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CDC expands largest known cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states - report
US cyclosporiasis cases have reached record levels this year, with the current epidemic among the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in recent US history.
Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment at Rand Paul-led US Senate COVID hearing
US FDA says it is investigating another cyclosporiasis outbreak
Clalit Health Services to join European AI research project predicting, managing pandemics
CDC: Unvaccinated 29 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19
A CDC study has revealed people unvaccinated against COVID-19 are 29 times more likely to be hospitalized than those fully vaccinated.
British study shows COVID-19 vaccine efficacy wanes under Delta
A British study found that protection from either of the two most commonly used COVID-19 vaccines against the Delta variant weakens within three months.
Israel given highest COVID travel warning by CDC
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention placed Israel at Level 4, the highest for COVID risk.
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.
