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Join us today at 1 p.m. ET for a @TwitterSpaces conversation with health experts and our journalists about monkeypox, symptoms, treatment, myths and everything you need to know. Set a reminder x.com/i/spaces/1YpJk…

i will be speaking, along with many great folks!!! Adrianna Rodriguez Karen Weintraub Dr. Ali Khan Peter Staley 🇺🇦

Sending your kid to college? I'd love to hear about it! I'm working on a story about what it's like for parents who are getting their kids ready for college during COVID-19, monkeypox and other public health emergencies. DM me here or email me at [email protected]

In Thursday's paper: - Waterless Jackson, Miss., holds out hope for change - Monkeypox outbreak unnerves HIV/AIDS activists - Experts worry new COVID-­19 booster may fuel mistakes - Biden and Obamas revive portrait unveiling tradition

In Thursday's paper: - Hurricane Maria, 5 years later: Still beaten down by one storm, Puerto Rico at mercy of another - Fed goes big with 3/4­point rate hike - DeSantis migrant strategy could set up '24 showdown

Since the fall of Roe, experts say they’ve seen a resurgence of misinformation targeting Latinas to discourage abortion. And it’s going to get worse ahead of midterm elections. usatoday.com/story/news/hea…

“It’s clear that there’s an underlying excess mortality that we should work to prevent” usatoday.com/story/news/hea… via Adrianna Rodriguez

Xylazine was created in the 1960s and is used in veterinary medicine to sedate larger animals, like cattle and horses, during procedures or diagnostic testing. usatoday.com/story/news/hea…

SIDS is the leading cause of natural death during the first year of life, and but it's still a medical mystery. usatoday.com/story/news/hea…

The FDA on Thursday is asking an expert advisory panel to consider how often people should be boosted against COVID-19 and what those boosters should look like. usatoday.com/story/news/hea…

Congratulations to our 2023 Health Performance Reporting Fellows! Katia Riddle, Lauren Clason, Nada Hassanein, Ken Alltucker, Keren Landman, Penny Dickerson, Adrianna Rodriguez, and Karen Weintraub. Learn more about their projects here: healthjournalism.org/blog/2023/02/a…

In Tuesday’s paper: - 'I ran in front of a bullet and got shot' - Most want real­-world math in schools - Pet owners find relief from rising care costs in Mexico

Students are increasingly refusing to go to school. USA TODAY health reporter Adrianna Rodriguez tells 5 Things podcast host @atltwil it's part of a mental health crisis: omny.fm/shows/usa-toda…

School avoidance after COVID has become a mental health crisis. I discuss my reporting with Taylor Wilson on the 5 Things podcast.

In this weekend’s paper: - School 'avoidance' is taking hold in kids - Debt ceiling negotiations: Progressives fear Biden is conceding too much - Lack of inspectors endangers nursing homes, report says

Canadian wildfires are impacting US air quality. I discuss my reporting and ways to protect yourself on the 5 Things podcast. omny.fm/shows/usa-toda…

Bronny James, cardiac arrest and young athletes: I discuss what I’m hearing about causes and prognoses with fill-in host Dana Taylor on the 5 Things podcast. omny.fm/shows/usa-toda…

Spending time with newborns can actually change a dad's brain. I discussed what scientists are learning about paternity leave on USA TODAY's The Excerpt podcast. art19.com/shows/5-things…

In this weekend’s paper: - High rent is cutting American life spans - Was grad school worth the cost? - Flashpoints could ignite a wider war in Mideast

In Monday’s paper: - What’s really in prenatal vitamins? - Double dose of cicadas to emerge this spring - Presidential hopefuls tested by preteen pair