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A contagious new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, aka "Nimbus," is now dominant in the United States, CDC data show. What to know about symptoms and vaccines.

Economics is famous for being the dismal science. Sadly, recent work highlighting the slowdown in productivity growth stretching back to the 1950s is no exception. But I take a more cheerful view ...

Kipp struck out a career high 10 batters in six scoreless innings, and conceded only two hits to take his string of consecutive scoreless innings to 18. He retired the first nine batters he saw ...

The White House replaced the federal government’s longstanding hub for news and updates on COVID-19 with a website touting the lab leak theory that blames China for the pandemic.

Gavi works to expand access to vaccines for children in some of the world’s poorest countries. Health experts say the move ...

Friday marks the final day of a summer program designed to help Chandler Unified students prepare for kindergarten this fall.

The adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement in May, 2025, marks a historic, if imperfect, milestone in global health governance.1 For African countries, which bore a disproportionate burden during the ...

The recent event that hovers over “28 Years Later” is less the COVID-19 pandemic than Brexit. With the virus quarantined on Britain, the country has been severed from the European continent.

Massachusetts parents remain concerned about their children’s education five years after the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered classrooms, according to a new statewide poll. The poll, conducted by ...