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‘We’re on our own.’ Urgent pleas for monkeypox vaccines from gay men feeling neglected by the government

[ad_1] They wear face masks, and keep a social distance from others, obeying the ground rules from the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic — when the desperate need for vaccines far outweighed what federal and state governments could supply. Many however will leave empty-handed as local hospitals and clinics have had to rely on […]

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‘The next public health disaster in the making’: Studies offer new pieces of long Covid puzzle

[ad_1] President Joe Biden said in April that long Covid was a priority for his administration and ordered two reports: one that lays out a research agenda for the country and one that sketches out the federally funded services and support available for people in the US with long Covid. A total of 14 government

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Meet the tiny Patagonian monito that is a ‘living fossil’ from the ancient past | CNN

[ad_1] The new docuseries “Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World” explores one of the wildest places on Earth. Catch the latest episode at 9 p.m. ET/PT Sunday on CNN. CNN  —  The monito del monte, an endearing mouselike creature that lives in the forests of Patagonia, races vertically up trees, covering a meter

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Raising her autistic son taught this mom hard lessons that she’s used to help thousands of underserved Chicago-area families

[ad_1] After visiting several doctors, they eventually got a diagnosis: autism. Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 44 children in the US is on the spectrum. But in the 1980s, only roughly four in 10,000 children were identified as having autism. “I had never heard of autism outside of

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Now should I worry about monkeypox? Our medical analyst explains | CNN

[ad_1] CNN  —  Monkeypox is spreading in the United States and around the world. There are at least 26,000 infections documented in over 80 countries. The World Health Organization has declared it a public health emergency of international concern. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting more than 6,600 infections, just two

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Change in monkeypox vaccine injection method could mean more doses but may not be easy, experts say

[ad_1] As part of the Biden administration’s declaration of the monkeypox outbreak in the US as a public health emergency, it’s looking into administering Jynneos vaccine shots intradermally instead of subcutaneously. “We’re considering an approach for the current doses of Jynneos that would allow health-care providers to use an existing one-dose vial of the vaccine

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Discovery in paleontologist’s backyard reveals evidence of North America’s early humans

[ad_1] The roughly 37,000-year-old remains of a female mammoth and her calf show distinct signs of butchering, providing new evidence that humans may have arrived in North America much earlier than believed. Paleontologist Timothy Rowe first learned of the fossils in 2013 when a neighbor noticed something sticking out of a hillside on some New

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Biden administration declares the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency

[ad_1] The announcement came during a briefing with the Department of Health and Human Services. The administration has been criticized at times for its handling of the outbreak, and some have called on the government to declare a national emergency without delay. Since the first US monkeypox case was identified in mid-May, more than 6,600

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Exercises to ease your back pain, restore your health | CNN

[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Join Dana Santas for a four-part series to learn how you can recover from and prevent low back pain. Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of “Practical Solutions for Back Pain Relief.” Here’s Part I.

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Near-Earth asteroid has a surface like a fun-house pit of plastic balls

[ad_1] During the historic collection event, the sampling head of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sank 1.6 feet (0.5 meter) into the surface of the asteroid. Apparently, Bennu’s exterior is made of loosely packed particles that aren’t bound together very securely, based on what happened as the spacecraft collected a sample. If the spacecraft hadn’t fired its

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