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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provides a list of community-based COVID-19 testing sites, including health centers and pharmacies. Accessing your state’s health department ...
It’s often discussed among infectious disease experts, Schaffner said. “We can wish,” he said, “but we can’t count on it.”. There are crucial differences, he said. “The common cold ...
Oct. 16, 2023 – Severe cases of COVID-19 that require hospitalization continue to decline in the U.S., according to the CDC’s latest update on the pandemic. Hospitalizations dipped 8% for the ...
Jan. 23, 2024 – You’ve got the symptoms, but your test for COVID-19 isn't positive. You’re not alone. JN.1, the now-dominant variant that accounts for nearly 86% of all circulating SARS-CoV ...
They are decidedly less accurate than PCR tests when a person has a lower amount of the virus in their system. The virus is still present but may still be too low to detect. A person can have ...
Health officials recommend isolating for at least 5 days if you develop COVID-19 and continuing to wear a mask for up to 10 days whenever you’re in public. Infectious disease specialists believe ...
The reason COVID-19 cases increased this summer is likely because people who hadn’t been recently vaccinated or infected had fewer antibodies at the ready to fight off the first sign of the ...
This is the most common transmission. When an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks, droplets or tiny particles called aerosols carry the virus into the air from their nose or mouth. Anyone ...