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The changes could include deemphasizing the "test to stay" strategy, in which students exposed to COVID-19 take regular tests to stay in the classroom.

In Georgia, there are 504 cases. Four of those cases are women.

Africa’s public health agency says it doesn’t know how many of the continent’s reported monkeypox cases this year are in men who have sex with men.

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI – Health officials have identified the first probable cases of monkeypox in Ottawa County. The probable cases are pending confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but are believed to be positive for monkeypox, the Ottawa County Department of Public Health reported Monday, Aug. 1. The health department is identifying and monitoring any close contacts for symptoms and no additional cases have been identified at this time. Monkeypox is spread through direct contract with infectious rashes, scabs, bodily fluids or prolonged face-to-face contact, officials said. Individuals experiencing monkeypox symptoms or who have had contact with a person who has monkeypox should contact their health care provider right away.

The FDA has made a smart choice to delay the next vaccines for people under 50. Now, Congress needs to support the campaign by paying for them.

CDC says most COVID-19 rebound cases remain mild and that severe disease during that period has not been reported.

Washtenaw County has been bumped up to the “high” COVID-19 community level, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

People are recommended to mask up in several Metro Detroit counties that are currently experiencing a high level of COVID-19 community spread, according to the CDC.

More than 18,000 monkeypox cases have been reported in 78 countries. The World Health Organization calls the outbreak a "public health emergency of international concern."

The BA.5 variant is the most dominant strain of COVID-19 in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's highly transmissible and it's driving up COVID cases and hospitalizations. This week NPR learned that the Biden administration may scrap plans to let more younger adults get second COVID-19 boosters this summer. Instead, officials are trying to speed up availability of the next generation of boosters in the fall — boosters that specifically target the new subvariant. We talk to Dr. Robert Wachter, the chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, about the administration's booster strategy and how people can protect themselves in the midst of the latest surge. This episode also features reporting from NPR's Rob Stein.In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment to help you make sense of what's going on in your community.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

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The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a public health emergency of global concern Saturday. From how it spreads to preventative measures, here's what you need to know about the disease.

One is a toddler in California and the other an infant who is not a U.S. resident but was tested while in Washington, D.C., according to the CDC.

White House pandemic response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha delivered a grim message on Friday about the ever-evolving coronavirus pathogen that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates has infected more than 140 million Americans, including President Biden.

Michigan has four counties at a high COVID-19 Community Level this week – per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – although it’s a different four counties from last week. The CDC puts counties in three buckets for COVID risk: low, medium and high.

The European Medicines Agency says the smallpox vaccine made by Bavarian Nordic should also be authorized against monkeypox as an outbreak of the once-rare disease sickens people across Europe.

So far, 15 people have been sickened across 11 states, with five requiring hospitalization.

The report found that fentanyl led to a significant rise in overdose deaths for Black, American Indian and Alaska Native people during the first year of the pandemic.

CDC officials said between 26 million and 37 million adults haven’t had a single dose of any COVID vaccine.

Adults who haven't gotten any COVID-19 shots should consider the new option, the agency said Tuesday. The spike protein vaccine is more typical than the mRNA types being broadly used against COVID.

Disease control agency will no longer track COVID-19 cases aboard ships, but warns that cruising still poses risks.

The Biden administration is urging Americans, particularly those age 50 and up, to stay current on their COVID vaccines.

Confirmed monkeypox cases continue to increase across the U.S., including in Michigan.

Washtenaw County has returned to a "medium" COVID transmission level, according to the CDC.

U.S. health officials say more than 100,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine are on the way to states in the next few days.

The federal government has made more than 300,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine available to states since May, but demand is outstripping current supply.

A University of Michigan expert explains how the monkeypox virus spreads and how to protect yourself from getting it.

Washtenaw County has once again been downgraded to a “low” community COVID-19 level on Friday, according to the Washtenaw County Health Department.

NASA announced they will share the first full-colored images of various cosmic objects taken by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12, during their live broadcast scheduled for 10:30 a.m. EDT.

The first probable monkeypox case has been identified in Detroit, according the city’s chief health officer.

