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CDC director on new COVID guidance ending 5-day isolation: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its COVID guidance for when people need to ...
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Quick Glance: CDC Ends Five-Day COVID Isolation Guidance
- The CDC is no longer recommending Americans stay home for five days after a positive COVID-19 test.
- The new guidance advises symptomatic individuals to stay home and resume normal activities as symptoms improve.
- While COVID-19 remains a health threat, the CDC acknowledges it is no longer an emergency.
- The updated guidelines do not apply to health settings, the CDC stated.
German man got 217 COVID-19 vaccinations. Researchers say he’s fine: A German man intentionally received more than 200 COVID-19 vaccinations ...
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Quick Glance: Unique Vaccination Story: 217 Covid-19 Vaccinations Given
- A 62-year-old man from Germany received 217 Covid-19 vaccinations against medical advice.
- The unique case was documented in a study conducted by the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
- The vaccinations were administered privately over 29 months, with no reported adverse effects on the man.
- Researchers found no indications of a prior Covid infection and caution against excessive vaccination for immunity enhancement.
Trump’s vaccine rhetoric sends chills through public health circles: Public health advocates are watching in growing alarm as former President Trump increasingly ...
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Older adults should get another COVID shot this spring, CDC says: A second shot could provide additional protection for an age group that remains at high risk.
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Quick Glance: Why Older Adults Require an Additional COVID-19 Vaccine
- According to new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), older adults should receive the COVID-19 vaccine more frequently than previously recommended. Individuals aged 65 and older are urged to get another vaccine dose in the spring or at least four months after their last dose.
- The decision is based on data presented by CDC scientists showing current high hospitalization rates for COVID-19 among seniors, with the biggest spikes occurring in those aged 75 and older. A significant portion of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are among people over 65 years old.
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Corona, flu or RSV? This is what the combination self-test can do: Antigen self-tests have become normal in many households since the corona pandemic ...
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Everywhere is building upwards, higher, further into the sky—except Europe. Read why it is the peninsula that tower-builders forgot: econ.trib.al/JCFry0w Illustration: Peter ... Show more
“In Japan, there’s a saying that it is the wife’s responsibility to educate her husband. What a joke.” Why shouldn’t men be held responsible for educating ... Show more econ.st/3wIxfRG
The conflict in Gaza is proving more expensive than expected—and has exacerbated long-standing problems in Israel’s economy econ.st/49zVjEJ Illustration: Alberto Miranda
“Oppenheimer” is both a crowd-pleasing blockbuster and a critic-pleasing passion project. Perhaps its success will persuade Hollywood to invest in some more ... Show more www.economist.com/culture/2024/03/11/oppenheimer-breaks-the-recent-trend-at-the-oscars
Do the latest vaccines better protect us from COVID-19?: For the first time, Australian researchers have sought to put a number on how much better newer vaccines ...
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COVID-19 timeline: How the deadly virus and the world's response have evolved over 4 years
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Largest multicountry COVID study links vaccines to potential adverse effects: A new study on COVID-19 vaccines that looked at nearly 100 million vaccinated ...
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With a million cases of dengue so far this year, Brazil is in a state of emergency
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How to fix the Ivy League: Its supremacy is being undermined by bad leadership
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Have you ever thought about what you want done with your body when you die? For just $13,000 a private company will send your cremated ashes to the moon: ... Show more www.economist.com/united-states/2024/03/07/a-private-company-will-send-your-ashes-to-the-moon
China is in a funk. Many people lack the confidence to spend or invest, and do not quite understand what has gone wrong. Senior officials cannot acknowledge this ... Show more econ.st/4c4nJIE
India's Serum boosts supply of cervical cancer shots ahead of government's mass drive
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“Palestine”, an old graphic novel, is making a comeback: Interest in Joe Sacco’s graphic novel is the highest it has been in 20 years
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99 million vaccinated people analyzed: Most common side effects of the corona vaccination
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Why is measles making a comeback in the UK?: As parents refuse vaccines for their children, the UK has seen a surge in measles cases over the past year.
