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‘We might die because you won’t wear a mask’: A plea to health-care workers
Let’s start protecting people in health-care settings as that’s where people should have the best understanding of a viral ...
Public Health Survived the Pandemic. Now It Fights Politics.
Five years after the pandemic began, many local health officials say that the politicization of Covid has left them with ...
Do Face Masks Work?
Five years after Donald Trump declared a national COVID emergency, here's what the research says about face masks.
‘Bank on the fact’ that more pandemics are coming. Here’s why, and are we ready?
Despite scientific advancements made during the COVID pandemic, growing vaccine hesitancy and the politicization of public health leave the U.S. vulnerable to future pandemics, according to experts ...
Should you wear a mask to protect yourself from measles?
The measles-mumps-rubella vaccine remains the best tool to protect yourself, with two doses being 97% effective at preventing ...
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Restoring Trust in Public Health: Instead of Clinging to Arbitrary Mask Mandates, Ground Policy in Evidence-Based Data
Federal public health responses to COVID-19 revealed a myriad of shortcomings. Especially with regard to face mask protocols ...
5 years after the pandemic started, COVID-19 is still around. Masks? Not so much.
Has your COVID-era mask been a constant companion or is it collecting dust? Americans’ relationship with masking has been fraught (and politicized) since the beginning of the pandemic, a time when ...
Idaho Gov. Brad Little overturned past ban on mask mandates. Now, he’s signed one into law
The law, which has an emergency provision, takes immediate effect. It blocks all local governments from requiring masks or ...
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WA House pushes through controversial public health bill after heated late-night debate
The bill passed along party lines, with Democrats in the majority, 58-35, and five excused absences. The debate began late on ...