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An experimental therapy for A.L.S., the paralyzing and fatal neurological disorder also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, has been approved in Canada, adding a new treatment option for a disease for which there are few effective therapies. The FDA is currently reviewing the drug, and has raised questions about the treatment’s effectiveness.
 

For every day that a virus spreads unmonitored and unchecked, there’s greater risk of it finding a permanent home in a country it was only visiting. In the case of the pox — in our pets.
 

U.S. health officials are working to expand capabilities to test for monkeypox beyond a narrow group of public health labs, heeding calls from infectious disease experts who say testing for the virus needs to become part of routine care.
 

Uvalde, Texas. Buffalo, N.Y. Parkland, Fla. Three mass shootings in three states — 48 people killed in total. In each attack, the shooter legally purchased a gun before he turned 21.
 

Gov. Larry Hogan announced a long-term plan Thursday to manage the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that centers on ensuring accessibility of the latest tests, vaccines and medications.
 

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cautioned Wednesday that the window to contain the global monkeypox outbreak may be narrowing.

With Americans largely returning to prepandemic habits, and precautions such as mask mandates dropped, many people have come to rely on rapid testing to avoid spreading the virus. But with so many people having symptoms and still testing negative, it’s hard to know whether to trust the results.
 

The country’s latest COVID-19 surge appears to have crested well before reaching anywhere near the pandemic peak seen in January. But the pandemic isn’t done, and new variants already are emerging around the country that could mean another wave this summer or fall and everyone ought to be ready.
 

The U.S. has 36,000 doses of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine in the strategic national stockpile and is adding 36,000 more as the infectious disease spreads around the world.

It was a weekend marked by terrifying gun violence across the country, with 13 mass shootings in the U.S. since Friday.
 

What exactly is a 'universal background check' for gun sales,and why has it been so hard for federal legislation to mandate such checks?

Just nine states and Washington, D.C., have explicit waiting periods before people can purchase at least some types of firearms.