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Articles by Tom Howell Jr.

The logo and building of the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, 15 April 2020. An expert group convened by the World Health Organization says there may be some benefit to giving a second booster dose of coronavirus vaccine to the most vulnerable people amid the continuing global spread of omicron and its subvariants. In a statement issued on Tuesday, May 17 2022 the U.N. health agency said there was increasing evidence that a second booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine would benefit health workers, people over age 60 and those with weak immune systems. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, file)

WHO: ‘Sex is not limited to male or female’

The World Health Organization says sex "is not limited to male or female" as it plans to update a manual used by public health professionals to recognize gender and sexual diversity, wading into the thorny debate about whether gender is strictly binary or something more complicated.

July 12, 2022
In this file photo, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

White House COVID coordinator: Country can weather new BA.5 variant just fine

The Biden administration said the fast-moving BA.5 variant of the coronavirus is a stark but manageable challenge, unveiling a plan that relies on frequent testing, antiviral drugs and up-to-date vaccinations while stopping short of an immediate expansion of the booster campaign as drugmakers reformulate their shots.

July 12, 2022
This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. The Biden administration has started shipping testing kits for monkeypox to commercial laboratories, in a bid to speed diagnostic tests for suspected infections for the virus that has already infected at least 142 people in the U.S. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, File)

Biden enlists Mayo Clinic for monkeypox testing push

The Biden administration said Monday that Mayo Clinic Laboratories will begin processing up to 10,000 monkeypox tests per week as the U.S. tries to track down infections and slow a mounting case total.

July 11, 2022
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., addresses a gathering during a town hall style meeting, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Randolph, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Democratic senators urge Biden to move faster on marijuana policy

Six liberal senators are prodding President Biden to pardon prior cannabis offenders and compel the Department of Justice to reclassify the drug, a sign that members of the president's own party are disappointed by a lack of progress on the issue.

July 7, 2022