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COVID-19 vaccine still your best bet against BA.5
Since the pandemic arrived two years ago, new COVID-19 variant names have filtered from scientific papers to talk around the dinner table.
Jul 29, 2022
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A third of US should be considering masks, officials say
COVID-19 cases are increasing in the United States—and could get even worse over the coming months, federal health officials warned Wednesday in urging areas hardest hit to consider reissuing calls for indoor masking.
May 18, 2022
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Biden offering additional 8 free COVID-19 tests to public
The government website for people to request free COVID-19 at-home tests from the U.S. government is now accepting a third round of orders.
May 17, 2022
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Just how accurate are rapid antigen tests? Two testing experts explain the latest data
As of May 2022, the U.S. is experiencing another uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases. High rates of infection in Europe and Asia, along with the continued emergence of new sub-variants, such as omicron BA.4 and BA.5, raise ...
May 17, 2022
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How common is readmission after hospitalization for COVID-19?
For patients discharged after hospitalization for COVID-19, death or readmission was common, with about 11% being readmitted or dying within 30 days, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association ...
May 16, 2022
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Pandemic gets tougher to track as COVID testing plunges
Testing for COVID-19 has plummeted across the globe, making it much tougher for scientists to track the course of the pandemic and spot new, worrisome viral mutants as they emerge and spread.
May 10, 2022
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Rapid antigen COVID-19 tests may not be keeping pace with variants of concern, researchers find
By now, many have become all too familiar with rapid antigen tests for diagnosis of COVID-19. Slightly less accurate than the genetic tests administered by healthcare professionals, the rapid antigen tests' ease-of-use allows ...
May 5, 2022
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Want free, at-home COVID-19 tests from pharmacies and insurers? It's not always easy, despite requirements
Some Illinois residents say they're still having trouble getting free at-home COVID-19 tests from pharmacies and insurance companies, more than three months after the White House began requiring insurers to cover them.
May 5, 2022
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Wastewater can reveal how many of us have gotten COVID-19
Since the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, a group of Yale researchers has diligently tracked the virus via a useful but decidedly unglamorous source: sewage.
Apr 27, 2022
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New research shows value of at-home antigen tests in slowing spread of COVID-19
Two recent studies supported by the National Institutes of Health Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) Tech program demonstrate how widespread distribution of COVID-19 at-home antigen tests can be used as an effective ...
Apr 20, 2022
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