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Which states have dropped mask mandates and why
By MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Five states -- Texas, Mississippi, Iowa, Montana and North Dakota -- have ended, or soon will end, statewide mask mandates, despite the looming threat of COVID-19 and highly transmissible variants.They're joining ...
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New Google COVID-19 database could hold key to disease’s mysteries
By DR. MAIA OU, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A year into the pandemic, COVID-19 still puzzles researchers, but the public release of a new database may help scientists solve some of the mysteries lingering around this devastating disease.An international team ...
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Scientists inch closer to explaining the mysterious ‘brain fog’ symptom of COVID-19
By NASIR MALIM, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- As larger numbers of people recover from COVID-19, researchers are learning more about "brain fog" in those affected by the virus.For months, doctors and researchers have been aware of a range of longer-term ...
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Johnson & Johnson vaccine rekindles religious dilemma over morality of using fetal tissue
By SASHA PEZENIK, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- With Johnson & Johnson vaccines on their way across the country, a longstanding dilemma for religious conservatives is being revived: much of the research for coronavirus inoculations relies on the use of material derived from ...
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Four former surgeons general join call for ‘National Vaccine Day’
By ZOE MAGEE, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Four former surgeons general are joining a campaign calling for a National Vaccine Day to "focus our nation's attention on the importance of vaccination."In a letter exclusively obtained by ABC News, the doctors ...
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How falling levels of COVID-19 tests could threaten pandemic fight
By MATTHEW VANN, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- As the effort to vaccinate Americans intensifies, daily COVID-19 test numbers are falling nationwide, an alarming sign to public health experts who say the tests are still crucial to containing the virus.Testing has ...
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Philadelphia doctor takes her push for health equity to next level: vaccines
By JON SCHLOSBERG, ABC News (PHILADELPHIA) -- Once again, it is Dr. Ala Stanford to the rescue, this time confronting Philadelphia’s vaccine inequities head on.Last April, Stanford became frustrated with the city’s slow pace of COVID-19 testing, especially in Black and ...
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Baby born deaf reacts to hearing music for first time
By HALEY YAMADA and ERIC NOLL, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- After months of appointments, testing, fittings and surgery, one baby’s first time hearing music was caught on camera in a touching moment.Manning James Roldan of Clifton Forge, Virginia, was born ...
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‘Please hear me clearly’: CDC director urges states not to reopen too soon as cases plateau
BY: CHEYENNE HASLETT, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. has hit a plateau in coronavirus cases and deaths that signal a "potential shift in the trajectory of the pandemic," the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned states on Monday ...
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WHO panel advises against hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19
BY: JULIA JACOBO, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — A World Health Organization panel is now advising against the use of hydroxychloroquine, the controversial drug promoted heavily by the Trump administration, to treat patients infected with COVID-19. The international health agency announced Monday that a panel ...
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