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Tests: How Americans can get free home Covid-19 tests

Fri, 2022-01-14 17:36 — mike kraft

(CNN) Starting Saturday, many Americans can get home Covid-19 tests at no cost through their private insurance. They can obtain the tests from pharmacies, retailers and online vendors.

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New CDC guidance encourages more Americans to consider N95 masks

Fri, 2022-01-14 17:27 — mike kraft

CDC encourages more Americans to consider N95 masks | AP News NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Friday encouraged more Americans to wear the kind of N95 or KN95 masks used by health-care workers to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Those kinds of masks are considered better at filtering virus from the air. AP NEWS

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U.S. teachers unions say CDC is not communicating with teachers on COVID school safety,

Fri, 2022-01-14 13:28 — mike kraft

CDC is not communicating with teachers on COVID safety, unions say The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not been communicating well enough with educators, teachers unions say, as COVID-19 hospitalizations hit records in the country. Andrea Shalal Reuters

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Mask rules get tighter in Europe amid winter’s COVID-19 wave

Fri, 2022-01-14 10:19 — mike kraft

Mask rules get tighter in Europe in winter's COVID-19 wave | AP News ROME (AP) — To mask or not to mask is a question Italy settled early in the COVID-19 outbreak with a vigorous “yes." Now the onetime epicenter of the pandemic in Europe hopes even stricter mask rules will help it beat the latest infection surge. AP NEWS

... Other countries are taking similar action as the more transmissible — yet, apparently, less virulent — omicron variant spreads through the continent.

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U.S. Employers face patchwork of state policies on worker vaccination after Supreme Court order

Fri, 2022-01-14 10:03 — mike kraft

Employers face patchwork of state policies on worker vaccination after Supreme Court order U.S. companies were divided in their response to the ruling. Washington Post

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Italy to start sewer testing, experts describe advantages

Fri, 2022-01-14 09:49 — mike kraft

Italy's sewers will give early alert for future COVID spikes Italy will use the nation's sewage to predict future coronavirus spreads and to alert authorities to rising cases and new variants before they appear in testing and hospitals, a senior official said, announcing a project to be launched in coming months. Emilio Parodi Reuters

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Scientists using raw sewage as a tool to help determine how COVID infections are trending find some decrease

Fri, 2022-01-14 09:41 — mike kraft

When will this COVID surge end? Scientists search your sewage for clues As COVID-19 and the omicron variant spread across the country, scientists are increasingly testing raw sewage to track trends. YahooNews

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Wisconsin National Guard will train as certified nursing assistants to support hospitals amid Covid-19 surge

Thu, 2022-01-13 18:19 — mike kraft

Wisconsin National Guard will train as certified nursing assistants to support hospitals amid Covid-19 surge As Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations surge in Wisconsin, National Guard members will be trained as certified nursing assistants to support hospitals and nursing homes across the state, Gov.

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White House: Onus on employers "to determine whether their workplace will be safe for employees"

Thu, 2022-01-13 17:25 — mike kraft

White House: Onus now on employers "to determine whether their workplace will be safe for employees" White House press secretary Jen Psaki responded to Thursday's Supreme Court ruling blocking the Biden’s administration’s vaccine or test requirement for large businesses, telling reporters the burden is now on individual employers “to determine whether their workplaces will be safe for employees, and whether their businesses will be safe for consumers.” By <a href="/profiles/rhea-mogul">Rhea Mogul</a>, Adam Renton, Jack Guy, <a href="/profiles/aditi-sandal">Aditi Sangal</a>, Melissa Macaya, <a href="/profiles/melissa

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Omicron Fueling ‘Strong' New COVID Surge in NH; Sununu Worried at Hospitalizations

Thu, 2022-01-13 17:09 — mike kraft

Omicron Fueling ‘Strong' New COVID Surge in NH; Sununu Worried at Hospitalizations New Hampshire is in the midst of an omicron-fueled COVID surge that will bring the number of new cases to new heights, Gov. Chris Sununu and other administration officials said Wednesday. “There is a very strong resurgence of omicron across New Hampshire,” Sununu said at a briefing on the state’s pandemic response. “We are likely to see more cases than… Staff Reports NBC Boston

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