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Omicron accounts for 3% of new US COVID-19 cases
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With Overdose Deaths Surging, Advocates on the Ground Push for Over-the-Counter Naloxone
Harm-reduction groups say that requiring a doctor to sign off on their orders of the overdose reversal drug is one of the biggest barriers they face in obtaining the lifesaving medication.
Viewpoint: Public health mandates should be tied to hospitalization numbers, not cases
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High number of breakthrough cases across some Massachusetts hospitals
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Wartime Trauma Hits Close to Home for Scholar of Dementia
The federal government is putting up $7.2 million for a study into the correlation between war trauma and dementia in Vietnamese immigrants. Oahn Meyer, an associate professor at the University of California-Davis who is leading the study, wonders whether her mother’s dementia is linked to trauma she suffered during the Vietnam War.
How LA, Calling the Shots on School Vaccine Mandates, Can Lead the Way on Covid Rules
In the middle of a measles outbreak in 1977, the Los Angeles school system required students to be inoculated or stay out of class. Other school systems followed the practice. Will it work again now that the county is insisting that teens have their shots against covid?
US COVID-19 cases up 37% in 1 week: 8 CDC stats to know
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Omicron cases in the US mild so far, CDC report finds
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Did a common flu strain disappear amid the pandemic? Scientists aim to find out
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