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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had preliminarily documented more than 17,600 whooping cough infections in the U.S. as of Oct. 5, 2024—more than four times the nearly 4,000 infections recorded at this time in 2023.
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Whooping cough cases up 342% since 2023 as U.S. outbreak continues. What to know about symptoms and spread

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October 11, 2024
In 2024, rapid COVID tests are a staple of cough-and-cold aisles across America. But the convenience of self-testing comes with a caveat: The onus is on you to report your results.
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54 million COVID cases went unreported in 2022, study says. Here’s how to make your at-home test count

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October 9, 2024
Melinda French Gates smiles for the camera
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Melinda French Gates is taking a page out of Mackenzie Scott’s playbook, launching an open call for $250 million in funding

By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
October 9, 2024
Getting multiple vaccines at once is not only safe, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but also just as effective as getting them individually.
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Yes, you can get the COVID, flu, and RSV vaccines at once. Here are the pros and cons

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October 8, 2024
As of spring 2024, at which time two RSV vaccines had been FDA-approved, less than 25% of eligible U.S. adults 60 and older had gotten one, according to the CDC.

RSV can be deadly, especially for older adults. What to know about symptoms and the new vaccine

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October 4, 2024
About 47% of U.S. adults aged 50 and older said they were very or somewhat unlikely to get the new 2024–25 COVID-19 vaccine, according the University of Michigan’s National Poll on Healthy Aging.
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COVID sickens older adults most severely, but less than half say they’ll get the new vaccine

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September 30, 2024
As of March 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer advises a five-day isolation period when you test positive for COVID-19, but recommends taking other precautions once your symptoms subside.
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Got COVID? Here are the new 2024 isolation guidelines

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September 27, 2024
COVIDtests.gov will once again offer each U.S. household four free COVID-19 test kits beginning in late September 2024.
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Free, at-home COVID tests are back. Here’s how to order yours

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September 24, 2024
COVID-19 symptoms can be mild, severe, or nonexistent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—and can appear as late as two weeks after you’ve been exposed to the virus.
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Could it be COVID? Here are the symptoms to watch out for in 2024

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September 21, 2024
Americans live the sickest lives and die the youngest, per a September 2024 report by the Commonwealth Fund, an independent health care research firm.
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America ranks worst in the world for health care—despite spending trillions

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September 19, 2024
Fall begins Sept. 22 and with the change of seasons, the new XEC COVID subvariant that started circulating in Europe over the summer has made its way to the U.S.
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Will the XEC COVID variant bring a fall wave of infections? What to know about symptoms and spread

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September 18, 2024
As employers have scaled back the flexibility they offered during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, workplace well-being has diminished nationwide, according to an August 2024 report from the Human Capital Development Lab at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School in partnership with Great Place to Work.
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The return-to-office wars have diminished workplace well-being—especially for these groups

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September 16, 2024
How did a Missouri resident get bird flu without exposure to animals? Officials say it’s a rare ‘one-off’
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How did a Missouri resident get bird flu without exposure to animals? Officials say it’s a rare ‘one-off’

By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
September 12, 2024
Firefighters pause for a second moment of silence outside FDNY Engine 4/Ladder 15’s firehouse in lower Manhattan on the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in New York.
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9/11-related illnesses have killed more FDNY members than died in World Trade Center attack

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September 11, 2024
While Utah, 2023’s happiest state, lost to Hawaii in WalletHub’s 2024 Happiest States in America rankings, it maintained its reign atop the work environment and community and environment categories.
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Utah has the best work environment in America, including the fewest hours on the clock. Here’s where your state ranks

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September 11, 2024

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