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The editors of JAMA recognize the challenges, concerns, and frustration about the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) that is affecting the care of

Millions of Americans will be at risk of flooding by 2050. But economic impact will be felt much sooner, climate researchers say.

Local governments in coastal states will lose billions of dollars in local tax revenue as rising seas claim developed land

Higher high tides, supercharged by rising sea levels, could flood all or parts of $34 billion worth of real estate in the U.S. in 30 years.

Get the latest COVID-19 news from infectious diseases expert Mark Rupp, MD, including COVID-19 case rates, types of variants circulating and vaccine updates.

A child in Douglas County died from a suspected infection with the rare brain-eating amoeba, possibly in the Elkhorn River, according to the health department.

A health alert on the state and county level. Doctors suspect a rare brain-eating amoeba led to a child's death.

A child died after swimming in the Elkhorn River in Nebraska and local health officials suspect the cause of death is due to a rare, brain-eating amoeba.

Douglas County Health Director Lindsay Huse said Thursday that the death from a suspected infection from the brain-eating amoeba occurred in the Elkhorn River near Valley.

The Novavax vaccine uses different technology, but it shown to be as effective as Pfizer and Moderna's vaccines.