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With many people getting vaccinated, many wonder when they will be able to travel again without worrying about COVID.

While the CDC has provided guidance for essential travel, it still warns that “travel increases your chance of getting and spreading COVID-19. CDC recommends that you do not travel at this time.”

There are reasons to be hopeful that life can improve after the second COVID-19 vaccination shot, but experts are telling people to continue masking and social distancing after they are considered fully inoculated.

Madeline Buckley Chicago Tribune Chris Ruys is scheduled to receive her second COVID-19 vaccine shot on March 1 and will be considered fully inoculated about two weeks later. After that, she wonders: Then what? Based on advice from doctors, Ruys doesn’t expect her daily life to change immediately. She recently turned down an invitation for a St. Patrick’s Day party, as she worries about the vaccine’s performance against the new variants, as well as spreading the virus...

What the Post-Insurrection Congressional Outbreak Tells Us About COVID-19 Vaccination Slate 1/22/2021 © Provided by Slate Rep. Pramila Jayapal at a hearing on July 29. Pool/Getty Images On Jan. 6, America watched in horror as insurrectionists attacked the Capitol. In real time, we followed the livestreamed video and images of angry mobs ransacking the building while lawmakers barricaded themselves in their offices and evacuated chambers in escape hoods. For a few hours, I was so chilled by...

At least five vaccinated members of Congress have tested positive for COVID-19 since the Capitol riot.

Sciences COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation Influenza forecasters are a cautious bunch. Flu cases can spike in late winter after months of low infection rates, making experts reluctant to predict a mild season too soon. But many are ready to declare that COVID-19 control measures have dramatically tamped down the flu and other respiratory viruses that would normally be ripping through the Northern Hemisphere. The World Health Organization (W...

New study examines why COVID-19 pneumonia is so severe and last updated 2021-01-13 15:34:46-05 CHICAGO — A study published this week in the scientific journal Nature examines why COVID-19 pneumonia lasts longer and causes more damage to lung tissue than typical pneumonia. Since the beginning of the pandemic, scientists have been trying to figure out why the novel coronavirus is so destructive to the lungs. “Pneumonia that lands people in the ICU on life-support does tend to last longe...

and last updated 2021-01-05 18:09:53-05 CHICAGO — Public health officials have been debating whether it may be more effective to get more people their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and delaying the second round of shots that are needed for the highest immunity. Last month, social media was flooded with images of frontline health care workers proudly rolling up their sleeves to get their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. But a slow rollout, a surge in cases, and the emergence a of a ...