipal vaccination centre in Paris on July 27, 2022. – French government announced on July 25, 2022 to mobilize “additional arms” to vaccinate against monkeypox, at a time when elected officials and associations denounce the lack of means to curb the outbreak of the disease. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

A daycare worker in Illinois has tested positive for monkeypox, as the FDA approves use of vaccine for children: ‘It’s a transmissible infectious disease’