Section Branding Header Content Weakened public health powers raise outbreak risks Primary Content For stories on healthy living, subscribe to NPR's Health newsletter. As Americans worry about the risks from hantavirus and Ebola, many state and local heal... See more
Demonstrators at a rally with truckers protest against COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates in Adelanto, Calif., in February 2022. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images For stories on healt... See more
For stories on healthy living, subscribe to NPR's Health newsletter. As Americans worry about the risks from hantavirus and Ebola, many state and local health officials now have less power to protect the public from all kinds of disease outbreaks than dur... See more
LEILA FADEL, HOST: Health officials in many states now have less power to fight disease outbreaks than they did during the COVID-19 pandemic. NPR health correspondent Rob Stein reports on the changes. ROB STEIN, BYLINE: All the COVID lockdowns, school clo... See more
Section Branding Header Content American passenger feels 'betrayed' by federal order to stay in hantavirus quarantine Primary Content Angela Perryman says she trusted federal officials when they flew her and 17 other Americans back to the U.S. after the M... See more
