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Wearing a cloth mask is better than not wearing a mask at all, but if you can upgrade — or layer cloth with surgical — now is the time
Biden to Expand Access to At-Home Covid Kits: 4 Essential Reads on the Critical Role of Rapid Tests
Learn the basics about at-home Covid-19 test kits and the role they play in helping slow the spread of the coronavirus
Genomic sequencing: Here’s how researchers identify omicron and other COVID-19 variants
Sequencing the genome of a virus gives researchers information on how mutations can affect its transmissibility and virulence.
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Understanding how much protection a vaccine offers is not as simple as it sounds
How Can Scientists Update Coronavirus Vaccines for Omicron? A Microbiologist Answers 5 Questions About How Moderna and Pfizer Could Rapidly Adjust mRNA Vaccines
If the omicron variant of the coronavirus is different enough from the original variant, it’s possible that existing vaccines won’t be as effective as they have been
Why Covid-19 Must Be Included in Safer Sex Messaging on College Campuses
With Covid-19 with us for the foreseeable future, it has become increasingly clear that educators need to develop a new definition of safer sex
How Healthcare Providers and Patients Can Limit the Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrobial resistance is a growing public health threat. But both patients and providers can do something about it.
HIV Prevention Pill PrEP Is Now Free Under Most Insurance Plans – but the Latest Challenge to the Affordable Care Act Puts This Benefit at Risk
Since the start of the HIV epidemic in 1981, over 700,000 Americans have lost their lives to AIDS
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Because talking politics with your family is the only thing that should ruin your holiday
Here’s Why Rapid Covid Tests Are so Expensive and Hard to Find
Monthslong silences. Mysterious rejections. Here's what's behind the shortages of a critical tool for ending the pandemic.
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