Monday, January 19, 2026

Health

Why hasn’t the U.S. been able to contain monkeypox?

“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates.What’s happeningAs cases of monkeypox continue to rise in the United States, public health experts are beginning to question whether it’s too late to prevent the infectious...

How fair are criticisms of Biden’s response to Roe’s repeal?

“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates.What’s happeningIn the weeks following the Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and ended constitutional protections for abortion, the White House has come under strong...

'Immune-evading' BA.5 subvariant now accounts for 65% of U.S. COVID cases

Top U.S. health officials warned Tuesday that a surge of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly transmissible Omicron subvariant BA.5 has arrived, but stressed that the country has the tools — like vaccines and antiviral treatments — to prevent...

'The worst version' of COVID is spreading. Can we update our vaccines in time?

For the last 18 months, the original COVID-19 vaccines — first as a two-dose series, then as boosters — have done an extraordinary job shielding us from illness, hospitalization and death. Globally, they saved nearly 20 million lives in...

Will targeting nicotine reduce smoking deaths?

“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates.What’s happeningThe Food and Drug Administration last week announced a proposed rule that would force tobacco companies to dramatically reduce the amount of nicotine in their cigarettes,...

70 Cool Pumpkin Painting Ideas That Are So Cute (and Just a Little Bit Scary)

1 / 7170 Cool Pumpkin Painting Ideas That Are So Cute (and Just a Little Bit Scary)It's a tough call between which Halloween tradition inspires more creative brainstorming sessions: Deciding on your family Halloween costume or coming up with...

'The emergency phase of COVID-19 is over': Doctors' group urges Biden administration to revise guidelines for children

WASHINGTON — A group of prominent doctors and educators has asked the Biden administration to lift pandemic-related measures that could be causing children to miss school and other activities.“We strongly urge you to revise the CDC’s COVID-19 guidelines with...

COVID reinfections set to spike in U.S. as new variants evade immunity

If you’re anything like the majority of Americans — an estimated 60-plus-percent of them, according to government data — you’ve already had COVID-19.And if you’re like most of those Americans, you had it fairly recently — during the enormous...

'Historic milestone': Vaccines for kids under 5 may come this month

WASHINGTON — Coronavirus vaccines could become available to children under the age of 5 within a matter of days, potentially offering relief to millions of parents who have been unable to inoculate their children since the vaccination effort began...

Monkeypox is 'out of the box' and has Europe on edge

BARCELONA — For decades now, experts believed monkeypox would simply stay put in Africa. This May, the zoonotic virus proved the fallacy of that idea, appearing in 23 countries — many of them in Europe —prompting the World Health...
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Sydney’s huge Gaza protest shows there’s now no stopping the tide of public opinion | Sarah Malik

The rain couldn’t stop us. At least 100,000 people took over the CBD and marched across Sydney’s Harbour Bridge...
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