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How to keep your child safe from the delta variant
Kindergartner Allyson Zavala joined with other students and school superintendent Austin Buetner for a class selfie in April inside teacher Alicia Pizzi’s classroom at Maurice Sendak Elementary School...
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New CDC isolation guidelines raise concerns among health experts
People wait in line at a testing site to receive a free COVID-19 PCR test in Washington, DC. Monday the CDC announced that people can isolate for five days, instead of 10, after they’ve tested positive...
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The CDC says a test to get out of COVID isolation is not needed, resisting...
People wait in line for a COVID-19 test at a testing site operated by CORE in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not adding a...
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CDC says Americans can now go unmasked in many parts of the country
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday it...
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It’s safe to unmask in many places, says the CDC. These experts aren’t quite...
A masked-up family walks through Union Station in Los Angeles in early January. Nearly two months later numerous states and cities have dropped their mandates. (Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)...
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CDC extends transportation mask mandate until May 3
Travelers will need to continue to wear protective face masks at airports, on planes, trains, buses and transit hubs, as the CDC is extending the mask requirement for travelers. (Robyn Beck/AFP via...
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Monkeypox: The myths, misconceptions — and facts — about how you catch it
A person arrives for a monkeypox vaccination at a New York health care center. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters) The monkeypox outbreak has grown rapidly in the U.S. Back in early July, the country had only...
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With new guidance, CDC ends test-to-stay for schools and relaxes COVID rules
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laid out new guidance for the national response to COVID-19 on Thursday. (Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images) With the coronavirus continuing to spread...
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The new U.S. monkeypox vaccine strategy offers more doses — and uncertainty
In many places, there’s still a major shortage of monkeypox vaccines. A plan to stretch the U.S. supply could help get shots into arms more quickly, but it’s also untested and introduces new...
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Pfizer asks FDA to greenlight new omicron booster shots, which could arrive...
The new booster shot would be an update to Pfizer’s current version of the shot, which was designed for the original strain of the coronavirus. (Nam Y. Huh/AP) The U.S. is one step closer to having...
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U.S. maternal deaths keep rising. Here’s who is most at risk.
Maternal death rates have been consistently highest among Black women. But they are also rising among other racial groups. (JGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images/Tetra images RF) The number of people dying in...
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How rumors and conspiracy theories got in the way of Maui’s fire recovery
An aerial image taken on Aug. 10, 2023 shows destroyed homes and buildings burned to the ground in Lahaina in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui, Hawaii. Rumors and conspiracy theories quickly...
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Respiratory illnesses are on the rise after the holidays
After holiday shopping and celebrations, cases of respiratory illness are on the rise across the United States. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images) In most U.S. states, respiratory illness...
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In a pandemic milestone, the NIH ends guidance on COVID treatment
Pfizer’s Paxlovid combines two antiviral drugs to fight the virus that causes COVID-19. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) These days, if you’re sick with COVID-19 and you’re at risk of getting worse, you...
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How a California county got PFAS out of its drinking water
John Brundahl (left), production superintendent, Todd Colvin, chief water systems operator, and Mark Toy, general manager, run the PFAS treatment plant at the Yorba Linda Water District in Orange...
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