Category: Public Health

Warp Speed officials to distribute vaccine within 24 hours of approval; CDC director touts benefits of universal masking — 5 COVID-19 updates

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States closing, pausing, reopening

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Black Women Turn to Midwives to Avoid COVID and ‘Feel Cared For’

Midwifery was a tradition among slaves from Africa, but in more recent decades, pregnant Black women have generally shunned the approach. Now, home births and midwives are making a comeback in the Black community.

HHS official Michael Caputo takes leave of absence 

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CMS kicks off flu shot campaign

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Substance use disorders significantly hike risk of contracting COVID-19, study shows

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Wildfires could erode COVID-19 progress on West Coast

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Virus has killed at least 121 children, teens; ‘pre-COVID’ life won’t return before 2022, WHO expert says — 6 updates

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Maine ‘superspreader’ wedding linked to 7 COVID-19 deaths

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Lack of Antigen Test Reporting Leaves Country ‘Blind to the Pandemic’

A KHN review found more than 20 states either don’t count or have incomplete data on the use of COVID-19 antigen tests, leaving the public in the dark about the true scope of the pandemic.