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Quick Glance: Florida School Measles Outbreak Raises Concerns
- A recent measles outbreak in a Florida school highlights the increasing danger of vaccine skepticism.
- Reports indicate that six students at Manatee Bay Elementary School in Broward County have been diagnosed with the disease.
- Experts express concerns about potential future outbreaks and stress the importance of vaccinations in light of growing skepticism.
- Health officials point out that inadequate vaccination rates at U.S. schools pose a risk for measles outbreaks.
Why COVID-19 patients who could most benefit from Paxlovid still aren’t getting it
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Mask-wearing no longer mandatory in lower-risk health settings such as polyclinics, GPs
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Largest COVID vaccine study yet finds links to health conditions: Vaccines that protect against severe illness, death and lingering long COVID symptoms from an ...
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Bitcoin’s price is surging. What happens next?: The cryptocurrency is up by 63% this year
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Kharkiv is struggling under Russian rocket attacks : A border region liberated by Ukraine’s army faces a new onslaught
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CDC: Older adults should get COVID-19 booster shot: The recommendation comes ahead of a likely summer wave of COVID-19 infections that has occurred in past years ...
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'Very relieved:' First RSV vaccine administered in Australia: 60-year-old Keith Forrest was the first person in the country to receive the shot in the clinic.
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The confluence of Russia’s rearmament, Ukraine’s deteriorating position and Donald Trump’s possible return to the White House have brought Europe to its most ... Show more econ.st/42HeFFj
The country’s semiconductor supply chain is steadily deepening. But can it ever match that of its rivals? econ.st/3uzyim4 Illustration: Guillem Casasus
Some universities, especially former technical colleges and polytechnics in big cities, have grown exceptionally diverse. Good grades ... Show more econ.trib.al/NfnsU5N
After decades of failures, researchers have renewed hopes for an effective HIV vaccine
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Whenever a global economic transformation takes place, a single city usually drives it forward. Today that city is San Francisco ... Show more econ.st/49uw32R
There are about 10.5m people living outside China who are, or once were, Chinese citizens. But leaving the country does not necessarily offer freedom from the ... Show more econ.st/49Sohj1
West Virginia lawmakers pass bill allowing religious exemptions for school vaccine requirements
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Ebola vaccine cuts death rates in half — even if it's given after infection: Ebola is one of the most feared infectious diseases, with more than half of those ...
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Tensions run high in House hearing on COVID vaccine safety, efficacy: House lawmakers exchanged pointed barbs Thursday in what ended up being a rather ...
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Widespread dissatisfaction with the choice of Joe Biden or Donald Trump for America’s president may lead voters to look for other options ... Show more econ.st/3PdrFNp
Physicists are reimagining dark matter: There might be new particles, forces and perhaps even a Dark Big Bang
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Recommendations announced for influenza vaccine composition for the 2024-2025 northern hemisphere influenza season
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The resilience of Germany’s old steel-making heartland is a model for the future: econ.st/42MkK3t Photo: Getty Images
Donald Trump, Viktor Orban and a motley crew of Western politicians are constructing an “anti-woke” conservatism that puts national sovereignty before the ... Show more econ.trib.al/lpyyvmC
The election result is a rebuke to the army—and may eventually prove a turning point in the generals’ ability to influence politics econ.st/3UEMzIW Image: Getty Images
Dateline: The Economist history quiz: Can you guess when these extracts were published?
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Tinnitus nearly drove me mad: I have had to learn to live in a world without silence
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Paid articlePaid The reckless heroism of Alexei Navalny: Russia’s leading opposition figure endured ignominy, imprisonment and poisoning over the course of his political career
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Paid articlePaid An exhibition football match featuring Lionel Messi was meant to help attract foreigners to Hong Kong. Instead it made the city look worryingly like the ... Show more econ.st/3T1MCx4
Flu Vaccines to Change After COVID Kills Off One Strain of Virus: An FDA advisory committee has recommended that the United States switch from a quadrivalent to ...
