Among his new steps to fight COVID-19 surges this winter: requiring private health insurers to reimburse people for at-home tests. It also calls for more people to get vaccines and boosters.
President Joe Biden has unveiled his new HIV/AIDS strategy to end the more than 40-year-old epidemic, calling for a renewed focus on vulnerable Americans.
The Minnesota Department of Health said Wednesday it's not approving anxiety disorders as a qualifying condition for medical marijuana, unlike neighboring North Dakota and three other states.
How did this new strain of the novel coronavirus evolve? Researchers are investigating various possibilities. One leading theory involves ... just one person.
Protein subunit vaccines work by injecting people with a tiny portion of a virus. In the case of the COVID-19 vaccine, that tiny portion is the spike protein that the coronavirus uses to enter cells.
The newest numbers offer some hope the fall wave has crested. Hospitalizations, however, remain concerning. Minnesota remains “firmly in the grip” of the COVID virus, the state’s health commissioner said Wednesday.
Earlier this month, researchers announced that a stunning number of deer in Iowa had been found to be infected with the coronavirus. Jeff Bender, a veterinarian and public health expert, told host Cathy Wurzer more about the findings and what they mean for humans and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The discovery of the new omicron variant was first reported to the WHO last week, so researchers haven’t learned much about it yet — but, understandably, some people are worried. Science journalist Maggie Koerth joined host Cathy Wurzer to talk about how we can approach the uncertainty surrounding omicron as individuals and as a society.
The fate of abortion in the U.S. appeared to be on shaky ground as a divided Supreme Court weighs a Mississippi law. A decision in the case is expected by summer.