How do you get a COVID-19 vaccine appointment? The answer varies by state. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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A computer-generated image of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. Uma Shankar Sharma/Getty Images hide caption
Workers who suffer miscarriages may face repercussions if they try to take a lot of time off at work. There are no national laws that mandate sick leave for workers, let alone specific protections for people dealing with a miscarriage. Catherine McQueen/Getty Images hide caption
A worker hands a nasal swab to a motorist at a drive-up COVID-19 testing site in Denver on Jan. 13. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
A glass is filled in with water on April 27, 2014 in Paris. Scientists studying what makes us thirsty have found the body checks in on our water consumption in several different ways. FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Thirsty? Here's how your brain answers that question
People shop in The Galleria mall in Houston during Black Friday on Nov. 26, 2021. The economy grew strongly last year but at an uneven pace because of the pandemic. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
Believe it or not, the economy grew last year at the fastest pace since 1984
World Health Organization Regional Director for Western Pacific Takeshi Kasai addresses the media at the start of the five-day annual session Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, in Manila, Philippines. Bullit Marquez/AP hide caption
Peloton is a fitness and media company that makes stationary bikes, treadmills and workout videos. Peloton hide caption
This family photo shows D.J. Ferguson initially being treated at Milford, Mass., Regional Medical Center. Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston is defending itself after Ferguson's family claimed he was denied a new heart for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Tracey Ferguson file photo/via AP hide caption
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell listens during his renomination hearing with the Senate Banking Committee on Jan. 11. The Fed is planning to become more aggressive in fighting inflation. Graeme Jennings/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Game time: The Fed unveils a tougher plan to fight stubbornly high inflation
A monoclonal treatment site in Miami is closed on Tuesday after the Food and Drug Administration curbed use of some treatments. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Brothers Chase Miller (left), 10, and Carson Miller, 11, in November 2021. The two brothers have a rare genetic disorder and are immunocompromised. Their family has to practice extreme caution to prevent coronavirus exposures. Danny Miller hide caption
There's one population that gets overlooked by an 'everyone will get COVID' mentality
Elton John performs during his "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" tour on Jan. 19 in New Orleans. Despite being vaccinated and boosted, John has contracted COVID-19 and postponed two farewell concert dates in Dallas. John "is experiencing only mild symptoms," according to a statement. Derick Hingle/AP hide caption
Masked White Plains, N.Y., High School students walk between classes last year. A day after a judge overturned New York's mask mandate, an appellate judge temporarily restored it as the state prepares an appeal. Mark Lennihan/AP file photo hide caption
Linsey Jones, a medical assistant working at a drive-up coronavirus testing clinic, wears an N95 mask on Jan. 4 in Puyallup, Wash. The Biden administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free to Americans starting this week. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption
Evusheld is a treatment authorized for prevention of COVID-19 in people who are seriously immunocompromised or who have had serious adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines. Peter Bostrom/AstraZeneca hide caption
Hospitals use a lottery to allocate scarce COVID drugs for the immunocompromised
With its new COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer and BioNTech are hoping to get ahead of worsening effects of omicron as well as any new variants. Jonas Roosens/Belga Mag/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A person visits a Covid-19 testing site along a Manhattan street in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
A customer rests their head down while speaking with a Delta Airlines employee at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport on January 13, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
Experts Call The Pandemic A Collective Trauma. Why Don't We Talk About It That Way?
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban tweeted of his new online pharmacy: "All drugs are priced at cost plus 15% ! Sign up and share your thoughts and experiences with us !" Tom Pennington/Getty Images hide caption
There are several ways older adults can get free rapid antigen tests, but Medicare will not reimburse them when they purchase them. Frederic J. Brown /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Dhaval Bhatt plays Monopoly with his children, Hridaya (left) and Martand, at their home in St. Peters, Missouri. Martand's mother took him to a children's hospital in April after he burned his hand, and the bill for the emergency room visit was more than $1,000 — even though the child was never seen by a doctor. Whitney Curtis for Kaiser Health News hide caption