Because COVID symptoms—fever, cough, aches—are similar to flu symptoms, it is tempting to compare the two. Indeed, the UK's new health secretary, Sajid Javid, recently said: "We are going to have to learn to accept the ...
Jul 8, 2021
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When it comes to infectious diseases, the United Kingdom is like the "canary in our mine," according to Texas A&M University virologist Benjamin Neuman. When a virus is spreading there, it will soon make its way to the United ...
Jun 25, 2021
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While the prevalence of COVID-19 is declining in the United States, pediatricians at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt warn parents not to let their guard down.
Jun 24, 2021
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The Centers for Disease Control announced that in most cases, vaccinated adults in the U.S. could start going without masks, even indoors—a long-awaited benchmark to signal a return to a more normal life. But many people ...
Jun 15, 2021
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The Southern part of the United States is seeing an unusual late spring wave of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections and health care providers should be on alert, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Jun 14, 2021
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After Texas relaxed COVID-19 restrictions, other respiratory illnesses—such as colds, bronchitis and pneumonia—made rapid rebounds.
Jun 9, 2021
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A real-world study shows that even when folks who get the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines do have 'breakthrough' infections, those illnesses are mild.
Jun 8, 2021
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Vaccines can be great at preventing you from getting sick, while at the same time not necessarily stopping you from getting infected or spreading the germ. Preliminary evidence seems to suggest the COVID-19 vaccines make ...
May 26, 2021
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On Friday May 7, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new public recommendations to account for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) airborne transmission. The CDC now accounts both ...
May 15, 2021
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Even after receiving Covid-19 jabs, people should wear face masks in areas where the virus is spreading, the WHO said Friday, after the US decided the vaccinated do not need masks.
May 14, 2021
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