With Abortion Rights Under Threat, Democrats Hope to Go on Offense

VIRGINIA BEACH — Kenzie Smith is “not big into politics,” she said, and while she votes faithfully in presidential elections, for Democrats, she...

Fauci Urges Americans Not to Get Boosters Before They Are Eligible

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease doctor, defended President Biden’s decision last month to announce the availability of Covid booster...

Biden Administration Seeks to Expand Telehealth in Rural America

If it were easier to connect with doctors regularly, many of the hesitant might change their minds, she said.“They are left to themselves...

A New Covid Testing Model Aims to Spare Students From Quarantine

When the schools in Marietta, Ga., opened their doors on Aug. 3, the highly contagious Delta variant was sweeping across the South, and...

After Egress, SpaceX Inspiration4 Astronauts to Get Health Check

When astronauts return to Earth from space, they can experience a number of health and physical issues after they land — a result...

Delta Variant Detected in 99 percent of U.S. cases, C.D.C. Says

The Delta variant of the coronavirus has overtaken others in the United States and now represents more than 99 percent of cases tracked...

They Shunned Covid Vaccines but Embraced Antibody Treatment

Lanson Jones did not think that the coronavirus would come for him. An avid tennis player in Houston who had not caught so...

Pfizer Vaccine Protection Wanes, C.D.C. Study Shows

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data on Friday indicating that the level of protection against Covid hospitalizations afforded by the...

Two Men Plead Guilty in Pelvic Mesh Implant Scheme

A Florida doctor and a medical consultant pleaded guilty this week to federal charges arising from a scheme to pressure hundreds of women...