Wastewater is now helping track measles spread around the US
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At least 1,157 measles cases have been reported in the United States this year, according to a CNN tally using data from state health departments.
Stained-glass works by the French artist Claire Tabouret have replaced the original windows, which suffered no damage in the fire that destroyed the cathedral’s spire.
Children who were vaccinated against Covid-19 last season had a “substantially lower risk” of emergency department and urgent care visits related to the virus, according to a report published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As multiple measles outbreaks simmer across the United States, cases are accumulating nearly as quickly as when the West Texas outbreak was at its peak this spring.
A British Nigerian artist who produces large-scale draped sculptures and vortex-like circular drawings has become the first person with a learning disability to claim the Turner Prize, one of contemporary art’s most prestigious accolades.
Relying on testing to guide vaccination recalls an approach the United States tried in the 1980s and early ’90s that still led to thousands of cases of hepatitis B among children every year.
The pair’s matching orange outfits were an exercise in clever marketing, and will no doubt go down in the celebrity couple dressing hall of fame.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been tracking abortion trends for decades, but this year’s report — including some of the earliest federal data reflecting the effect of significant changes to abortion access nationwide – has been pushed back until spring amid turmoil at the federal agency.
A three-hour movie about the fading art of kabuki has broken box office records in Japan. It may already be prompting a revival.
One of Britain’s most acclaimed photographers, Martin Parr, died on Saturday at age 73, his foundation said.
On Monday, the actor wore an outfit that riled up the internet. The reactions perhaps makes more sense when you consider the journey her public image has had lately.
In significant move so far, the newly appointed US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisers voted Friday to abandon universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns, a massive shift in US immunization policy that experts say will lead to increased illness.
Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are meeting today on what could be a major change to the childhood vaccination schedule. Follow here for live updates.
In a meeting punctuated by conflict and confusion, the independent vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday again delayed a vote that could dramatically change hepatitis B vaccination practice in the United States.