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What's Safe After COVID-19 Vaccination? Don't Shed Masks Yet
As more people get fully vaccinated against COVID-19, what’s safe for them to do? Don’t expect to shed your mask right away. At least for now, U.S. health authorities say people should follow the same rules as everybody else about wearing a mask, keeping a 6-foot distance and avoiding crowds even after they’ve gotten their second vaccine dose....
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US Life Expectancy Drops a Year in Pandemic, Most Since WWII
A new report finds that life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths
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Is Your Home Prepared for a Carbon Monoxide Leak? Here's What You Need to Know
Millions in Texas and across the southern U.S. are still without power amid record-breaking winter storms and sub-freezing temperatures, leading some residents to turn to high-risk heat sources to try to keep warm.
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DeSantis Blasts CDC School Reopening Guidelines, as FIU Brings Staff Back to Campus
On the same day employees of Florida International University were asked to come back to campus, the governor of Florida took aim at the health and safety protocols the university is consulting as the basis for bringing its staff back.
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DeSantis Takes on CDC Over Schools
Gov. Ron DeSantis maintained in a news conference that the CDC’s new guidance on reopening schools are hurting students rather than helping. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports
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Loopholes in CDC's Eviction Moratorium Leave Some Mobile Home Dwellers Homeless
Affordable housing advocates have celebrated the Biden administration’s extension of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s moratorium on evictions as a critical move that could help people fight to stay in their homes as the pandemic continues to gut the economy. But the order includes loopholes that financially stretched landlords have been able to use to remove tenants...
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South Florida Districts React to CDC's Guidance for Reopening Schools
Local teachers and school districts reacted to the CDC’s blueprint to reopening schools amid the pandemic. NBC 6’s Kim Wynne reports
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Vaccinations for Teachers Important — but Not Required — for Schools to Open: New CDC Guidelines
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday released new guidance on school reopenings. It advises schools to phase-in their reopening plans in accordance with the severity of local outbreaks.
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CDC Study Finds Two Masks Are Better Than One Vs. COVID-19
A new government study finds that wearing two masks can be better than one in protecting against coronavirus spread.
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US Rushes to Catch Up in the Race to Detect Mutant Viruses
Despite its world-class medical system and its vaunted Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. fell behind in the race to detect dangerous coronavirus mutations.
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CDC Requires Face Masks on Airlines, Public Transportation
A new federal requirement for wearing face masks on airline flights and public transportation takes effect on Monday
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Superintendents Praise CDC Report Recommending Return to the Classroom
Just as Broward County Public Schools is urging students to come back to the schoolhouse, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending a return to classroom learning.
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How CDC Report on Reopening Schools Affects South Florida
The CDC says schools should reopen, but how does the new recommendation affect South Florida Schools?
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CDC Provides Updates on COVID-19 Variants
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Rochelle Walensky provides an update on COVID-19 variants found in the U.S.
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New CDC Director Said Biden Administration Is Struggling With Lack of Vaccine Data
The newly appointed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Sunday that the federal government remains in the dark about just how much vaccine is currently available and warned that states like New York won’t be able to quickly replenish its limited supply, NBC News reports.
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New CDC Director Takes Over Beleaguered Agency Amid Crisis
The incoming director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is arriving at an agency that has been relegated to the sidelines during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Governors Complain Over Pace of COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments
Uncertainty over the pace of federal COVID-19 vaccine allotments is triggering anger and confusion in some states
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CDC Will Require Negative COVID-19 Tests for Flights Entering US
Starting Jan. 26, international travelers will be required to present a negative COVID-19 before boarding a flight to the U.S.
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Cities Helping Renters Get Right to Lawyers in Housing Court
As the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic stretch into 2021, millions of U.S. renters are bracing for the possibility of having to show up in housing court to avoid getting evicted
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Man With Coronavirus-Like Symptoms Dies Shortly After Flight Heading to LA
United Airlines says it has given information about other passengers to federal health officials after a man who possibly had coronavirus-like symptoms died shortly after being on a flight. Airline spokesman Charles Hobart said Friday that United has sent the CDC information so health officials can let other passengers know they may have been exposed to an unspecified disease. United...