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

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The bar for reimposing mask mandates is getting higher and higher​

The bar for reimposing mask mandates is getting higher and higher

New York City raised its coronavirus alert level last week in response to rising cases, triggering a recommendation - but not a requirement - that people wear masks in public indoor settings. In Philadelphia, officials reimposed a mask mandate last month after cases rose, only to scrap the rule...

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'Botched' Covid booster rollout needs a reboot to save older Americans, experts say​

'Botched' Covid booster rollout needs a reboot to save older Americans, experts say

Who needs a Covid booster vaccine? Researchers say faulty messaging on booster shots has cost tens of thousands of lives.

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Approximately 1 in 3 Americans 65 and older who completed their initial vaccination round still have not received a first booster shot, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The numbers have dismayed researchers, who note this age group continues to be at the highest risk for serious illness and death from Covid-19.

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WHO: COVID-19 falling everywhere, except Americas and Africa​

WHO: COVID-19 falling everywhere, except Americas and Africa

The number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide has continued to fall except in the Americas and Africa, the World Health Organization said in its latest assessment of the pandemic. WHO said there were only two regions where reported COVID-19 infections increased: the Americas, by 14%...

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… by 14%, and Africa, by 12%. Cases remained stable in the Western Pacific and fell everywhere else, the agency said.

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The CDC says to think again before getting a second COVID booster. Is it rationing vaccines?​

The CDC says to think again before getting a second COVID booster. Is it rationing vaccines?

"If you’re eligible, can you wait?" new guidance asks. Has the government run out of money to buy more doses?

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“If you are eligible, can you wait?” asks the guidance, urging those who have had COVID-19 in the past three months or who feel “that getting a second booster now would make you not want to get another booster in the future” to consider holding off.

“A second booster may be more important in the fall of 2022, or if a new vaccine for a future COVID-19 variant becomes available,” the guidance states.

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Exclusive: Fauci Says Black America Not Safe From Covid-19 Yet​

Exclusive: Fauci Says Black America Not Safe From Covid-19 Yet

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease specialist, told The Root today that cases of the deadly Covid-19 virus are slowly rising again across the country and warned that Black Americans could be particularly at risk in the event a more aggressive variant should appear. Fauci...

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“The rate of hospitalization and the death rate among 100,000 population is clearly higher greater in brown and Black populations in the United States compared to the general population and compared to whites,” he said, citing the prevalence of underlying risk factors like diabetes and high blood pressure that already existed.

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