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Mpox cases fell steadily over the past months to an average of seven cases by the end of November

There’s been an explosion in sexually transmitted diseases that can cause chronic pain and infertility among infected adults and disable or kill infected newborns.

Despite a massive hiring push last year, health agencies around the U.S. failed to contain the pandemic through contact tracing. Health leaders reflect on lessons learned and what’s next.

There really was no second wave. When Philadelphia’s Department of Public Health warned of rising cases last summer, was it reshaping the truth to nudge people in one direction?

Some health departments can’t keep up with contact tracing

This sobering milestone was reached just nine months after the first reported fatality in China last January.

Here are some of Atlas’ ideas, and why they have scientists and public health experts fretting.