Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

As the virus continues to mutate, the C.D.C. urged Americans to roll up their sleeves again for annual vaccinations.

Among Americans aged 60 to 74, only those with certain health conditions need to receive the shots, the agency concluded.

The health care system has stockpiles of medicine and has worked out “a lot of the kinks” since the Covid pandemic. But experts still have some concerns about a bird flu outbreak.

The Times’s science and global health reporter shared how the pandemic shaped her current reporting on viruses, including bird flu, which is seeing an uptick in cases.

Regions that had “extremely high” rates of such illnesses included swaths of New England, the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic, all areas that have been hit the hardest by the heat wave.

Alcohol is riskier than previously thought, but weighing the trade-offs of health risks can be deeply personal.

Firearms often are not stored safely in U.S. homes, a federal survey found. At the same time, gun-related suicides and injuries to children are on the rise.

Patients using Done or similar telehealth platforms may experience disruptions in care, health officials warned.

The panel endorsed targeting a variant of the coronavirus that is now receding, though some officials suggested aiming at newer versions of the virus that have emerged in recent weeks.

Negotiators plan to ask for more time. Among the sticking points are equitable access to vaccines and financing to set up surveillance systems.