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CDC encourages people to wear masks to prevent the spread of Covid, flu, RSV
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday encouraged people to wear masks to help reduce the spread of…
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Omicron BQ variant predominates, low circulating XBB
A person is tested for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in Manhattan, New York…
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Omicron boosters are not effective for mild disease
A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library…
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Anthony Fauci will give his last press conference at the White House
NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci speaks during the daily press briefing at the White…
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The flu variant that hits children and the elderly harder than other strains is dominant in the US right now
A billboard advertising the flu shot is displayed at a Walgreens pharmacy on January 22, 2018 in San Francisco, California.…
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Ivermectin – once touted by conservatives as a Covid treatment – doesn’t improve recovery much, clinical trial shows
Ivermectin, a drug once touted by conservatives as a Covid treatment, is not meant to improve recovery time for people…
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CDC may use oral polio vaccine for the first time in 20 years to prevent outbreak in New York
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering using an oral polio vaccine for the first time in more…
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Omicron BA.5 is on the decline as emerging variants gain ground: CDC data
The US faces at least seven different versions of Covid-19 omicron as the country enters winter as health officials expect…
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CDC says monkeypox cannot be eliminated in US
According to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released this week, the monkeypox virus is unlikely…
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Smallpox cases in monkeys in the United States are decreasing. No one knows why
Plus: There is little past experience with a vaccine, called Jynneos in the US, used against the disease. It is…
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