Health
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Fauci: COVID Cases Has to Get Below 10,000 a Day for ‘Degree of Normality’
Coronavirus cases must drop "well below 10,000" cases per day in the U.S. for any chance at pre-pandemic normalcy, says…
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Nearly 100 MoCo Students Get Wrong COVID Vaccine Dose at School Clinic
Nearly 100 students at a Montgomery County school were given an incorrect amount of coronavirus vaccine during a recent clinic…
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SciCheck Featured on Podcast About COVID-19 Misinformation Directed at Latinos
FactCheck.org staffer Catalina Jaramillo was featured on the latest episode of “A Better Life?,” a podcast that explores how COVID-19…
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Ellume Recalls More than 2M COVID Home Tests Over False Positives
Ellume has recalled over two million of its at-home coronavirus tests because of a "higher-than-acceptable" number of false positives.
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900K Kids Under 12 Have Been Vaccinated, Biden Admin Says
About 900,000 children under the age of 12 have already received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the Biden…
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It’s National Diabetes Month: Here’s What You Need to Know
November serves as National Diabetes Month and gives focus to a disease that affects 122 million Americans and affects various…
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African-American Women Face Greater Maternal Health Disparities
One disparity that disproportionately affects Black women remains maternal health.
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American Psychological Association Apologizes for Contributing to Racial Harm
The American Psychological Association (APA) apologized to people of color in a written resolution detailing how it failed in its…
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Video Questioning Vaccine Efficacy Pushes Falsehood About Israel Data
The COVID-19 death rate for unvaccinated people has been significantly higher than for vaccinated people in both Israel and the…
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Aaron Rodgers’ Inaccurate COVID-19 Claims
Aaron Rodgers, the star quarterback of the Green Bay Packers, made headlines when he contracted COVID-19 and then defended his…
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Thousands Got COVID at U.S. Hospitals, New Data Shows
More than 10,000 people were infected with the coronavirus in U.S. hospitals last year while on unrelated visits, with many…
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A Guide to Pfizer/BioNTech’s Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids 5-11
As with its adult vaccine, Pfizer/BioNTech was the first to cross the finish line and offer a Food and Drug…
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DeSantis, Social Media Posts Mislead on COVID-19’s Toll in Florida
Florida's total COVID-19 case rate is higher than the national rate and 10th-highest in the U.S. But social media posts…
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New ‘Delta Plus’ COVID Variant Found in D.C., Maryland
A new coronavirus delta variant believed to be even more contagious than the version that fueled spikes in cases nationwide…
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Moderna Scales Back Projected Output for COVID Vaccine
Moderna said it will downsize its number of coronavirus vaccine doses expected to be delivered this year from 1 billion…
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Japan Continues to Use Vaccines, Not Ivermectin, to Fight COVID-19
More than 70% of Japan's population has received the COVID-19 vaccines, and the government is moving ahead with a booster…
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Walgreens, CVS to Start COVID Vaccinations for Kids Under 12
Walgreens and CVS will start administering coronavirus vaccines to children younger than 12 this weekend.
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FDA Approves Emergency Use Vaccine for 5-to-11-Year-Old Youth
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children between the ages…
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Sex: Being Safe While Still Enjoying the Encounter
Let’s talk about sex. And not just in the scientific way but also in a way that allows everyone to…
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Biden: COVID Vaccine for Kids a ‘Turning Point’ in Pandemic Fight
President Biden called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's authorization of a coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5 to…
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CDC OKs COVID Vaccine for Children Ages 5 to 11; 28M Kids Now Eligible
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday approved a unanimous recommendation from an advisory…
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Global COVID Death Toll Surpasses 5M
More than 5 million people globally have now died from the coronavirus, less than two years since the worldwide pandemic…
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Why It’s Easy to Misinterpret Numbers of Deaths Among the Vaccinated
Raw numbers of hospitalizations or deaths among those who are vaccinated are not a good indicator of whether vaccines are…
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Moderna Says FDA Delaying Decision on COVID Vaccine for Kids
Moderna says the Food and Drug Administration has decided to delay its ruling on authorizing the drugmaker's coronavirus vaccine for…
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Some COVID Patients Getting Psychosis: Study
Some COVID-19 patients have developed psychiatric symptoms — including psychosis — In the months after getting the disease, according to…
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