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NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. flu season appears to be over. It was long, but it wasnt unusually severe. Last week, for the third straight week, medical visits for flu-like illnesses dipped below …

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Reporting. thank you very much. six of president bidens former health advisers are now calling on him to change course, urging the biden administration to shift to a new pandemic strategy that focuses on adjusting toward what is being called a new normal. lets discuss what is going on with dr. jay varkey at emory university in atlanta. thank you for joining us. do you think it is time for the biden administration to focus on policies that allow us to adjust our living pattern with the virus ra...

We can invest in the science to improve our vaccines. these vaccines are amazing tools and theyre doing exactly what theyre designed to do in terps terms of preventing people from the most serious signs of covid. we should push the science on this to enhance immunity. remember the fact that the current vaccines that prevent us from doing, that prevent us from the serious complications, but were seeing breakthrough infections. if we can drive those -- drive down the infects and enhance the immuni...

From getting any sort of symptomatic covid infection. put that in perspective for us. how promising might this be for ending the pandemic? >> two things on this. first of all, its phenomenal. a high level of efficacy. this is the kind of stuff we saw early days of pfizer before the delta variant and other variants of concern came into effect. that was pretty compelling. kids need to get vaccinated because its going to be good for them and protect them. obviously its going to add population immun...

Emory experts Jay Varkey and Jodie Guest define breakthrough infections, explain why they happen and discuss how to prevent them.

Progress in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic 40% of American adults are now fully vaccinated Associated Press and last updated 2021-05-05 05:58:25-04 The United States is making progress in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Cases are dropping to levels not seen since last fall. Hospitalizations and deaths are also falling. Health experts say vaccines are largely to thank, as 40% of American adults are now fully vaccinated. But CDC guidance over mask wearing continues to confuse c...

Skipping the shot: WESH 2 News investigates why some are not getting vaccinated for COVID-19 © WESH WESH "Herd immunity is going to be challenging any way you cut or slice it," said Dr. Jay Varkey, associate professor of medicine at Emory University. Just this week, doctors revealed they dont think well ever reach herd immunity because not enough people are getting the COVID-19 vaccine.Sign up for our Newsletters A recent poll shows 21% of Americans say they will never get it. WESH 2 N...

The Daily 202: Experts assess Biden on the pandemic, the border and bringing ‘normal’ back Olivier Knox with Mariana Alfaro Welcome to The Daily 202 newsletter! One year ago today, the U.S. passed 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.  But with President Biden poised to mark the occasion with his first speech to a joint session of Congress, The Daily 202 reached out to a handful of experts to get their sense of how he h...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says families will “ultimately” be able to visit with grandparents once everyone in the household is fully vaccinated.  A person is “fully vaccinated” after receiving both doses of a two-dose vaccine or one dose of a single-dose vaccine, per NBC News. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 37 million Americans have received the first dose. Director of the Nat...