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WHO chief advises reducing sex partners to avoid monkeypox 07/27/2022 03:21pm • GENEVA (AP) -- The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday advised men at risk of catching monkeypox to consider reducing their sexual partners "for the moment," following the U.N. health agency declaring the escalating outbreaks in multiple countries to be a global emergency. Health DC officials hopeful monkeypox outbreak can be contained 07/27/2022 12:58pm • Health officials in D.C. are hopeful a monkeypox outbreak in the District can be contained before it spreads into the wider population but say they need more vaccine doses from the federal government — and the public's help. "Monkeypox is still something that we can prevent," said Patrick A Veteran nurse named interim health director as DC tackles coronavirus, monkeypox 07/26/2022 11:01pm • Veteran health official Sharon Lewis has been named interim director of D.C. Health, following the recent resignation of Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt. Lewis, a registered nurse who holds a doctorate in health care administration, was appointed by Mayor Muriel Bowser to lead the agency while the city con DC stretches its monkeypox vaccine supply to reach more people 07/26/2022 07:36am • In an effort to get the monkeypox vaccine out to as many residents as possible, the D.C. health department has decided to temporarily give people just one dose of the vaccine instead of two. While the District has received about 14,000 doses so far, demand has outpaced supply. More DC Rep. Ruppersberger tests positive for COVID-19 07/25/2022 08:01pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger has tested positive for COVID-19. The Maryland Democrat's office announced that Ruppersberger tested positive for the virus on Sunday evening. The congressman’s office says his symptoms are mild and he is working from home while isolating How Montgomery Co. is responding to monkeypox 07/25/2022 04:48pm • Health officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, are working to track cases of monkeypox, while contacting those who may have been exposed and asking them to get vaccinated. "Currently, the vaccinations are limited to known contacts who are identified through our public health investigations -- b The unsung heroes of public health 07/24/2022 09:26am • Monkeypox is now spreading around the world, and is putting the U.S. public health system once again on the front lines in a battle to keep the country safe. When asked if monkeypox represents another pandemic like COVID-19, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control a China says Xi Jinping given domestic COVID vaccines amid public concern over safety 07/24/2022 09:10am • Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders in the country have been given domestic Covid-19 vaccines, the ruling Communist party said in a rare disclosure aimed at stimulating China's booster program. Deputy head of the National Health Commission (NHC) Zeng Yixin said on Saturday that "all Ch Fauci says Biden is 'doing really quite well' 07/23/2022 01:00pm • Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to president Joe Biden, says the commander-in-chief is "doing really quite well" following a recent COVID-19 diagnosis. The White House said earlier this week that Mr. Biden is isolating in the White House and experiencing mild symptoms. "The presiden COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are essential to protect against new variants 07/21/2022 08:30pm • The rapidly evolving coronavirus is zigzagging and evading vaccines intended to neutralize it, but researchers appear to have discovered a way to trap it effectively — if only briefly — with booster shots. COVID-19 vaccine booster shots work well to prevent infections from omicron and its sub How contagious is BA. 5, the dominant COVID-19 variant in the US? 07/21/2022 04:00pm • Cases of COVID-19 are on the rise. BA. 5, the latest mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant, makes people with the disease more contagious than previous strains. But how contagious? "The virus variant BA. 5 has spread quite rapidly throughout the world," said Dr. Matthew Laurens, a professor New York reports 1st US polio case in nearly a decade 07/21/2022 02:07pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York health officials on Thursday reported a polio case, the first in the U.S. in nearly a decade. Officials said the Rockland County resident is an unvaccinated adult, but they did not detail the person's condition. It appears the person had a vaccine-derived strain of t Montgomery Co. will offer monkeypox vaccine to at-risk residents 07/20/2022 05:41pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, will distribute a limited amount of monkeypox vaccine to those considered most at-risk. In a statement Wednesday, the county’s Department of Health and Human Services said that residents who have had a sexual partner in the last 14 days who has been diagnosed with m How is monkeypox being treated? 07/20/2022 06:45am • As the monkeypox outbreak continues to grow around the world, many people who have gotten sick with the virus have had mild symptoms and were able to recover without any monkeypox-specific treatment. "For the most part, these illnesses are relatively mild. They can be disfiguring and yucky, but t Rapid antigen COVID at-home tests available for people who are blind, have low vision 07/18/2022 09:37pm • People who have low vision or are blind can place two orders for free, accessible at-home COVID-19 tests to be delivered to them by the U.S. Postal Service. The Biden-Harris administration launched the new initiative a few weeks ago to expand the availability of testing options that are more acce