Your guide to avoiding Covid-19 at church and other religious services
If you’re wondering how to get back to in-person religious services, CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen recommends thinking about it like your…
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Talking on Zoom could help older people stave off dementia
Talking on video-conference services like Zoom during the coronavirus pandemic has helped older people stave off the effects of dementia, a new study…
Continue Reading The outlook is brighter for the US on Covid-19. It’s why school life may return to almost-normal in the fall
Between the first 12-year-olds receiving their Covid-19 vaccines and new guidance that vaccinated people can remove their masks indoors, the outlook…
Continue Reading Some states and retailers usher in return to normalcy for people vaccinated against Covid-19
Several state governors and big retailers signaled a return to normal on Friday, a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said…
Continue Reading What’s the science behind CDC’s decision to say fully vaccinated people don’t need masks?
A fresh batch of data from a big study of health care workers across the country helped prompt the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to…
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CDC facing formidable challenges in convincing conservatives to get Covid-19 vaccines
Public health experts at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are facing challenges — even struggling — as they try to…
Continue Reading CDC mask guidance opens doors for the vaccinated, but a long road is ahead for those who are not, experts say
For Americans vaccinated against Covid-19, daily life may look increasingly different than for those who aren’t inoculated yet following…
Continue Reading What to make of the CDC’s new guidelines for vaccinated people? Dr. Wen explains
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 do not need to wear masks or practice…
Continue Reading Kevin Curry’s depression almost killed him. Food, fitness and fortitude brought him back
Ever since he was a child, Kevin Curry would pray for God to “fix” him and take away his sadness. “Everything feels good, but I…
Continue Reading UK may start vaccinating young people in hotspots to combat spread of variant found in India
Growing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus variant first identified in India may force the United Kingdom to tweak its Covid-19 vaccination…
Continue Reading How service dogs safeguard, deepen relationships and save us from ourselves
Leadership coach John Bates was speaking at a TED conference in front of a huge audience when his dog Flash walked across the stage, sniffed him, and…
Continue Reading What parents need to know about vaccinating children ages 12 and older
The US Food and Drug Administration has extended the authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to 12- to 15-year-olds, and the Centers for Disease…
Continue Reading Lab rats are overwhelmingly male, and that’s a problem
The data didn’t make sense. Five years ago, University of Maryland researcher Alisa Morss Clyne was studying pulmonary hypertension — a…
Continue Reading Wait, does this mean the pandemic is over for vaccinated people?
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday abruptly changed its guidance on masks and social distancing, saying people who are…
Continue Reading People vaccinated against Covid-19 can go without masks indoors and outdoors, CDC says
People fully vaccinated against Covid-19 do not need to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors or outdoors, except under certain…
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BREAKING NEWS: Updated CDC guidance says people vaccinated against Covid-19 can go without masks indoors and outdoors
Calling it “an exciting and powerful moment,” the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is to announce Thursday that people…
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CDC to allow fully vaccinated people to ditch masks indoors
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said fully vaccinated people can ditch masks indoors on…
Continue Reading Blursday: How physics can shake you out of your pandemic slump
Now that we’ve ticked past the one-year mark of Covid-19 safety restrictions, the calendar is scrolling once more through the same holidays…
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Imperial County offering COVID vaccine to children ages 12 to 15
Dr. Stephen Munday said, “Offering the vaccine to a younger population will be another way to get our community to immunity much…
Continue Reading CDC says it’s OK to get a Covid-19 vaccine alongside other vaccines
A US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expert said Wednesday that it’s OK to give the coronavirus vaccine alongside other…
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