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Ron DeSantis’s increasingly aggressive anti-Covid vaccine crusade, explained.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is widely expected to run for president in 2024, is escalating his campaign to discredit the Covid-19 vaccines, the drug companies that produced them, and the public health officials and government leaders who urged Americans to get them.Florida under DeSantis has been home […]

Nearly three weeks after Thanksgiving, COVID-19 cases are on the rise in the United States. During a Dec. 15 press briefing, White House COVID-19 coordinator Ashish Jha told reporters “we’re seeing cases increase in about 90% of the country.”In December 2021, the federal government purchased more than 500 million rapid COVID-19 tests to help Americans […]

An American student who went missing in France more than two weeks ago has been found in Spain after he saw himself on the news and contacted his parents. Kenneth DeLand Jr, a 22-year-old New York college student was reported missing on November 29 from Grenoble, France, where he had been studying abroad. After a multinational search and […]

Illustration: Aïda Amer/AxiosWhile much has been made about the COVID-19 public health emergency, there's another less-discussed emergency declaration that Republicans could target in the next Congress, bringing changes for employer-sponsored health plans, COBRA and flexible spending accounts.Why it matters: The vote might happen once Republicans take control of the House next year, though President Biden […]

William Brown is sitting on the crest of a hill. As he surveys the wide expanse of country before him, he becomes owner of all the land and houses as far as the eye can see.  Casting aside the hampering bonds of possibility, he becomes the ruler of all England.  Then, finding the confines even […]

Ron DeSantis asks state supreme court to investigate undefined ‘wrongdoing’ related to vaccinationsThe Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, said on Tuesday he will petition the state supreme court to convene a grand jury to investigate “any and all wrongdoing” with respect to Covid-19 vaccines.The Republican governor, often mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2024, did […]

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThe Senate passed a massive military policy bill Thursday that would direct the Defense Department to lift a Covid vaccination mandate for service members and authorize $858 billion in defense spending.The National Defense Authorization Act, the annual bill that authorizes Pentagon spending and policies, cleared the Senate in an 83-11 vote. Five […]

North Korea has tested a ‘high-thrust solid-fuel motor’, state media reported on Friday, as the isolated country seeks to develop a new strategic weapon and speeds up its nuclear and missile programmes. The test, overseen by leader Kim Jong Un, was conducted on Thursday at North Korea’s Sohae Satellite Launching Ground, the official KCNA news […]

The KFF survey also found rising opposition to other routine vaccines.About four in 10 adults say they've gotten the new bivalent booster or will get it as soon as they can, according to the latest Kaiser Family Foundation COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor.In the survey, 22% of adults said they have gotten the shot, while around 16% […]

AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. From private practice and health system leaders to scientists and public health officials, hear from the experts in medicine on COVID-19, monkeypox, medical education, advocacy issues, burnout, vaccines and more. In today’s AMA Update, it’s National Influenza Vaccination Week […]