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CDC relaxes its advice about wearing masks outdoors Bicyclists and a runner wear masks at Santa Monica Beach. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times) By Mike Stobbe Print U.S. health officials say fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to wear masks outdoors anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers, and those who are unvaccinated can go without a face covering outside in some cases, too. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the updated guidance Tuesday in yet another carefully calibrated step on the road back to normal from the coronavirus outbreak that has k...

Doctors scramble to understand long Covid, but causes and prognosis are elusive One night in March 2020, Joy Wu felt like her heart was going to explode. She tried to get up and fell down. She didn't recognize friends' names in her list of phone contacts. Remembering how to dial 9-1-1 took "quite a bit of time," she recalled recently. Wu, 38, didn't have a fever, cough or sore throat — the symptoms most associated with Covid-19 at the time — so doctors at the hospital told her she was having a panic attack. But later she developed those symptoms, along with difficulty breathing, fatigue a...

The Jefferson Educational Society will hold two Global Summit speaker series this year after COVID-19 forced organizers to postpone last year's event. While registration continues for Global Summit XII — a free digital speaker series over a three-week period from May 10 to May 27 — a second, in-person summit speaker series has been finalized for late October and early November, according to a Jefferson Educational Society news release.  The second summit, Global Summit XIII, will be a series of events highlighted by former President George W. Bush, whose talk will be held on Nov. 9 at E...

2021 to Feature Global Summit Double Dip Jefferson Educational Society's signature speaker series gets two installments by Matt Swanseger Ali Zaidi, April Ryan, David Ignatius, Leana Wen, and Rasahwn Ray will take part in the latest Jefferson Educational Society Global Summit This year, the Jefferson Educational Society is challenging hungry minds to a dual. Not only will its signature Global Summit speaker series be back, it will be back twice to twin-pique our interests. "We are so pleased that we can present two summits for our memb...

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