BF.7 could be the next dominant COVID variant. Here’s what would mean
New COVID variants BF.7 and BA.2.75.2 are edging out BA.5 for supremacy. Will the new vaccine boosters be enough…
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Is the COVID-19 pandemic over?
Some world leaders suggest that the pandemic has ended. Here’s what scientists say.
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Zero New COVID Cases Reported for 2nd Day in a Row
And so it drags on…
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Have Long COVID? Here’s Where to Go for Care
Patients who navigate what can feel like an endless series of checkups and lab tests to confirm a long COVID diagnosis face an even harder path ahead: Figuring out where to go for care…
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Covid will be a leading cause of death in the U.S. indefinitely, whether or not the pandemic is ‘over’
President Biden said the pandemic was “over,” but about 500 people still die of Covid daily. Realistically, experts say, Covid will persist as a leading cause of death.
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3 New COVID Cases, Chaos at Costco After Sudden Lockdown
And so it drags on…
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Covid testing providers scale back despite worries of another winter surge
Covid testing labs and at-home test manufacturers have been downsizing after government funding cuts and waning demand, despite concerns from health officials
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1 New COVID Case in Shanghai, Monkeypox in Chongqing
Monkeypox is getting closer…
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Long COVID Was a Preventable Tragedy. Some of Us Saw It Coming
Brian Vastag is a former science reporter for The Washington Post who has been disabled by myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) since 2012. Here, he writes about the similarities between his disease and long COVID, reflecting on how the latter was, and is, a preventable tragedy…
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1 New COVID Case, Orange Typhoon Alert Issued
The numbers come as Shanghai emerges from China’s biggest citywide lockdown since the beginning of the COVID pandemic…
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