A recent listeria outbreak is linked to Big Olaf Ice Cream, an ice cream brand based out of Sarasota, Fla., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC said that health officials interviewed 17 of those who were sickened, and 14 of those sickened reported eating ice cream. Out of the 13 who remembered what type of ice cream they ate, six of the people were able to name the brand, recalling that it was Big Olaf Ice Cream or a location that served the same brand of ice cream. The company posted on social media Sunday regarding the outbreak, calling it “speculation” while at the same time adding that they were cooperating with all local authorities. “For now it is only speculation as it is an ongoing investigation, our brand has not been confirmed to be linked to these cases...,” the company stated.

Anyone who has products from Big Olaf Creamery, which is based in Sarasota, should throw them away, the CDC said.

Anyone who has products from Big Olaf Creamery, which is based in Sarasota, should throw them away, the CDC said.

Washtenaw County has rolled back to a "medium" COVID transmission level, according to the CDC.

The FDA has given vaccine-makers the green light to develop omicron-specific Covid vaccines. Here's what you should know about those upcoming shots.

One death and nearly two dozen hospitalizations are being tied to a new listeria outbreak of unknown origin.

The infectious-disease expert was feeling "really poorly" and began a second round of Paxlovid.

The infected person is quarantined and not a threat to others, officials say

Nobody wants to infect their friends and friendly, but do you really have to keep isolating at day 12, 13 or beyond? Unfortunately — and perhaps unsurprisingly — the science is not entirely settled.

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that the first probable case of Monkeypox in Michigan has been discovered in Oakland County.

The Department of Health and Human Services will make 296,000 doses available in the coming weeks, and expects a total of 1.6 million doses to be available in the U.S. by the end of the year.

The U.S. will deploy nearly 300,000 monekypox vaccine doses in the coming weeks in an effort to stamp out an outbreak of the virus that continues to grow.

Washtenaw County has moved to the lowest risk of community spread of COVID-19, according to CDC.

Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.

The World Health Organization said the escalating monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries should be closely monitored but does not warrant being declared a global health emergency.

British officials said the monkeypox outbreak U.K. is continuing to grow across the country mainly among men who are gay or bisexual or other men who have sex with men.

There is now a second COVID-19 option for kids ages 6 to 17 in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday announced it is recommending Moderna shots as an option for school-age kids and teens.

Moderna's request had been stalled for months as regulators studied whether it posed a higher risk of rare heart inflammation side effects.

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky is expected to sign off on the recommendation later Thursday,.

After six men who have sex with men were reported dead from a meningococcal outbreak in Florida, the CDC is urging others to get a vaccination.

The Biden administration has started shipping testing kits for monkeypox to commercial laboratories, in a bid to speed diagnostic tests for suspected infections for the virus that has already infected at least 142 people in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending tests to commercial labs, including Aegis Science, Labcorp, Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Quest Diagnostics and Sonic Healthcare, which it said would significant expand the nation’s health system’s capacity to...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Florida Department of Health are investigating what is being called one of the worst outbreaks of meningococcal disease in U.S. history.

This is the second time a "super gonorrhea" strain has been detected. Another multi-drug resistant strain was found in 2018 in multiple countries.

British health officials will start offering vaccines to men who are gay or bisexual or have sex with men, who are at the highest risk of catching monkeypox, in an effort to curb the biggest outbreak of the disease beyond Africa.

The final signoff is expected later in the day from CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky.

The vaccinations for children as young as 6 months old could start next week. But first, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must sign off.

This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended the COVID-19 testing rule for air passengers traveling to the U.S. from abroad. Should you still take a COVID test anyway?

British health officials have reported another 50 cases of monkeypox across the country, for a total of 574 cases.

The FDA's action allows the companies to begin shipping millions of preordered doses across the country.

The FDA's action allows the companies to begin shipping millions of preordered doses across the country.

U.S. regulators on Friday authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers, paving the way for vaccinations to begin next week.

U.S. regulators have authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers.

Before shots can be administered to kids as young as 6 months old, the CDC's vaccine advisers are scheduled to vote on updated recommendations this Saturday.

A month ago most of the Chicago area was at high transmission for COVID-19.

COVID cases are trending upward again in the U.S. averaging over 100,000 new daily cases, up from under 30,000 in April, according to CDC data.

COVID cases are trending upward again in the U.S. averaging over 100,000 new daily cases, up from under 30,000 in April, according to CDC data.

