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As most of the East Coast tracks Ian’s path today, it seems like a reasonable moment to talk about the weather — and, particularly, how America’s health is getting hammered by it.

Early data analyzed by the CDC shows that unvaccinated people at risk for monkeypox were 14 times more likely to be infected.

Representatives and senators are also intent on leaving the capital again in October to campaign, so they need to focus on must-pass government funding bills and the annual defense authorization measure.

This vaccine recipe would target the original coronavirus strain and the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants that have dominated U.S. infections this summer.

The outcome on Tuesday could have major implications for the future of health care policy in Albany.

And Liz Cheney says she wants to hear from Mike Pence.

More than $3 billion has poured into artificial intelligence–enabled digital health startups in the first half of 2022 alone, on top of nearly $10 billion in 2021.

Ruth Reader is a reporter at POLITICO covering the intersection of health care and technology. Before joining POLITICO, she worked at Fast Company, where she spent six years as a reporter covering tech companies and startups. She has also worked as a reporter at VentureBeat, Mic.com and the late Baltimore City Paper, as well as a producer for New York Public Radio, Voice of America in D.C. and CBS Baltimore. She is now based in New York.

The Biden administration is expected to declare monkeypox a public health emergency in the coming days.

As post-Roe chaos continues to grip the country, Sen. Gary Peters, the chair of Democrats’ Senate campaign arm, is asking the Biden administration to allow U.S. residents to bring abortion pills across the border or travel to Mexico or Canada for the procedure.