Enlarge this image The CDC has overhauled its COVID-19 isolation guidelines, saying the virus no longer represents the same threat to public…
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Flu and COVID are on the rise, but there are fewer severe COVID cases than last year
by Pien Huang January 5, 2024Enlarge this image COVID cases are rising but hospitalizations and deaths are lower than last year’s respiratory virus season. Patrick Sison/AP hide…
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A new normal? 6 stories about the evolving U.S. COVID response in 2023
by Pien Huang December 19, 2023Enlarge this image Experts say the new COVID boosters are a much closer match to currently circulating variants than prior vaccines and…
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Enlarge this image School districts across the country will be able to order free COVID-19 tests from the federal government starting in…
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Get used to it: COVID is a part of the holidays. Here’s how to think about risks now
by Will Stone November 21, 2023Enlarge this image Masking on planes isn’t as common as it was in this May 2020 photo, but it is still a…
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More medical gloves are coming from China, as U.S. makers of protective gear struggle
by Nell Greenfieldboyce November 3, 2023Enlarge this image A worker inspects disposable gloves at a factory in Malaysia, a country that has been the top supplier of…
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Enlarge this image Flu and COVID-19 vaccinations are now available across the U.S., including at this CVS pharmacy in Palatine, Illinois. Nam…
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Nobel Prize goes to scientists who made mRNA COVID vaccines possible
by Rob Stein October 2, 2023Enlarge this image Secretary-General of the Nobel Assembly Thomas Perlmann speaks in front of a picture of Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman,…