The U.S. spends more on healthcare than almost anywhere else. But increasingly patients are getting less in return, and enduring long waits to get not as much face-time with their clinician.
The summer surge of the coronavirus subvariants nicknamed FLiRT has given way to ever more contagious strains, a key reason behind the current high levels of COVID in California and nationwide.
A measles outbreak that began in May in Minnesota has spread to 30 people, primarily infecting children in the Somali community. About a third of the patients have required hospitalization and all but one were unvaccinated.
The good news is, the risk of developing Long COVID has dropped significantly since the start of the pandemic, and, according to a new study, we have COVID-19 vaccines to thank for much of this decline.