The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alert level for the Kenai Peninsula Borough remains at high or red. At this level, CDC recommends people stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines and get tested if they have symptoms. People should wear face masks indoors, and people at high risk for severe illness should talk […]
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Topline A pair of studies suggest the coronavirus originally jumped from animals to humans in a market in Wuhan, not a laboratory. Two studies find that coronavirus stemmed from the Huanan Market in Wuhan, China, not a lab. (Photo … [+] by Noel Celis / AFP) (Photo by NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via […]
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Topline President Joe Biden’s doctor said Monday that Biden’s Covid-19 symptoms “have almost completely resolved,” four days after the 79-year-old was diagnosed with the virus. President Joe Biden talks on the phone with his national security team from the Treaty Room in the … [+] residence of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 22, […]
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Topline West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D) is isolating after testing positive for Covid-19 Monday, potentially throwing a wrench in Senate Democrats’ plans to vote this week on bills to codify same-sex marriage and lower prescription drug costs. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) said he will isolate and follow CDC guidelines after testing positive with … […]
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Topline Long Covid sufferers endure a wider set of symptoms than previously thought, according to new research published Monday in Nature Medicine, the latest study to shed light on the poorly understood and often debilitating condition affecting millions of people worldwide. Losing hair and libido are among symptoms of Long Covid, researchers found. Getty Images […]
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Topline Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral Paxlovid and Merck’s coronavirus pill molnupiravir appear to guard against hospitalizations and death even when people aren’t experiencing severe symptoms, a new study found, as the White House continues efforts to make these medications more widely available as Covid cases surge. Tablets of the drug Paxlovid are shown. dpa/picture alliance via […]
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That Biden was unwell and perhaps even demented similarly received a great deal of attention on the right, even in its newsier corners. Fox News’s midday programming flashed graphic after graphic about the 79-year-old president’s various comorbidities. A Thursday gaffe in which Biden said he had contracted cancer also received a great deal of attention, […]
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UPDATED: 11:15 a.m. ET, July 19, 2022 A major coronavirus wave is sweeping across parts of the country, thanks to the uber-contagious BA.5 variant that public health officials claim is responsible for the surge. And yes, statistics show that COVID-19 is still disproportionately affecting Black people. The combination of the above has resulted in two […]
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