Infectious Disease - Page 487

January 28, 2022

N95 masks: How often can they be reused?

How many times can I reuse my N95 mask?

January 28, 2022

14.5M get health care under ACA

At least 14.5 million Americans are getting private health insurance for this year under the Obama-era health law, thanks to help from the Biden administration.

January 28, 2022

Substack defends free expression as critics call for censoring vaccine skeptics

The subscription newsletter service is under fire from liberals following a study suggesting it is profiting from "anti-vaxxers."

January 28, 2022

US scientists who downplayed COVID-19 lab leak origins theory sang a different tune in private, emails show

American scientists who publicly attributed the COVID-19 pandemic to natural origins rather than human engineering were far less confident in private, transcripts and notes from previous meetings show.

January 28, 2022

Anderson Cooper admits Florida surgeon general's claim about vaccine long-term efficacy 'certainly true'

CNN’s Anderson Cooper admitted that some of Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo’s claim that vaccines do not help people in the long term was true.

January 27, 2022

Evangeline Lilly rails against vaccine mandates, says it's 'not safe': 'This is not the way'

"Ant-Man and the Wasp" star Evangeline Lilly spoke out against vaccine mandates amid the coronavirus pandemic.

January 27, 2022

Goldie Hawn says America has 'failed' children during COVID-19 pandemic

Goldie Hawn emphasized the effect the coronavirus pandemic has had on America's children in a recent op-ed. The movie star said America had failed its children.

January 27, 2022

Boston's COVID vaccine mandate paused by judge for certain workers

Massachusetts Appeals Court judge ruled the COVID-19 vaccine mandate will be paused for unionized firefighters and certain unionized police officers challenging it.

January 27, 2022

CDC should track more COVID-19 breakthrough infections to get ahead of the pandemic, experts warn

The CDC says the best way to prevent infection and slow the spread of COVID-19 is to get vaccinated, but the total number of breakthrough cases are unknown because the agency only monitors the most severe on a monthly basis

January 27, 2022

CDC's Walensky had to Google her own website when asked about advancing equity in the pandemic response

Watchdog group Americans for Public Trust (APT) obtained over 500 pages of Walensky’s emails through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), revealing the director’s apparent unpreparedness in her official capacity.