Tag: Disease Rates
Three Pressing Questions About Monkeypox: Spread, Vaccination, Treatment
Monkeypox, once a relatively obscure virus endemic to Africa, has bloomed into a global threat, infecting more than…
Omicron BA.5 Surge: 5 Ways to Stay Safe
The United States is in the midst of another coronavirus surge, this time thanks to the Omicron subvariant…
Deep in a Covid Wave, Europe Counts Cases and Carries On
ROME — Customers in the Rome bookstore paid no attention to the circular stickers on the floor instructing…
Covid Rises Across U.S. Amid Muted Warnings and Murky Data
CHICAGO — Covid-19 is surging around the United States again in what experts consider the most transmissible variant…
The U.S. May Be Losing the Fight Against Monkeypox, Scientists Say
As epidemics go, the monkeypox outbreak should have been relatively easy to snuff out. The virus does not…
Despite Another Covid Surge, Deaths Stay Near Lows
“Overall, the people who’ve been coming through with Covid are much, much less sick than they were even…
A Chinese Entrepreneur Who Says What Others Only Think
China’s entrepreneur class is grappling with the worst economic slump in decades as the government’s zero Covid policy…
C.D.C. Dismisses Airborne Transmission of Monkeypox. Some Experts Disagree.
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday pushed back against the idea that the…
Why the Monkeypox Virus Is Not Like Covid-19
About one to three days after getting a fever, most people also develop a painful rash that is…
How often can I be infected with the coronavirus?
Business travel appears to be returning, albeit unevenly, after all but disappearing for most of the pandemic.Despite early…
What Is Monkeypox?
The rare monkeypox virus, usually confined mostly to Central and West Africa, has spread in unusual ways this…
As Covid Threat Grows, Officials Say Americans Should Consider Masks
Dr. Jha said the current incidence of severe disease would be worse if not for Paxlovid, an oral…