Genomic surveillance has improved enormously in recent months, but the system has built-in delays, and blind spots remain.Genomic surveillance has improved enormously in recent months,…
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Missouri Withheld Data Showing Effectiveness of Mask Mandates
Mask requirements prevented Covid-19 cases and deaths in Missouri, the state found, but data supporting that conclusion was not released until a month later.Mask requirements…
View More Missouri Withheld Data Showing Effectiveness of Mask MandatesOmicron Is Here. Should You Cancel Your Trip?
Most people have become used to making health-risk assessments during the pandemic, but that doesn’t make the decision about whether to travel or cancel easier…
View More Omicron Is Here. Should You Cancel Your Trip?Why Hasn’t the U.S. Found More Omicron Cases?
Genomic surveillance has improved enormously in recent months, but the system has built-in delays, and blind spots remain.Genomic surveillance has improved enormously in recent months,…
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Jim Jordan Says ‘Real America’ Is Done With COVID As Cases Rise In His Own State
The Republican congressman from Ohio is spouting nonsense that ignores data, experts and the reality of the newest coronavirus variant.The Republican congressman from Ohio is…
View More Jim Jordan Says ‘Real America’ Is Done With COVID As Cases Rise In His Own StateWeekly Health Quiz: Poop, Pie and a Heart-Healthy Diet
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.Diet and Nutrition, Diabetes, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Medicine and Health, Food, Exercise,…
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Biden Administration Will Require Insurers To Cover At-Home COVID-19 Tests
Starting in mid-January, people will be able to get the cost of at-home COVID-19 tests reimbursed by their private health insurance.Starting in mid-January, people will…
View More Biden Administration Will Require Insurers To Cover At-Home COVID-19 TestsThe Toddler Was Bowlegged, Her Gait Awkward. What Was It?
What the orthopedist saw on the X-rays surprised him.What the orthopedist saw on the X-rays surprised him.Children and Childhood, Bones, Genetics and Heredity, Tests (Medical),…
View More The Toddler Was Bowlegged, Her Gait Awkward. What Was It?What Can One Life Tell Us About the Battle Against H.I.V.?
In 2001, U.N. estimates suggested 150 million people would be infected with H.I.V. by 2021. That preceded an ambitious global campaign to curb the virus.…
View More What Can One Life Tell Us About the Battle Against H.I.V.?Omicron Prompts Swift Reconsideration of Boosters Among Scientists
Many public health experts were opposed to a boosters-for-all approach. The new variant is changing some minds.Many public health experts were opposed to a boosters-for-all…
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