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To mask or not to mask? COVID-19 experts share their advice  NPRsource

WASHINGTON – Tucked away in a secretive office, a little-known team of government scientists began looking into al-Qaida and the possibility of a biological weapons attack after terrorists exposed a “gaping hole” in national security on Sept. 11, 2001.Known simply as the “Z Division,” the team was established in the U.S. Department of Energy to help […]

Sign up for CT Mirror’s free daily briefings. CT Mirror Connecticut's Nonprofit Journalism. The Connecticut Restaurant Association wants the state to create a “hospitality fund” to help tourism, workforce and local economic development recover from the pandemic.Under the proposal, the state would leverage its existing 1% food and beverage tax that generated more than $90 […]

Illustration: Aïda Amer/AxiosThe inability to pin down COVID's origins has opened the door to politically charged speculation and fierce debate, but without concrete evidence, people are forming narratives based on incomplete information with major geopolitical consequences.Why it matters: The lingering questions about how the virus emerged could likely only be filled through intelligence or new […]

Starting with the (fortunately) ever-briefer COVID-19 update. In a word: “unchanged” in Colorado. There was yet another kerfuffle about the value of masks this week, provoked by a Cochrane systematic review. Reviewing findings of randomized clinical trials only, the authors concluded that wearing masks in the community makes “little or no difference” to the outcomes of […]

Low immunity against Covid-19 and a growing population of frail elderly is driving a surge in coronavirus deaths in Japan which had, for a long time, upheld some of the strictest pandemic restrictions.Japan once boasted one of the lowest Covid mortality rates, but the figure has been trending upwards since the end of 2022. It […]

Weekly / February 3, 2023 / 72(5);119–124 On January 25, 2023, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release.Ruth Link-Gelles, PhD1; Allison Avrich Ciesla, PhD1,2; Lauren E. Roper, MPH1; Heather M. Scobie, PhD1; Akilah R. Ali, MPH1; Joseph D. Miller, PhD3; Ryan E. Wiegand, PhD1; Emma K. Accorsi, PhD1,4; Jennifer R. Verani, MD1; […]

Watch CBS News By CBS Miami Team February 23, 2023 / 6:25 AM / CBS News MIAMI – The “Ban the jab” resolution passed with a majority vote in the Lee County Republican Party and will now head to Governor Ron DeSantis’ desk. This comes after a member of the Lee County Republican Party wrote […]

By Daniel Oberhaus in Features, March | April 2023 on March 1, 2023 at 7:00 am | No Comments Mia Carter was on vacation in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains when she started to feel like she was dying. It was late in the summer of 2020 and for months, Carter had been grappling with the […]

[1/2] President Joe Biden speaks before signing two bills aimed at combating fraud in the COVID-19 small business relief programs at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 5, 2022. Evan Vucci/Pool via REUTERSMarch 2 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden plans to ask Congress to provide $1.6 billion in new funding to tackle fraud tied to […]