Health and Wellness : ‘We’re in a Petri Dish’: How a Coronavirus Ravaged a Cruise Ship into Worldwide Pandemic

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Move over, ‘stealth Omicron.’ A new COVID subvariant appears to be taking over in the U.S.​

Move over, ‘stealth Omicron.’ A new COVID subvariant appears to be taking over in the U.S.

The CDC just released data showing BA.5 neck and neck in the U.S. with BA.2, called “stealth Omicron” for its ability to evade PCR tests. A WHO official says the pandemic is “far from over from a virus evolutionary point of view.”

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Erin Prater​

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WHO to convene emergency committee on monkeypox: ‘It’s now clear there is an unusual situation’​

WHO to convene emergency committee on monkeypox: ‘It’s now clear there is an unusual situation’

The WHO doesn't want to wait until the situation is "out of control," assistant director general Ibrahima Socé Fall said. At least 72 monkeypox-related deaths have been announced.

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Erin Prater​

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[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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How many times can you get reinfected with Covid? Here's what we know​

How many times can you get reinfected with Covid? Here's what we know

How many times can I get Covid? Are Covid reinfections worse than the first infection? Why do I keep getting Covid? How long does Covid immunity last?

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Akshay Syal, M.D. and Sara G. Miller​

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Low levels of testing may be hiding a COVID wave in Texas: Experts​

Low levels of testing may be hiding a COVID wave in Texas: Experts

Looking at data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would give the impression that COVID-19 is generally under control in Texas. The federal agency's map of levels of COVID-19 spread in the community shows most counties in the state are classified as "low" or "medium." "There...

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But public health experts said this doesn't tell the true story and that case counts are artificially low in Texas due to low levels of testing reported to public health officials.

MARY KEKATOS​

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[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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Being 'fully vaccinated' but not boosted doesn't help against Omicron, study finds​

Being 'fully vaccinated' but not boosted doesn't help against Omicron, study finds

People who had only two initial doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine fared no better against Omicron than those who were unvaccinated, new study finds.

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Corinne Purtill

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