COVID-19

C.D.C. Eases Covid Guidelines, Noting Virus Is ‘Here to Stay’

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The new guidelines eliminate quarantines and put less emphasis on social distancing, routine surveillance testing and contact tracing. [nytimes.com – 2022.08.11] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention loosened Covid-19 guidelines on Thursday, freeing schools and businesses from the onus of requiring unvaccinated people exposed to the virus to quarantine at home. The changes are […]

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A new dominant omicron strain in the U.S. is driving up cases — and reinfections

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[npr.org – 2022-07-11] For much of the pandemic, the only silver lining to coming down with a case of COVID-19 was that you likely wouldn’t catch it again for a while (though there isn’t exactly a definitive answer on how long that period of immunity typically lasts). Increasingly, however, more people appear to be contracting

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U.S. no longer in ‘full-blown’ pandemic phase, Fauci says

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[washingtonpost.com – 2022.04.27] The United States is finally “out of the full-blown explosive pandemic phase” that has led to nearly 1 million deaths from covid-19 and more than two years of suffering and hardship, Anthony S. Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, said Wednesday. “We’re really in a transitional phase, from a deceleration of the

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