Expect more worrisome variants after omicron, scientists say

top experts break down exactly why people should still try to avoid getting Omicron

U.S students in several cities stage walkouts, saying they don't want to learn in a 'COVID petri dish.'

Testing center problem: testing centers operated by Center for COVID Controls shut down in two states

Studies: COVID contagiousness may linger beyond five days; COVID-19 worse for vapers

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

(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

New Studies: COVID vaccines effective, with limited waning

A trio of new studies yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine report encouraging results on the effectiveness and durability of protection of COVID-19 vaccines against hospitalization and death, including teens.

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'A slap in the face': Nurses told to use vacation and sick days to stay home if they test positive

 

Early in the pandemic, nurses were celebrated as heroes, with nightly symphonies of clapping or banging pots and pans. Now, many are being asked to go into work despite positive Covid tests — or they say they are being told they must use their vacation and sick days to stay home when they contract the coronavirus.

“You’re talking about a group of people who sat at bedsides — not one a night, multiple, because we were consistently losing people. We were holding the iPads as people said their last goodbyes,” said Ana Bergeron, a registered nurse who is the president of a local union affiliate. “I can’t tell you how sick it makes me now being called a hero, because that’s not how we’re being treated by our employers.”​​

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Concerns about U.S. Hospitals’ medical oxygen supplies in the face of possible Respiratory “Twindemic”

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

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

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

Italy to start sewer testing, experts describe advantages

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

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