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Experts are still researching the rate of effectiveness and transmissibility of some existing strains of concern.

d3sign via Getty Images Herd immunity seems almost impossible at this point. Heres how that will affect what COVID-19 will be like in the short and long term. For the first time in a long time, the U.S. is at a hopeful moment in the COVID-19 pandemic. More than half of adults have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and the seven-day average of new cases has decreased by roughly 80% since its January 2021 peak. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ...

Updated on May 4, 2021 at 8:36 am NBCUniversal Media, LLC As more and more of the United States population gets vaccinated against COVID-19, many are wondering: when will enough people be vaccinated for life to return to normal? That question doesnt have a simple answer, but scientists are working every day to understand more about herd immunity and how it can help us return to normal life, someday. Heres what you should know. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest brea...

Can the vaccine make your period worse? These women say yes. No published studies have examined the effects of vaccines on menstrual cycles (iStock; Lily illustration) 2h When Shana Clauson, a 45-year-old teacher in Hudson, Wis., was in line to get her first coronavirus vaccination — the Moderna shot — on March 6, she logged onto Facebook to pass the time as she waited. While scrolling, she saw a friend had posted a link to a Twitter thread in which women and people who menstruate were di...

First US case of more infectious ‘double mutant’ covid variant that emerged in India is identified in California Researchers at Stanford University confirmed what is believed to be the first U.S. case of a coronavirus variant that emerged in India Indian authorities have referred to it as a double mutant because it has two mutations on parts of the virus that help it hook onto our cells The variant was linked to between 15% and 20% of samples sequenced from Indias Maharashtra state, which h...

Grand Rapids Business Journal Courtesy Guiding Light A local nonprofit secured another building that will become sober living apartments. Grand Rapids-based Guiding Light said Monday that it secured a new “Iron House” in Kentwood, its sixth recovery apartment community. The four-unit building will increase the nonprofit’s capacity to house men as they transition back into mainstream society after completing the foundation phase of Guiding Light’s recovery program. Remodeling work will s...

The Vaccine Will Protect Against Covid. It May Keep Others Healthier Too The Vaccine Will Protect Against Covid. It May Keep Others Healthier Too There is also evidence to suggest the vaccines could prevent people from getting the coronavirus all together. Updated: February 28, 2021 8:24 am IST Health experts say the coronavirus vaccines may do more than protect recipients from Covid-19 Health experts say the coronavirus vaccines may do more than protect recipients from Covid-19. Researcher...

Updated on February 26, 2021 at 5:33 am NBCUniversal Media, LLC As more and more of the United States population gets vaccinated against COVID-19, many are wondering when will enough people be vaccinated for life to return to normal? That question doesnt have a simple answer, but scientists are working every day to understand more about herd immunity and how it can help us return to normal life, someday. Heres what you should know. Download our NBC 7 mobile app for iOS or Android to get alert...

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The new leader of the nation’s coronavirus fight has been battling diseases her whole career Laura Krantz © Kate Flock/MGH Dr. Rochelle Walensky. The unit where Dr. Rochelle Walensky performed her residency, during the peak of the AIDS epidemic in Baltimore, held a standing memorial service every two weeks because so many of its patients were dying. It was a grueling start to a medical career, when young trainees worked 100-hour weeks at Johns Hopkins Hospital, holding the ...