Apoorva Mandavilli is a Science & Global Health Reporter at The New York Times. She primarily covers topics related to public health, healthcare systems, and medicine, with a focus on COVID-19, immunology, and patient care. Apoorva's work has been featured in numerous publications, including The Globe and Mail, The Baltimore Sun, and The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Still, the risk to people in the United States remains low, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report Friday.
By: Apoorva Mandavilli
The health secretary is trying to restart the work of a panel that advises the government on vaccines, after a judge froze its decisions and prevented it from meeting.
By: Apoorva Mandavilli
The CDC's changes included rescinding routine recommendations for immunizations against a half-dozen childhood diseases.
By: Apoorva Mandavilli
Others who were in the facility have been allowed to return to their homes in recent weeks for monitoring by local health officials.
By: Apoorva Mandavilli
A cruise ship passenger is still being held at a quarantine facility in Nebraska, against her wishes and against the recommendation of a medical review.
By: Apoorva Mandavilli
A cruise ship passenger who was exposed to hantavirus in early May is still being held at a quarantine facility in Nebraska, against her wishes and against the recommendation of a medical review.
The State Department is taking over much of the control of global health initiatives, for which critics say the department does not have the expertise.
Even as the world is racing to contain the deadly Ebola epidemic in Congo, the Trump administration is moving ahead with a plan that could decimate support for programs that detect and snuff out exactly such outbreaks.
By: Stephanie Nolen, Carl Zimmer, Amy Schoenfeld Walker, Samuel Granados, Apoorva Mandavilli
Contact tracing is improving. Treatments may be months away. Here’s what could determine whether a fast-expanding outbreak can be slowed down.
By: Apoorva Mandavilli
Doctors treating Ebola patients in Congo say the symptoms may be milder than in previous outbreaks of the disease.
