Tag: covid-19 pandemic
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COVID-19 no longer means five days in isolation, CDC says
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U.S. health officials say Americans with COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days
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US health officials drop 5-day isolation time for COVID-19
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NEW YORK (AP) — US health officials drop 5-day isolation time for COVID-19.
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Is the Mexican government hiding how many people have gone missing?
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MEXICO CITY — In November, Susana García Colorado received a call from a man who said he was from the Mexican government commission charged with finding the more than 100,000 people officially classified as “disappeared.” “We have information that your brother has appeared,” he told her. “We would like to have an interview with him.” That…
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Puerto Rico is entangled in a heated public health debate over vaccines and masks
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A fiery debate over public health and personal rights has gripped Puerto Rico as legislators clash with medical experts
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Mardi Gras 2024: What to know as Carnival season nears its rollicking end in New Orleans
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Carnival season 2024 is entering its final days in New Orleans with big parades on the city’s main thoroughfares and smaller, offbeat walking clubs strolling the old French Quarter
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Flu hangs on in US, fading in some areas and intensifying in others
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Flu is hanging on in the U.S., intensifying in some areas of the country after weeks of an apparent national decline
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Mexico overtakes China as the leading source of goods imported by US
For the first time in more than two decades, Mexico last year surpassed China as the leading source of goods imported by the United States
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Paxlovid can lessen the chance of a severe COVID-19 illness. Why is it underused?
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Paxlovid can prevent hospitalization and death from COVID-19, but experts say it’s being underused
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Cough? Sore throat? More schools suggest mildly sick kids attend anyway
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Schools are confronting soaring absence rates
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Not wearing a mask during COVID-19 health emergency isn’t a free speech right, appeals court says
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A federal appeals court has shot down claims that there’s a First Amendment right not to wear face masks during the COVID-19 outbreak