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Is your COVID shot effective against the new variant? Here’s what to know
The nickname “Cicada” reflects how the variant seemed to reemerge after a long lull.
US CDC vaccine advisory panel sets March meeting after delay
Democratic-led states seek to block Trump administration from ending public health funding
US to drop childhood vaccine recommendations as it looks to Denmark, Washington Post reports
Odds of COVID-19 re-infection twice as likely if unvaccinated - study
A new study released by the CDC showed that being unvaccinated was associated with 2.34 times the odds of reinfection compared with being fully vaccinated.
CDC says delta variant more vaccine-resistant than previously thought
Vaccinated people had a similar amount of virus presence as the unvaccinated, suggesting that, unlike with other variants, vaccinated people infected with the Delta variant could transmit the virus.
US CDC recommends unvaccinated tourists avoid Israel amid COVID spike
The positivity rate has continued to rise and now stands at 2.17%, the highest positivity rate since March.
US life expectancy fell year and a half in 2020 due to COVID-19 - CDC
In the wake of COVID-19, American life expectancy had one of the biggest one-year declines since World War Two, when life expectancy fell 2.9 years between 1942 and 1943.
You can't catch COVID in a pool, new research finds
The research suggests that chlorinated swimming pools can neutralize virus particles in as fast as 30 seconds, at least under lab conditions.
US movie theaters remove mask mandate for vaccinated people
The changes for movie theaters come two weeks after the CDC said that fully vaccinated people need not wear masks in any setting
US CDC: Travel 'low risk' for vaccinated people; not recommending trips
Air travel still remains down 43% from pre-COVID levels and business and international travel remain even harder hit.
Fully vaccinated people in US can gather without masks indoors
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters it was important to protect those who have not been vaccinated and remain vulnerable while some 60,000 new coronavirus cases occur every day.
Teachers may play role in in-school COVID-19 transmission - US CDC
Transmission from teachers resulted in about half of 31 school-related cases, according to the investigation.
50% of mild, moderate COVID patients still have symptoms after 6 months - study
Participants were interviewed up to four times over the course of the study.
