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Category: Public Health
With Schools Starting Online, Vaccinations Head for Recess
Traditionally, requirements that kids undergo certain immunizations before attending school have been a critical public health tool. Health officials are scrambling to make sure children don’t fall through the cracks.
Altered Mindsets: Marijuana Is Making Its Mark on Ballots in Red States
Voters in Montana and several other conservative-leaning states will decide in November whether to legalize medical or recreational marijuana.
A timeline of emerging infectious diseases in history
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COVID-19 antibodies may last 4 months, Iceland study finds
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Connecticut hospital COVID-19 cases could be tied to nursing home outbreak
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‘Very low chance’ vaccine will be ready in October, Warp Speed leader says; virus causes ‘carnage’ in lab-grown heart cells — 4 COVID-19 updates
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Will Labor Day Weekend Bring Another Holiday COVID Surge? Jury’s Out.
Epidemiologists are having a hard time predicting whether Labor Day will be like the Fourth of July and Memorial Day, when celebrations fanned the flames in coronavirus hot spots around the South and West.
As Threat of Valley Fever Grows Beyond the Southwest, Push Is On for Vaccine
Efforts are underway to bring to market a vaccine for valley fever, a fungal infection with COVID-like symptoms that occurs in the deserts of the Southwest. The illness is getting more attention as cases rise and a warming climate threatens to spread it through the West.
Iowa’s former communications director says state tried to withhold COVID-19 info
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