Known for his efforts to improve global health and as the founder of the nonprofit health organization Partners in Health, Farmer died in Rwanda at age 62.
The omicron BA..2 variant spreads about 30% more easily and has caused surges in other countries. Its steady increase in the U.S. raises questions about the wisdom of rolling back COVID restrictions.
"Covid will not suddenly disappear," Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Parliament on Monday, adding that "restrictions pose a heavy toll on our economy, our society, our mental well-being."
Dr. Paul Farmer, a global health champion, Harvard Medical School professor, anthropologist and co-founder of the nonprofit health organization Partners in Health, has died at age 62.
Washington is the first state to introduce a public option for health insurance, but it has been difficult to get hospitals on board. Other states with public options in the works are taking notice.
Biden agrees to a tentative meeting with Putin to discuss Ukraine. Closing arguments to begin in the hate crimes trial against Ahmaud Arbery's killers. Doctors urge people to resume preventive care.
As pandmic cases and hospitalizations drop, the CDC is expected to change masking guidelines soon. Doctors are urging people to resume regular health screenings that they stopped during the pandemic.