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Scientists in hazmat suits are researching monkeypox in a lab. One of the scientists is seen weighing a rat

Monkeypox in the U.S. a ‘public health urgency,’ CDC epidemiologist says, as global cases mount among ‘sexual networks’

Dr David Fleming addressing the press at a CDC briefing, speaking from a lectern next to a poster as a visual aid in updating the public on the spread of the monkeypox virus and measures taken for its prevention, June 11, 2003. Image courtesy CDC. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

First monkeypox case in U.S. this year identified; 6 people in U.S. being monitored by health officials for potential exposure, CDC says

Jeff Bezos

Bezos takes another shot at Biden on inflation: It ‘most hurts the least affluent’

A Snoo robotic crib is on display at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on January 9, 2020. – The crib was designed by Yves Behar and aims at comforting crying babies and reportedly guards against sudden infant death syndrome. (Photo by Glenn CHAPMAN / AFP) (Photo by GLENN CHAPMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Can a biomarker predict SIDS in newborns? A breakthrough study identifies a potential factor in mysterious infant deaths

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 02: 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 Theo Wargo/WireImage)

Did Elon Musk break Twitter’s NDA with a tweet?

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 03: Bill Gates discusses his new book ‘How To Prevent The Next Pandemic’ onstage at 92Y on May 03, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Bill Gates: It’s ‘tragic’ if microchip conspiracy theories prevent people from getting the COVID vaccine

Trump advisor Steve Bannon (L) watches as US President Donald Trump greets Elon Musk, SpaceX and Tesla CEO, before a policy and strategy forum with executives in the State Dining Room of the White House February 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump says Musk won’t buy Twitter. ‘No way,’ he posts to rival social media platform

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA – ARRIL 27: (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the Council of Lawmakers at the Tauride Palace, on April 27, 2022, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Putin has arrived in Saint Petersburg to attend an annual meeting of regional parliamentary speakers, State Duma and Council of the Federation representatives. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

Coup to remove cancer-stricken Putin underway in Russia, Ukrainian intelligence chief says

SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 06: Jatniel Hernandez fills syringes with COID-19 vaccine booster shots at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on April 06, 2022 in San Rafael, California. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized a second COVID-19 booster of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for people over 50 years old four months after their first booster. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The U.S. is in a fifth COVID wave, and for many, immunity is waning. Why aren’t second booster vaccines available to all Americans?

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.

The CDC says to think again before getting a second COVID booster. Is it rationing vaccines?

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 17: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky speaks onstage during “Introducing Trips” Reveal at Airbnb Open LA on November 17, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Airbnb)

‘If the office didn’t exist, would we invent it?’: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky solidifies permanence of the remote-work era with new policies

HOUSTON, TEXAS – AUGUST 20: Houston Fire Department EMS supervisor Michael Norwood gives oxygen to a woman with suspected Covid-19 before transporting her to a hospital for treatment on August 20, 2021 in Houston, Texas. “Texans are proud, maybe a little too proud sometimes,” he said. “I hear sick people say ‘give me the shot now.’ I have to tell them it’s too late for that right now.” Texas’s largest city is seeing a major surge of the Delta variant of the Coronavirus, taxing EMS personnel and overwhelming city hospitals.

Total U.S. cases of COVID could more than double late this year, White House warns

PRODUCTION – 07 February 2022, Rhineland-Palatinate, Bad Ems: Long Covid patient Sandra Greco takes a pulmonary function test at Hufeland Clinic’s Center for Pneumology. After Covid 19 disease, rehabilitation can help rebuild body and mind. Special sports courses and exercises, but also the exchange in the group pave the way for recovery (to dpa “Endurance and memory training against corona long covid”). Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa (Photo by Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Surviving the pandemic is only half the battle: ‘Long COVID’ could affect a billion in just a few years

New York City Subway

Surge in New York City subway ridership leads to pandemic-era high

The pandemic will never end the way you want it to: ‘It reminds me very much of “The NeverEnding Story”’