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Ask the Pediatrician: Should children still wear face masks on planes and trains?
Q: Now that airlines have dropped mask mandates, is it OK to let my kids travel without masks?
May 2, 2022
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Racial split on COVID-19 endures as restrictions ease in US
Black and Hispanic Americans remain far more cautious in their approach to COVID-19 than white Americans, recent polls show, reflecting diverging preferences on how to deal with the pandemic as federal, state and local restrictions ...
Apr 29, 2022
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Turkey lifts wearing of masks inside as COVID-19 cases fall
Turkey on Tuesday lifted one of its last remaining COVID-19 restrictions, the wearing of masks in crowded indoor locations.
Apr 26, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
More people are struggling with loneliness than diabetes, US surgeon general says
The link between loneliness and public health may not be readily apparent to many, but it is to U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, who visited his Miami hometown Friday with a broad agenda—meeting with health care workers ...
Apr 25, 2022
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Israel lifts indoor mask mandate as coronavirus cases drop
Israel has lifted an indoor mask mandate in place for nearly a year as the country's new cases of coronavirus continue to drop.
Apr 24, 2022
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Philadelphia lifts indoor mask mandate enacted 4 days ago
The indoor mask mandate that was reinstated in Philadelphia on Monday due to rising coronavirus cases has now been lifted because the situation is improving, the city's health department said Thursday.
Apr 22, 2022
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How we know that masks, even the cloth ones, reduce the spread of COVID-19
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the public debate on masks is as heated as ever—especially in Philadelphia, which earned national attention for once again requiring masks in indoor public spaces.
Apr 22, 2022
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Should you wear a mask on a plane, bus or train when there's no mandate? Four things to help you decide
On April 18, 2022, a judge in Florida struck down the federal mandate requiring passengers on mass transit to wear masks. While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still recommends that passengers mask up ...
Apr 21, 2022
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Reducing patients' breathing efforts could be key to success of non-invasive respiratory support in COVID-19 patients
Engineering researchers from the University of Warwick, and their team of international experts from the UK, US and Ireland, are the first to use computational modeling to compare the effectiveness of conventional oxygen ...
Apr 21, 2022
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Uber, Lyft join airlines in ending US mask mandate
Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft removed mask requirements on riders and drivers on Tuesday following a federal ruling striking down the mandate.
Apr 19, 2022
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