Covid, monkeypox, and now polio? What to know

Next week, Ukraine will mark a violent anniversary: four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion. The war has already reshaped Europe’s security order, strained Western unity, and tested the limits of diplomacy. It’s a conflict that historian Serhii Plokhy explores in his new bo ...  Show more

For the first time since King Charles I in 1647, a senior British royal has been arrested. Today, police took Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Prince Andrew, into custody on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Andrew's fall from grace began in 2019, when journalist Em ...  Show more

Cases of the monkeypox virus are spreading in many countries where it has rarely, if ever, been seen before, including in the United States.

Although there are a lot of unknowns about the illness, the rapidly rising number of infections has caused alarm bells to sound am ...

What began as a public health crisis in China is well on the way to becoming a pandemic. And while there is a lot of news about the coronavirus, there is also a lack of understanding about the severity of the threat. As officials warn of a potential outbreak in the U.S., we as ...

In mid-June, cases of monkeypox were in the double digits in the United States. There were drug treatments and vaccines against it. There didn’t seem to be any reason for alarm.

But in the weeks since, the virus has spread rapidly across the country, with some local and ...

The number of new coronavirus cases in the United States is falling, but has the country turned a corner in the pandemic? And what kind of threats do the new variants pose to people and to the vaccine rollout?

Today, we discuss the latest in the quest to stamp out the pa ...