Category: Washington Post

‘The war has changed’: Internal CDC document urges new messaging, warns delta infections likely more severe

The document captures the struggle of the nation’s top public health agency to persuade the public to embrace vaccination and prevention measures, including mask-wearing, as cases surge across the United States and new research suggests vaccinated peop…

Tucker Carlson falsely claims Anthony S. Fauci ‘created’ covid

The Fox News host’s baseless comments come amid a period of rising cases from the delta variant and low vaccinate rates.

Covid-19 latest updates: Biden urges state, local governments to give $100 to newly vaccinated

With the extra-contagious delta variant spurring some renewed restrictions, governments are under new pressure to get shots into reluctant arms.

Judge offers an alternative to community service sentences: covid-19 vaccination

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California Gov. Newsom pulls his kids out of summer camp violating mask requirements

Everyone in youth settings, regardless of their vaccination status, is required to wear masks, because children under 12 are not eligible for authorized vaccines, according to the Newsom administration.

CDC reversal on indoor masking prompts experts to ask, ‘Where’s the data?’

As the delta variant surges, the significance of breakthrough infections remains unclear.

Pfizer data shows vaccine protection remains robust six months after vaccination even as the company argues that boosters will be needed

While company data showed a slight drop in efficacy against any symptomatic cases of covid-19, from 96 percent protection in the first two months following vaccination to 84 percent after four months, the vaccine was 97 percent effective against severe…

Another coronavirus variant has reached Florida. Here’s what you need to know.

A variant discovered in Colombia is now showing up in South Florida hospitals. Time and vaccination efforts will determine how quickly it could spread, experts say.

Coronavirus updates: U.S. adjusts to new mask guidance as delta variant threatens pandemic progress

The evolving recommendations around face coverings served as a dismal acknowledgment that infections in the United States have quadrupled in July, even as highly effective vaccines are widely available.

New CDC mask guidance confuses and frustrates some Americans as delta variant surges

Across the country, people said they felt whiplashed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation that even vaccinated people should resume wearing face coverings indoors under specific circumstances.