U.S. flu activity remains stable and high but rising in central states.

People 65 and older should get a Covid spring booster shot --US CDC Advisory panel

 

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The recommendation was approved by CDC Director Mandy Cohen, allowing the United States to join Canada and the United Kingdom in offering a spring booster this year to people at high risk of severe disease if they contract Covid.

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Testing positive for COVID-19 no longer means five days in isolation, U.S. CDC says

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days, U.S. health officials announced Friday.

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Racial minorities in the U.S. have greater long-term harms from COVID-19 --study

Diagnosing COVID-19 vs RSV, Flu --some guidance

Less than 20 per cent of Americans know in advance the cost of their health care --poll

Nearly half of older Americans postpone or don't have surgeries because of financial concerns--study

...Nearly half of people ages 50 and older who were very concerned about the cost of surgery wound up not having an operation they had considered, researchers reported Tuesday in the journal JAMA Network Open. 

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The difficulties in finding primary health workers in underserved areas of the U.S.

Measles making a comeback in US due to vaccine skepticism-- CDC

U.S. syphilis rates highest since 1950, other STD rates down or flat

Religious people coped better with the COVID-19 pandemic, research suggests

Thousands of front line workers may have survived Covid if US government regulations were better --study

California says those with COVID-19 can leave home sooner — but they have to mask up

California's relaxed COVID isolation guidance marks a milestone in public health messaging about the pandemic: Even newly infected people no longer need to isolate if they have no symptoms, or they can leave home sooner if the illness starts improving quickly. ...

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Misinformation issue: Fringe Anti-Science Views Infiltrated Mainstream Politics — And What It Means in 2024

Advice for those who test positive for COVID

Dr Mark Faghy is an associate professor in respiratory physiology at the University of Derby and leads several research projects on the virus. He explains that we are not out of the woods yet.

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