Sarah Toy
Wall Street Journal
New York, NY, United States
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Departing CDC Director Rochelle Walensky Warns of Politicized Science
Stepping down after 2 1/2 years, Dr. Rochelle Walensky says that public health shouldn’t fall along partisan lines and that the public should be wary of misinformation. → Read More
Sprinter Tori Bowie’s Death Reflects Maternal Mortality Crisis
The Olympic gold-medal winner was in labor when she died, highlighting how the U.S. is the most dangerous place among high-income countries to be pregnant and give birth. → Read More
Can Ozempic Treat Binge Eating? For Some, the Answer Is Yes
Patients say weight-loss drugs have helped control their eating disorders. Some doctors are skeptical. → Read More
HIV Infections Drop as Care Reaches More Young Americans
The decline in HIV infections overall was driven by a drop in cases among young people, especially gay and bisexual men. → Read More
If Your Toddler Isn’t Talking Yet, the Pandemic Might Be to Blame
Children who spent little time socializing are talking later and treatment is scarce. → Read More
Preeclampsia Blood Test Wins FDA Clearance
Thermo Fisher’s blood test is the first cleared to predict life-threatening preeclampsia during pregnancy. → Read More
Ivermectin Didn’t Reduce Covid-19 Hospitalizations in Largest Trial to Date
Researchers testing repurposed drugs against Covid-19 found that ivermectin didn’t reduce hospital admissions, in the largest trial yet of the effect of the antiparasitic on the disease driving the pandemic. → Read More
Ventilation, Vaccination Key to Suppressing Covid-19 as People Head Back Indoors
Forget temperature checks and deep-cleaning surfaces. The best way to protect people from Covid-19 as they return to offices and other indoor spaces is to bolster air quality and vaccination coverage, experts say. → Read More
CDC Eases Mask Guidelines, Reflecting Covid-19’s Retreat
The agency’s new guidelines add hospital strain to the factors it uses to assess the threat the disease poses across U.S. counties. → Read More
Maternal Deaths Rose During Covid-19 Pandemic’s First Year
Black women who were pregnant or recently pregnant died at nearly three times the rate of white women in 2020, a U.S. report shows. → Read More
The Science Behind Why Children Fare Better With Covid-19
Children’s innate immune systems help fend off the virus more effectively than those of adults. → Read More
Covid-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy Protects Baby, Study Says
A CDC study strengthens evidence that pregnant women pass strong protection to their children. → Read More
CDC Director Aims to Improve Covid-19 Messaging, Data Collection
One year into her tenure as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rochelle Walensky acknowledges that she should have communicated certain things better to the American public. → Read More
CDC Suggests Considering N95, KN95 Masks in Some Situations
The public health agency stopped short of recommending that people wear higher-quality masks in high-risk situations. → Read More
The Next ‘It’ Diet? Not Trying to Lose Weight
More people are starting to build an anti-diet movement, driven by shifts in what it means to be healthy. → Read More
Omicron Variant Accounts for 73% of U.S. Covid-19 Cases, CDC Says
The Omicron variant caused more than 70% of recent Covid-19 cases in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. → Read More
Omicron Covid-19 Cases in U.S. Mostly Mild So Far, CDC Data Show
Among 43 people infected with the variant in 22 states in recent days, there has been one hospitalization and no deaths so far, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. → Read More
Should an 11-Year-Old Wait to Get the Bigger Covid-19 Vaccine Dose?
Shots for children age 5 to 11 are one-third the size of doses for older people. Most pediatric and infectious-disease experts say parents shouldn’t delay. → Read More
Antidepressant Significantly Reduces Covid-19 Hospitalization
Patients who received the low-cost and widely available fluvoxamine were far less likely to be hospitalized in a clinical trial. → Read More
Why Some Healthcare Workers Would Rather Lose Their Jobs Than Get Vaccinated
Among the hardest challenges in the drive to vaccinate Americans against Covid-19 are a minority of medical professionals who distrust the pharmaceutical industry and regulators, fear long-term health effects and bristle at mandates. → Read More