The FDA says one home test is not enough if you've been exposed to someone with COVID or are experiencing COVID-like symptoms. That initial negative ... could turn positive a day or two later. Max Posner/NPR hide caption
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Third grade students participate in class at Highland Elementary School in Las Cruces, N.M., in the spring. Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
This 2014 illustration made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a polio virus particle. Sarah Poser, Meredith Boyter Newlove/CDC via AP hide caption
Actress Anne Heche attends the WIN Awards at Santa Monica Bay Womans Club on December 11, 2013 in Santa Monica, California. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images hide caption
Reagan Gaona stands beside the Unfillable Chair memorial in front of Santa Fe High School in Texas. The memorial is dedicated to the eight students and two teachers killed in a May 2018 shooting. To the left is a sign displaying solidarity with Uvalde, Texas, a city that experienced a similar school shooting in May 2022. Renuka Rayasam/Kaiser Health News hide caption
While the U.S. military has used burn pits in other conflicts, one expert says they were exceptionally large in Iraq and Afghanistan. Scott Nelson/Getty Images hide caption
Activists protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on May 3, 2022, in response to a leaked draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laid out new guidance for the national response to COVID-19 on Thursday. Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
With new guidance, CDC ends test-to-stay for schools and relaxes COVID rules
A doctor checks chest x-rays of a tuberculosis patient at a clinic in Mumbai, India, that treats those with drug-resistant strains of the disease. Two new studies look at how drug resistance might be overcome. Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A room in a Planned Parenthood of Illinois clinic in Waukegan, where abortion providers from Wisconsin are helping to provide access to more patients from their home state now that abortion is nearly banned there. Manuel Martinez/WBEZ hide caption
Abortion is legal in Illinois. In Wisconsin, it's nearly banned. So clinics teamed up
Only when the caller cannot or will not collaborate on a safety plan and the counselor feels the caller will harm themselves imminently should emergency services be called, according to the hotline's policy. d3sign/Getty Images hide caption
Patricia Neves (left) and Ana Paula Ano Bom helped launch a global project to revolutionize access to mRNA technology. Ian Cheibub for NPR hide caption
A health worker gives a polio vaccine to a child in Karachi, Pakistan, on May 23. British health authorities on Wednesday said they will offer a polio booster dose to children aged 1 to 9 in London, after finding evidence the virus has been spreading in multiple regions of the capital. Fareed Khan/AP hide caption
Dr. Nicole Scott, the residency program director at Indiana's largest teaching hospital, is worried what the near-total ban on abortion in the state means for her hospital's ability to recruit and retain the best doctors. Farah Yousry/Side Effects Public Media hide caption
The monkeypox outbreak is growing in the U.S. and vaccines remain in short supply. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
With supplies low, FDA authorizes plan to stretch limited monkeypox vaccine doses
Vision divine du 11 Mars 1948, is a series of eight drawings by Ivoirian artist Frédéric Bruly Bouabré. They depict a vision that Bouabré said he experienced that year: "seven colored suns" creating a "circle of beauty around their 'mother-sun.' " This piece and other works from Bouabré are part of an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art. The Museum of Modern Art hide caption
A vaccine candidate for Lyme disease is moving through the clinical pipeline, as the tick-borne disease spreads to new areas. Here, a tick is seen at the French National Institute of Agricultural Research. Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Ashton Kutcher attends the Los Angeles premiere of Vengeance on July 25. The actor revealed he dealt with hearing, vision and balance issues as a result of a rare case of vasculitis three years ago. Robin L Marshall/Getty Images hide caption
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