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CDC director says mask turnaround based solely on science
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday defended the decision to ease mask-wearing ...
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States, business sort out what new CDC mask guidance means
Several states immediately and enthusiastically embraced new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that say ...
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US advisers endorse Pfizer COVID shot for kids 12 and up
U.S. health advisers endorsed use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in kids as young as 12 on Wednesday — ...
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Care facilities exploring ‘new normal’
It’s been a long pandemic for a lot of people, from the essential workers on the front lines ...
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US to share AstraZeneca shots with world after safety check
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will begin sharing its entire stock of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines with the world ...
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U.S. lifts pause, allowing J&J COVID-19 vaccinations to resume
U.S. health officials have lifted an 11-day pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccinations following a recommendation by an ...
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FDA: N95 masks, now plentiful, should no longer be reused
The Biden administration has taken the first step toward ending an emergency exception that allowed hospitals to ration ...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations tumble among US senior citizens
WASHINGTON (AP) — COVID-19 hospitalizations among older Americans have plunged 80% since the start of the year, dramatic ...
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Some vaccine sites operating far below capacity in Alabama
BIRMINGHAM (AP) — With Alabama struggling to improve its last-in-the nation vaccination rate for COVID-19, officials say workers ...
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Half of US adults have received at least one COVID-19 shot
WASHINGTON (AP) — Half of all adults in the U.S. have received at least one COVID-19 shot, the ...