Healthbeat's New York reporter discusses West Nile virus on WNYC

New York City has made incredible progress against HIV, but rising infection rates, persistent disparities, and looming federal funding cuts risk a backslide.

The Supreme Court wants a lower court to take a second look at New York’s school vaccine mandate in light of the Mahmoud decision. New York is among several states that removed religious exemptions in the face of disease outbreaks.

Many clinicians and epidemiologists fear abandoning the universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine could reverse three decades of progress toward eliminating a disease that still infects as many as 2.4 million Americans and kills tens of thousands each year.

With subsidies ending Dec. 31, thousands may risk going without health insurance, which could raise costs for everyone, analysts said.

In 2026, the question facing governors, mayors, and local health officials is glaring: What can be done now to protect public health if the federal government will not?

Marco Rubio praises the ‘America First’ agreement as a new approach. How old challenges play out remains to be seen.