By The Associated Press
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Texas on Tuesday became the biggest state to lift its mask rule, joining a rapidly growing movement by governors and other leaders across the U.S. to loosen COVID-19 res...
By Nancy Clanton, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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One mystery of the coronavirus is how it affects so many people differently, with some able to recuperate at home while others are hospitalized or even die....
By Tim Darnell, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The first dose of the nation’s third coronavirus vaccine was administered Tuesday to an 86-year-old woman at Ohio State University.
“I wanted this shot,” Barbara...
By ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press
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Drugmaker Merck & Co. will help produce rival Johnson & Johnson’s newly approved coronavirus vaccine in an effort to expand supply more quickly.
WASHIN...
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– Previous research has shown SARS-CoV-2 causes an infection in a person by entering the body and binding its spike proteins to ACE2 receptors on a cell’s surface.
– Researchers have designed peptides tha...
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE, Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is getting a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19, as the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday cleared a Johnson &...
Leslie Josephs | CNBC.Com
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KEY POINTS
– United’s CEO wants to mandate Covid-19 vaccines for the company’s more than 60,000 employees.
– CEO Scott Kirby said other companies sh...
By Kiersten Willis, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The Atlanta-based agency is urging stricter precautions as a result.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, health officials have urged the public to do...
By MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press
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February is usually the peak of flu season but not this year.
NEW YORK — February is usually the peak of flu season, with doctors’ offices and hospitals packed with suffe...
By Maggie Fox, CNN
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(CNN) Two separate teams of researchers said this week they have found a worrying new coronavirus variant in New York City and elsewhere in the Northeast that carries mutations that hel...
LAURIE BARATTI | TravelPulse.Com
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The latest Longwoods International tracking study of Americans’ collective sentiment towards travel has shown that roughly 80 percent of travelers have establi...