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Schools Usually Enforce Child Vaccinations. With COVID-19, That Job Is Falling to Private Businesses
Public-health and legal experts anticipate that New York’s policy is the beginning of a more widespread effort to vaccinate children
CDC Endorses Schools’ Coronavirus ‘Test-to-Stay’ Policies
Research of such policies in the Chicago and Los Angeles areas found COVID-19 infections did not increase when using the approach
New York City Covid Cases Double in Three Days As Omicron Tightens Its Grip
The new variant is surging through the East Coast, just in time for the holidays. What does that mean for the rest of the country?
U.S. Government Recommends Americans Get the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 Shots Instead of J&J’s
Most Americans should be given the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines instead of the Johnson & Johnson shot that can cause rare but serious blood clots, U.S. health advisers recommended Thursday. The strange clotting problem has caused nine confirmed deaths after J&J vaccinations — while the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines don’t come with that risk and…
As Omicron Hits, COVID-19 Case Counts Don’t Mean What They Used To
America has begun the gradual process of accepting that COVID-19 is going to be endemic—meaning it will always be present in the population to some degree—due to inherent properties of the virus (animal reservoirs, high transmissibility, long period of infectiousness, symptoms similar to other pathogens), and will remain so for the foreseeable future. However, the…
Colleges Go Back to Drawing Board—Again—to Fight COVID-19
Colleges are starting to require booster shots, extend mask mandates, limit social gatherings and, in some cases, revert to online classes
Colleges Go Back to Drawing Board—Again—to Fight COVID-19
Colleges are starting to require booster shots, extend mask mandates, limit social gatherings and, in some cases, revert to online classes
Omicron Set to Be Dominant Variant in Europe By Mid-January
BRUSSELS — Omicron is expected to be the dominant coronavirus variant in the European Union’s 27 nations by mid-January, the bloc’s top official said today amid concerns that a dramatic rise in infections will leave Europe shrouded in gloom during the holiday season. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU is well…
Teen Drug and Alcohol Use Have Fallen Dramatically During the Pandemic
Many forms of drug, alcohol and tobacco use have been declining among U.S. teenagers for years, and the pandemic seems to have accelerated those trends
Let’s Not Be Fatalistic About Omicron. We Know How to Fight It
The new, heavily mutated variant of SARS-CoV-2, Omicron first detected by scientists in South Africa, has put the public health community worldwide on high alert and the public on edge. Since then, evidence has mounted that the variant is highly transmissible. It is far more transmissible than, and is coming to predominate over, its immediately…
Our Shopping Obsession Is Causing a Literal Stink
Box factories are enjoying a revival since the pandemic spurred more online shopping, but neighborhoods downwind of box makers say the smell is making life miserable