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Kids’ mask use linked with fewer childcare closings
Researchers analyzed nationwide survey results and found that, when kids wore masks in childcare centers, closings were reduced by 14%.
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35% of employers to proceed with vaccine mandate, poll shows
“What is more attractive -- to have a mandate or not? Most are not exactly sure what to do.”
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Omicron survives longer on plastic, skin than other COVID variants
The study found that the variants had more resistance to ethanol than the original strain of COVID.
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Presence of autoantibodies most predictive of long COVID in study
Whether a patient receives therapies controlling hyperinflammation in the acute stage of COVID may influence whether a patient experiences long...
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Children and COVID: United States passes 10 million total cases
Weekly cases exceed 1 million for the first time as Omicron sets records among the vaccinated.
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COVID brain fog is a ‘true neurologic condition’
CSF abnormalities and other risk factors, including diabetes and hypertension, were present in individuals with mild COVID-19 experiencing...
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Watch, but don’t worry yet, about new Omicron subvariant
Expert predictions about BA.2 vary widely, from worry to cautious optimism.
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Does COVID-19 induce type 1 diabetes in kids? Jury still out
Neither the German nor the U.S. investigators were able to directly correlate current or prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in children with the...
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Gut bacteria linked with long COVID
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‘Post-truth era’ hurts COVID-19 response, trust in science
Growing political divisions during the Trump era have widened the fact-vs.-fiction divide.