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Ukraine’s animals are also victims of the war: Though foxes have thrived
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Paid articlePaid Donald Trump’s former trade chief makes the case for more tariffs: There are economic, geopolitical and moral reasons to increase protectionism ...
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Paid articlePaid An economist’s guide to the luxury-handbag market: It is plagued by counterfeits—and information asymmetries
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Paid articlePaid Can Bayer recover from its chronic pain?: The Aspirin-maker is suffering from complications of its acquisition of Monsanto
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Paid articlePaid Globalisation may not have increased income inequality, after all: A new study questions the received wisdom on trends within countries
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Paid articlePaid Indian food is great. Perhaps too great: Long associated with hunger, India is now confronting an epidemic of obesity and lifestyle diseases
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Paid articlePaid To manufacturers, the appeal of brain-boosting substances lies both in growing demand and in the ease with which supplements can be put on the market ... Show more www.economist.com/business/2024/03/07/brain-boosting-substances-are-all-the-rage
Why Africa is crypto’s next frontier : Cheap power is fuelling a new sort of mining boom
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Paid articlePaid Kim Jong Un is becoming emboldened by Russian support. Will he risk war?: Also on the daily podcast: animals in Ukraine and obesity
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Paid articlePaid When a fetus shows signs of trouble, doctors face a precarious task. They must find out what is wrong and how to help without jeopardising the pregnancy ... Show more www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/03/05/scientists-can-help-fetuses-by-growing-tiny-replicas-of-their-organs
What is Hindutva, the ideology of India’s ruling party?: It seeks to equate Indianness with Hinduism
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Paid articlePaid What the softening of the Sun says about Britain: Two-speed liberalisation remakes a tabloid newspaper
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Paid articlePaid Whoever gets the Best Picture Oscar, international films are winning: Hollywood’s growing love of foreign films says a lot about the insular industry
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Paid articlePaid How can firms pass on tacit knowledge? : The problem of knowing what your co-workers know
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Paid articlePaid Why China’s confidence crisis goes unfixed: In 2024, to acknowledge public gloom is to doubt Xi Jinping
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Paid articlePaid The Economist’s idea of a lavish date would include drinks at a swanky hotel, followed by a two-course meal and a trip to the cinema ... Show more econ.st/3SYGzta
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So far OpenAI’s legal hurdles are not putting off customers and investors. But the mounting trouble may give rival firms an advantage econ.st/3TpGuyY Image: Getty Images
Some Labradors have a predisposition to obesity: A gene mutation slows the dogs’ metabolism and makes them constantly hungry
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Paid articlePaid Capturing “tacit knowledge”—the know-how born of experience—is a tough task. It cannot easily be documented in the manuals and is not much thought about by ... Show more www.economist.com/business/2024/03/07/how-can-firms-pass-on-tacit-knowledge
China’s satellites are improving rapidly. Its army will benefit: Watch out, American warships
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Paid articlePaid A new technique to work out a corpse’s time of death: AI could make the work of pathologists more accurate
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Michigan health department confirms 1st pediatric flu death of season: Michigan health department says it's still not too late to get a flu shot ...
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Ramadan could see respite for Gaza, or widening violence: Mediators are hopeful of a truce during the holy month
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Paid articlePaid Fifty shades of brown: how splits in Europe’s hard right sap its power : Divisions are a central feature of the populist right
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Donald Trump Is Crossing Alex Jones' Red Line: 'Warpath': Alex Jones discouraged Donald Trump from taking credit for Operation Warp Speed and swift COVID-19 ...
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How investors get risk wrong: Contrary to popular wisdom, more volatile stocks do not outperform
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Paid articlePaid Nigeria’s currency crisis is decades in the making: Fixing it requires deep reform
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Paid articlePaid On “A Wonderful Country”, Israelis joke their way through trauma: Nothing appears off limits on the incisive comedy show, except for Gazans’ pain
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