Urges avoidance of holiday gatherings. The U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams made a call to Americans to avoid all large gatherings during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. He…
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Schools are Safe Places for Kids, says CDC Director
Decision to close schools due to virus not backed by data, Redfield said. At a recent White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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Two Senators Test Positive for COVID-19
Both staying at home while recovering from the virus. On Friday, both Senators Rick Scott and Chuck Grassley announced that they had tested positive for COVID-19. Senator Grassley…
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Uniform Precautions Called for Amid COVID-19 Spike
Dr. Fauci recommends national mask compliance. On Tuesday, the United States recorded an increase in the number of people having tested positive for COVID-19 to 11.1 million, with…
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CDC Issues Thanksgiving Guidelines
Some hospitals reportedly near virus case capacity. In the first ten days of November, more than one million new confirmed cases of the coronavirus were reported as all…
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Labor Department Releases New Respiratory Regulations
Standardized equipment for healthcare workers laid out by the department. In a press release last week, the Department of Labor announced that it had set new guidelines to…
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Global Covid Cases Resurge
Numbers climb to all-time high of 330,000 cases per day. COVID-19 has found a new foothold in the relaxed nature of the “new normal.” “The numbers are going…
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CDC Rephrases Testing Guidelines
Previous language discouraged asymptomatic people from testing. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated guidance last month on asymptomatic testing, “You do not necessarily need a test…
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Doctors Express Concerns over COVID-19 and Flu Season
CDC Director says the fall and winter will be “complicated.” While the numbers of COVID-19 cases have been steadily declining since the spike in mid-summer, U.S. health officials…
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Seven States Begin Early Voting This Week
It is still seven weeks until Election Day. Early balloting begins this week in Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Balloting is changing in…
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