Yasmin Tayag

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  • A man receives a vaccine shotNewsletters

    It may feel a lot like last December. But a lot has changed since then

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  • Asimina, a second grade high school student performs a self testing for Covid-19 at her home in Athens, on the eve of high schools opening on April 11, 2021. – Students and teachers are required to use kits for self-administered corovavirus test twice a week as Greece reopens high schools for students in the final three grades. (Photo by Louisa GOULIAMAKI / AFP) (Photo by LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP via Getty Images)Newsletters

    At-home defense: why widespread rapid antigen testing is key to curbing the pandemic

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  • WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 04: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee about the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on November 04, 2021 in Washington, DC. Earlier this week Walensky gave final approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children between 5 and 11 years old. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Newsletters

    Omicron emphasizes the importance of genomic surveillance

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  • Capsule-Doctors Covid MythsNewsletters

    Medical boards are still struggling to discipline doctors who spread COVID-19 myths

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  • Medicare-Prescription Pill BoxNewsletters

    Medicare negotiating drug prices could be the game changer Americans need

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  • Sadie Sindland, age 14, gives a thumbs up after being inoculated by Nurse Karen Pagliaro at Hartford Healthcares mass vaccination center at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Connecticut on May 13, 2021. – Six Children were vaccinated at the site and joined other children in the United States as kids ages 12-15 are now able to be vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, joining the growing population of the US that can be vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)Newsletters

    COVID vaccines could be the key to solving the global youth mental health emergency

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  • Capsule-Booster ShotsNewsletters

    Why the FDA’s ruling on mixing and matching vaccines will help more people get boosters

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  • CAMBRIDGE, MA – MARCH 11: Chris Noble, with People Before Profit calls for the suspension of all Intellectual Property restrictions so that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine can be made accessible to all as scientists, community members, and activists rally outside of Moderna’s Cambridge headquarters as part of a global action day for fair access to vaccines in Cambridge, MA on March 11, 2021. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)Newsletters

    The stalemate over patents is fueling vaccine inequity—and the pandemic

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  • Merck-Antiviral PillNewsletters

    Why Merck’s antiviral pill is not a silver bullet for COVID

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  • I quit Post-it notesCareers

    The real reason everyone is quitting their jobs right now

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  • Man commuting on a trainCareers

    The return to commuting may actually be a good thing for your brain

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