NYC health officials missed early COVID spread by following CDC bureaucrats: ‘Possibility we could have saved lives’
It was a horrible place to be, wedged between the suspicion of cases and the inability to test them,'' said former city ...
Five years after COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, some changes remain for the better
Everything from spiritual outreach to home selling to playing outside are different, maybe forever, because of the pandemic.
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Public health efforts developed during COVID pandemic help Flagstaff prepare for future health needs
Coconino County Health and Human Services (CCHHS) and Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) agree that the everyday prevention ...
Front-line health care workers reflect on early days of COVID 5 years after WHO declared pandemic
Five years after the WHO declared the COVID global outbreak to be a pandemic, frontline health care workers reflect on what they remember of the early days of COVID.
Why fewer kids are getting vaccinated in Florida — and how that could affect outbreaks
In Florida, the number of kindergartners with mandatory vaccinations decreased to 88% in the 2023-24 school year from 94% in ...
No measles reported yet in Nevada, but state’s vaccination rate slipping
Measles, a highly contagious disease considered to have been eradicated since the turn of the century, is making a comeback.
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94 Percent of COVID Deaths Have Been Among Adults 50-Plus
It’s been five years since COVID-19 arrived in the U.S., and in that time, adults age 50 and older have accounted for roughly 94 percent of the 1.2-plus million American deaths.
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Ensitrelvir Shows Promise for COVID-19 Prevention Following Exposure
The lack of available medications in the United States for COVID post-exposure prophylaxis leaves household members in close ...
‘Air-Borne’ Review: The Microbes in the Mist
For years, public-health authorities downplayed the risk that pathogens could spread via droplets light enough to circulate ...
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Prioritizing Patient Safety and Quality Care Every Day for Everyone
This week marks five years since President Trump declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency and related lockdowns ...
The pandemic changed travel forever: How air travel, cruises are different 5 years later
Cruise lines and airlines implemented numerous safety measures during the COVID pandemic, including vaccination requirements, ...
Look back: Horry County health workers reflect on COVID-19
In November 2019, a mysterious pneumonia appeared in Wuhan, China. The strange virus then appeared in Thailand, followed by Taiwan. By March 1, 2020, the first ...