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Why Monkeypox Vaccine Shortage May Threaten the Immunocompromised
The shortfall of monkeypox vaccine doses in the United States, expected to last for months, is raising urgent questions about how well and for how long a single shot may protect against the virus. The vaccine, called Jynneos, is approved as a two-dose regimen, but most people at risk of infection have been receiving one […]
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Mexico’s Drought: Country Faces a Water Emergency
Mexico, or large parts of it, is running out of water. An extreme drought has seen taps run dry across the country, with nearly two-thirds of all municipalities facing a water shortage that is forcing people in some places to line up for hours for government water deliveries. The lack of water has grown so […]
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A Town’s Housing Crisis Exposes a ‘House of Cards’
HAILEY, Idaho — Near the private jets that shuttle billionaires to their opulent Sun Valley getaways, Ana Ramon Bartolome and her family have spent this summer living in the only place available to them: behind a blue tarp in a sweltering two-car garage. With no refrigerator, the extended family of four adults and two young […]
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Germans Tip-Toe Up the Path to Energy Savings
AUGSBURG, Germany — Wolfgang Hübschle went into city government expecting a simple life, planning things like traditional festivals replete with lederhosen. Instead, these days he has the unpopular task of calculating which traffic lights to shut off, how to lower temperatures in offices and swimming pools — and perhaps, if it comes to it, pulling […]
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Germany Hopes to Outrace a Russian Gas Cutoff and Bone Cold Winter
Russian natural gas has fired the furnaces that create molten stainless steel at Clemens Schmees’s family foundry since 1961, when his father set up shop in a garage in the western part of Germany. It never crossed Clemens’s mind that this energy flow could one day become unaffordable or cease altogether. Now Mr. Schmees, like […]
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Jobs Aplenty, but a Shortage of Care Keeps Many Women From Benefiting
To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. A dearth of child care and elder care choices is causing many women to reorganize their working lives and prompting some to forgo jobs altogether, hurting the economy at a moment when companies are desperate to hire, […]
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Embattled Leaders in Hiding, Sri Lankans Ask: What’s Next?
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s political and economic crisis offered a peculiar tableau Sunday after a day of high drama: The protesters were everywhere, cooking in the prime minister’s garden and even lounging in the president’s bedroom while the leaders were nowhere to be seen. With President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the prime minister Ranil […]
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The Jumbled Dream of U.S. Chips
A global shortage of computer chips had stalled the manufacturing of cars, computers and even dog-washing machines. But there are now signs the shortage of chips — the teeny parts that function like the brain or memory in everything electronic — is ending. This might be a sliver of good news for our budgets. It’s […]
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A Clunky, Reusable Mask May Be the Answer to N95 Waste
“Elastomerics for us really were a game changer,” Dr. Chalikonda said. “When I think of all the millions of dollars wasted on N95s and then trying to reuse them makes you realize how much elastomerics are a missed opportunity.” Federal health officials say they are moving as fast as possible to produce stronger guidance on […]
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