A woman with diabetes uses a glucometer to measure the glucose in her blood. Franck Fife/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Thursday
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke about the bill to cap insulin prices during her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill on Thursday. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Bruce Willis attends the premiere of "Motherless Brooklyn" during the 57th New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall on Oct. 11, 2019, in New York. Willis' family announced that the actor has been diagnosed with aphasia, causing him to step away from acting at the age of 67. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Close friends Joshua Paredes, Michael Walujo and John LeBlanc are working together to set up a crisis help line for nurses following the suicide of their friend Michael Odell in January. Rachel Bujalski for NPR hide caption
Wednesday
A health worker shows a box containing a bottle of Ivermectin in Cali, Colombia, on July 21, 2020. Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Norwegian Gateway cruise ship is moored at PortMiami on Jan. 7 in Miami. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its advisory warning Wednesday for cruise travel after more than two years of warning Americans. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
A new report from the Black Coalition Against COVID highlights the racial disparities and health inequities Black Americans continue to face in the pandemic. Octavio Jones/Getty Images hide caption
A person walks past a COVID-19 testing location in Arlington, Va., on March 16. A new website launched by the Biden administration will provide a locater for test-and-treat facilities, among other services. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The FDA has authorized second booster shots for people over 50 and for some people who are immunocompromised. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Do I really need another booster? The answer depends on age, risk and timing
Tuesday
The abortion drug mifepristone was approved by the FDA more than 20 years ago. The FDA recently relaxed some of the rules for dispensing the drug. Now, some legislatures are trying to restrict access. Phil Walter/Getty Images hide caption
The Food and Drug Administration has authorized a second booster dose of the either the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine for older people and certain immunocompromised individuals. Emily Elconin/Getty Images hide caption
New Variants. New Boosters. But So Far, No New COVID Spending From Congress
People travel through the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. Governors from 21 states are suing to end the federal mask mandate for public transportation. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
Lylliette Ramirez gets a coronavirus test in January in North Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Empire of the Scalpel, by Ira Rutkow Simon & Schuster hide caption