What we're reading

The deputy director of the National Prison Project at the ACLU called the findings "shocking"

With time and effort, the United States can build enough protection to blunt surges, but herd immunity remains out of reach

A decade of analyzing Europe's wastewater has provided a snapshot of how drugs like cocaine have spread to cities not previously considered hot spots

Long a hub for opium production, the country could fuel a new global drug crisis

Public health experts say ban could lead to more than a million people quitting and hundreds of thousands of premature deaths averted

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says because of COVID, focus and progress on malaria has weakened

The FDA is evaluating rare reports of "viral load rebound" after Paxlovid treatment

There have been at least 169 unusual cases of hepatitis in children, with 17 requiring liver transplants, and one child has died

The country is also now one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a medical worker

Short-term exposure to air pollution was linked to increased COVID risk, a new JAMA Network Open study suggests

The new scientific crew will aim to keep the public updated on the pandemic and future outbreaks

A federal judge in Florida on Monday ruled that the 14-month-old directive was unlawful, overturning a White House effort to reduce COVID spread