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Amesh Adalja is quoted.

Gigi Gronvall and Bill Moss are quoted.

Roni Neff is quoted.

Andy Pekosz is quoted.

Nick Reed is quoted.

Andy Pekosz and Keri Althoff are quoted. 

Many health experts are predicting the 2022-2023 flu season will be a severe one. A big reason? Australia, which is in the southern hemisphere and experiences its flu season before ours, had a doozy of a flu season.

New COVID-19 booster shots have begun rolling out across Maryland and the country this week, and experts and officials are again stepping up their efforts to persuade the public to get another shot.
Keri Althoff and Andy Pekosz are quoted. 
 

The mayor’s office and the city’s Department of Public Works are still investigating the source of the contamination by “surveying and sampling additional locations, working to identify construction projects in the area, performing leak tests, conducting valve assessments and checking chlorine levels."

The U.S. leads the world with infections — as of Wednesday, 21,274 cases had been reported — with men accounting for about 98% of cases and men who said they had recent sexual contact with other men about 93% of cases.
 

Recognizing these disparities is key in addressing future health crises, but also for providing care to children impacted by COVID-19 that is trauma-informed and culturally relevant as grief is individually unique.
 

The risks of the strategy are real: If the vaccine comes up short, Americans will have another disease to live with, and health officials will almost certainly further damage confidence in public health.