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After-action report finds that hepatitis A outbreak helped hone COVID-19 response – The San Diego Union-Tribune 
Ohio could drop below lowest COVID-19 cases in a year – NBC4 WCMH-TV 
The Search for Long Covid Treatments Takes a Promising Turn – WIRED 
Dogs exposed to COVID-positive people show increased risk of infection
Hanna Knutsson / Flickr cc A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention–led study links spillover from small mammals such as voles...
Metformin may reduce risk of long COVID by 64% in overweight or obese adults
Correction: This story has been updated to reflect a 64% reduction in risk of long COVID. The story previously misstated...
Minnesota, New York issue executive orders promoting access to COVID vaccines
Governors in Minnesota and New York are issuing executive orders in an effort to protect vaccine access in those states,...
CDC upheaval triggers global concern amid ongoing US vaccine policy debate
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday called for efforts to protect public health excellence at the US...
Amid COVID pandemic, toddlers showed resilience, less bad behavior, researchers say
A study today in JAMA Network Open involving nearly 3,500 US toddlers suggests that they had fewer parent-reported behavioral problems amid...
COVID vaccine myth-busting can work, study suggests
A COVID-19 misinformation-busting messaging intervention that presented a myth followed by a fact among people who had completed the initial...
US COVID levels may be peaking, CDC data show
Pawel Kacperek / iStock A study yesterday in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report describes an outbreak earlier this year of Neisseria...
Three states take steps to ensure COVID vaccine access
Amid confusion in some states over whether pharmacies can provide COVID shots to residents before they are recommended by a...
In heated Senate committee meeting, RFK Jr says fired CDC chief lied about ouster
"We are the sickest country in the world; that's why we had to fire people at the CDC. They did...
New data: Interferon-alpha nasal spray cuts COVID infections in adult cancer patients by 40%
NIAID / Flickr cc Daily use of an interferon-alpha (IFN-α) nasal spray lowers the risk of COVID-19 infection in adults...