Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

CDC posts rationale for shorter isolation, quarantine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday explained the scientific rationale for shortening its COVID-19 isolation and quarantine recommendations, and clarified that the guidance applies to kids as well as ...

Vaccination

Fauci: US should consider vaccine mandate for US air travel

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said Monday the nation should consider a vaccination mandate for domestic air travel, signaling a potential embrace of an idea the Biden administration has previously ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Omicron tests the limits of COVID-19 testing

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we've heard that frequent testing should be a key component in controlling spread of the virus. But two years in, Americans continue to struggle finding tests and getting results ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Biden pivots to home tests to confront omicron surge

Fighting the omicron variant surging through the country, President Joe Biden announced the government will provide 500 million free rapid home-testing kits, increase support for hospitals under strain and redouble vaccination ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Biden to pledge 500M free COVID-19 tests to counter omicron

With the omicron variant on the march, President Joe Biden plans to announce 500 million free rapid tests for Americans, increased support for hospitals under strain and a redoubling of vaccination and boosting efforts.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Fauci says omicron variant is 'just raging around the world'

The COVID-19 omicron variant is "just raging around the world," the White House's top medical adviser said Sunday as President Joe Biden prepares to issue "a stark warning of what the winter will look like" for unvaccinated ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Biden warns Omicron variant will 'spread much more rapidly'

President Joe Biden warned Thursday that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus will start to spread much more rapidly in the United States and urged Americans to get vaccinated or boosted.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Soaring infections rattle Europe, fuel dread about holidays

Soaring infections in Britain driven in part by the omicron variant of the coronavirus rattled Europe on Thursday, prompting new restrictions on the Continent and fueling a familiar dread on both sides of the Atlantic about ...

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