Some people are still testing positive for Covid, even after their symptoms are gone. Here's what you need to know about it, and what to do if it happens to you.

The World Health Organization is creating a new vaccine-sharing mechanism to stop the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox in more than 30 countries beyond Africa.

Monroe County saw 232 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from June 2 to June 8, according to data from the Monroe County Health Department.

The World Health Organization will convene its emergency committee to determine if the monkeypox outbreak that has mysteriously spread beyond Africa warrants being declared a global health emergency.

British health officials have detected another 104 cases of monkeypox in England in what has become the biggest outbreak beyond Africa of the normally rare disease.

The U.S. government is buying more monkeypox vaccine as a surprising international outbreak continues to grow.

British health officials say they cannot tell if the spread of monkeypox has peaked in the country.

The CDC will reevaluate the need for the testing requirement every 90 days and it could be reinstated if a troubling new variant emerges.

The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before boarding their flights.

The president's math adds up — but is he comparing apples and oranges?

British health officials have reported another 73 cases of monkeypox.

A recent outbreak of hepatitis A cases have been linked to strawberries sold at Kroger, Aldi, Walmart, Trader Joe’s and other grocery stores nationwide.

Genetic analysis of recent monkeypox cases suggests there are two distinct strains in the United States That raises the possibility that the virus has been circulating undetected for some time.

The White House expects Covid vaccinations for children under age 5 to begin as early as June 21, a senior health official said on Thursday. Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House Covid response coordinator, said the Biden administration will initially make 10 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines available to states, pharmacies and community health centers. States can begin placing orders on Friday, Jha said, but the vaccine doses will ship only after the Food and Drug Administration authorizes the shots. "We're going to ship doses out as fast as possible," Jha told reporters during White House press briefing. Children under age 5 are the only group left in the U.S. that is not eligible for Covid vaccination.

Nigeria has recorded its first death from monkeypox in 2022 while Congo has confirmed nine deaths and 465 cases this year.

The World Health Organization’s top monkeypox expert said she doesn’t expect the hundreds of cases reported to date to turn into another pandemic.

A recent outbreak of hepatitis A cases have been linked to strawberries sold at Kroger, Aldi, Walmart, Trader Joe’s and other grocery stores nationwide.

The World Health Organization says nearly 200 cases of monkeypox have been reported in more than 20 countries not usually known to have outbreaks of the unusual disease, but described the epidemic as “containable” and proposed creating a stockpile to equitably share the limited vaccines and drugs available worldwide.

The coronavirus mutant that is now dominant in the United States spreads faster than its omicron predecessors, is adept at escaping immunity and might possibly cause more serious disease.

The director of U-M’s Michigan Center for Infectious Disease Threats analyzes the current monkeypox outbreak.

Parents hoping to get their youngest children vaccinated against COVID-19 have some encouraging news.

Israeli authorities say they have detected the country’s first case of monkeypox in a man who returned from abroad and were looking into other suspected cases.

Scientists who have monitored numerous outbreaks of monkeypox in Africa say they are baffled by the disease’s recent spread in Europe and North America.

A new report finds far fewer Americans said “I do” during the first year of the pandemic when wedding plans were upended.

Washtenaw County is once again categorized as a high risk area for COVID spread.

Several Metro Detroit counties have been upgraded to a “high” COVID-19 risk category and are being urged to practice mask wearing in public by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

After a period of decreased coronavirus spread, COVID cases are starting to rise in some regions across the U.S. and the world -- including in some parts of Michigan.

A new study has found clues about what's driving an increase in uterine cancer deaths, particularly among Black women.

The landscape has changed in many ways since the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v.

Government researchers say three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus.

The World Health Organization has issued a global alert to be on the lookout for mysterious cases of hepatitis occurring in children.

In collaboration with NFL Alumni Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) former Detroit Lions tight end Pete Chryplewicz and former Lions offensive tackle Lomas Brown will host a virtual town hall tonight encouraging Detroit residents to get vaccinated against coronavirus (COVID-19).

Some doctors say it’s time to rename low-grade prostate cancer to eliminate the alarming C-word.

The Biden administration has announced it will extend through May 3 the nationwide mask requirement for airplanes and public transit as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases.