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CDC reverses course: Hundreds of firings halted amid ongoing US shutdown chaosThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reversed hundreds of planned layoffs for its employees. This action occurred during the seco...
Mutations discovered in first severe human bird flu case in the US: What we know so farA severe case of bird flu in Louisiana has led to the discovery of mutations in the H5N1 virus, which may help it bind more easily to human...
China health officials lash out at WHO, defend virus searchThe WHO comments were "offensive and disrespectful," said the director of the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shen Hongbin...
How not to become China: Wastewater sampling — best strategy for a Covid-fatigued nationThe need of the hour is a dynamic, evidence-based approach, with involvement of public health experts and epidemiologists as guides, and to...
Through Covid, US is getting a crash course in scientific uncertaintyScientific understanding of the virus changes by the hour, it seems. The virus spreads only by close contact or on contaminated surfaces, a...
Designers look for quirky ways to make face masks fashionableSilk florals, big bows, brand logos and accessory sets (see: mask chains) have all become regular mask adornments.
US experts debate: Who should be next in line for vaccine?The panelists are leaning toward putting ``essential workers'' first because bus drivers, grocery store clerks and similar employees can't ...
Debunked COVID-19 myths survive online, despite factsPublic health officials, fact checkers and doctors tried to quash hundreds of rumors in myriad ways. But misinformation around the pandemic...
Masks, explained: What percentage of the virus can be blocked, and what it means for the infected and uninfected?Here's a look at how what we know about masks has changed.
Trump in private dreaded catching Covid while dismissing coronavirus risk in publicMirroring his administration’s fitful efforts to combat the virus outside its walls, testing within the White House was viewed by some who ...