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Why pregnant people should get vaccinated for COVID-19

The CDC, along with many other health organizations, recommends the COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant people. Ariel Skelley/The Image Bank via Getty Images by Stacy Potts,...

Heading into the third year of the pandemic, the US blood supply is at a 10-year low

Blood donations have dropped by 10% since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the American Red Cross. Kmatta/Moment via Getty Images by Anna Nagurney, UMass...

When will the COVID-19 pandemic end? 4 essential reads on past pandemics and what the future could bring

by Maggie Villiger, The Conversation More than two years after the first cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed, people are exhausted by the coronavirus pandemic, ready...

Here’s where (and how) you are most likely to catch COVID – new study

VGstockstudio/Shutterstock Trish Greenhalgh, University of Oxford; Jose-Luis Jimenez, University of Colorado Boulder; Shelly Miller, University of Colorado Boulder, and Zhe Peng, University of Colorado Boulder Two...

How to help those who have lost loved ones to suicide cope with grief during the holidays

by Michael R. Nadorff, Mississippi State University and Julie Cerel, University of Kentucky No matter the merriment of the season, the holidays remain a struggle...

Rapid tests play a crucial role in curbing COVID-19 infections

The key to rapid antigen testing is to test early in the course of COVID-19 infection, ideally several times 24 hours apart. VioletaStoimenova/E+ via...

South Africa: early data suggest Omicron more transmissible but less severe

South Africa is reporting a spike in COVID-19 cases. EMMANUEL CROSET/AFP via Getty Images by Harsha Somaroo, University of the Witwatersrand Gauteng is the smallest of South...

Omicron: why the WHO designated it a variant of concern

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. FABRICE COFFRINI / POOL by Ed Feil, University of Bath The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the...

An infectious disease expert explains new federal rules on ‘mix-and-match’ vaccine booster shots

by Glenn J. Rapsinski, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Many Americans now have the green light to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster – and the...

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