How to find your polio vaccination records — which is harder in some states than others
About half of states let people request or view their immunization records online, but others rely on fax or mail or leave it to health care providers.
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Polio vaccine coverage is as low as 37% in N.Y. county where paralysis case was found
Samples of the virus found in wastewater suggest it is spreading in the area, but vaccination provides near-total protection.
Inflation Reduction Act becomes law: How it will affect your health care
The new law is the most significant health care legislation since the Affordable Care Act was passed more than a decade ago.
Biden signs major climate, health care and tax bill into law
The president plans to lean on Cabinet members to tout the law's benefits as part of what White House officials described as a “coordinated August recess travel blitz.”
Childhood lead exposure is linked to low test scores for Black students, study finds
Researchers found that lead exposure is associated with cognitive deficits.
OTC hearing aids might soon be coming to a drugstore near you
OTC hearing aids could be available for people with mild to moderate hearing impairment online and in drugstores as early as mid-October.
Who's really at risk for monkeypox? Debunking false claims about the virus
Does monkeypox spread easily through the air, on surfaces or from food? False reports about the virus are causing high levels of anxiety.
Map: These states lag in polio vaccinations
Idaho and Washington, D.C., had the lowest vaccination rates among kindergartners. Louisiana and Mississippi had the highest.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla tests positive for Covid
Bourla, 60, said he had started a course of the company’s oral Covid-19 antiviral treatment, Paxlovid, and was isolating and following all public health precautions.
Moderna's vaccine that targets the omicron variant gets its first approval as British regulators authorize it
Each dose of the booster shot will target both the original Covid-19 virus and the omicron BA.1 variant, which was first picked up in November.
WHO plans to rename monkeypox over stigmatization concerns
The World Health Organization said the decision is in line with current best practices for naming diseases, which aim to avoid offense to specific groups.
As fungal infections grow resistant to medication, desperate patients try drug after drug
Two types of fungi, Aspergillus and Candida auris, are becoming harder to treat with the drugs commonly used for such infections.
