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People seeking this year’s COVID booster shot may find it more difficult than the past. Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images If …

Parents should broach the AI conversation with their children when they are elementary school-age, before they encounter AI through their friends at school or in other spaces, says Marc Watkins, …

Some 154 million people get health insurance through their employer — and many could see their paycheck deductions surge next year. Some will likely also see co-pays and other out-of-pocket …

Texas is seeing an explosion of cases of typhus, a disease that – if untreated – can be fatal. Typhus was almost eradicated from the United States, but now it’s …

In 2022, a sign in Miami, Fla., promotes “monkeypox vaccination.” That same year the World Health Organization changed the name of the virus to “mpox” since the animals that transmit …

Texas is seeing an explosion of cases of typhus, a disease that – if untreated – can be fatal. Typhus was almost eradicated from the United States, but now it’s …

Therese McRae with her daughter (left), Stephan Neidenbach (upper right, with his wife Jennifer, and their children) and Jason Mitton (lower right) all want the COVID vaccine and are having …

They’re called “serodiscordant” couples. One is HIV positive, the other negative. Aid from the U.S. enabled them to obtain medicines and condoms for protection — until this year. (Image credit: …

New research estimates that as many as 2.2 million more people could die of tuberculosis if U.S. cuts to foreign aid become permanent. (Image credit: Nhac Nguyen)

The new federal restrictions on who can get the new COVID-19 vaccines are causing anxiety, frustration and anger around the country as people scramble to navigate the confusing patchwork of …