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China’s actions and the Wuhan lab connection do require closer scrutiny even if the U.S. may not find the smoking gun

May 24, 2021 6:12 AM By Brandon Lee and Alex Ruoff Federal Health officials are ramping up their surveillance of the highly transmissible Covid-19 variant first identified in India as experts warn that under-vaccinated areas in the U.S. could become hot spots for the mutation. While U.S. cases attributed to the B.1.617 variant currently sit below 1%, the growth rate remains unclear due to the small sample size. Meanwhile, one science group said the strain could be as much as 50% mor...

A raging outbreak in Brazil threatens gains against the virus.

HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By   A vaccine expert found out that Regenerons COVID-19 antibody-drug appears to prevent virus spread within households. (Photo : wikimedia commons) Regeneron Prevents Virus Spread According to the findings of a clinical trial conducted in part by a Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center vaccine researcher, an antibody regimen created by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals offered good defense against COVID-19 when administered to people living with someone infected with the viru...

New York State is going along with the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and will allow students in public schools to sit closer together.

Officials said the school will resume “normal campus operations” in fall 2021.

R1 plans to reopen all schools to 5 days of in-person learning by end of March R1 plans to reopen all schools to 5 days of in-person learning by end of March By Laurel Mallory | February 26, 2021 at 5:02 PM EST - Updated February 26 at 7:11 PM COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Richland One School District officials said Friday they plan to open up more days of in-person learning starting March 8. By the end of March, the district plans to allow all students to return to five day a week in-person lear...

For the first time in more than three months, the seven-day rolling average of new COVID-19 cases reported each day in the U.S. has dipped below 100,000.

California Lifts State Stay-at-Home Order as Virus Spread Slows Gene Maddaus, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail California lifted the statewide stay-at-home orders on Monday, allowing counties to retake control of COVID-19 restrictions, and potentially allowing for the return of outdoor dining in parts of the state. The California Department of Public Health cited “positive signs” that the virus is spreading more slowly across the state. But it also warned that the pandemic is far from over...

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