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Advice on staying health during cold, flu and COVID season

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How to stay healthy during cold, flu and COVID-19 season Getting through winter healthy means trying to protect yourself from respiratory viruses. January can be the worst month for these illnesses and vaccination rates are low. AP News

January can be the worst month for these illnesses. With vaccination rates low, what can you do to protect yourself from respiratory viruses, including influenza, COVID-19 and RSV?

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California officials shorten COVID isolation time guidance as infections peak

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California health officials shorten COVID isolation guidance as infections peak Under new guidance schools are advising that students who test positive for COVID-19 but do not have symptoms can continue to come to school if they wear masks indoors for 10 days after testing pos… ***@***.*** The Mercury News

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Improved ventilation, masks and other measures prevented most COVID transmissions in A california heathcare system--study

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Study: Infection-control measures stemmed COVID spread in hospitals from 2020 to 2022 US Navy, Ryan M. Breeden / Flickr cc CIDRAP
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New British study on How Long Does It Take to Get COVID-19

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How Long Does It Take to Get COVID-19? Here's what a new study says. TIME

The length of time you spend around a person with COVID-19 seems to heavily influence your likelihood of getting sick, according to a recent Nature study that has been peer-reviewed but not fully edited. Most exposures that result in transmission last at least an hour, if not much longer, the researchers say.

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Overview: Mask requirements are returning in some US hospitals, infections increasing but data more difficult

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Mask policies return in US as respiratory viruses threaten to strain hospitals Covid, flu and RSV rates creep up as vaccination rates for all three remain low, worrying healthcare providers The Guardian
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Opinion: Covid politicized public health. Now, the US might give up on saving millions of lives.

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America is retreating from global health leadership at the worst possible time Covid politicized public health. Now, the US might give up on saving millions of lives. Dylan Scott Vox

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U.S flu activity dipped last week but experts warn more increases likely

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Flu activity ticked down last week, but respiratory virus season is far from over in the US | CNN The United States started the new year awash in respiratory illness, with high levels of flu, Covid-19 and RSV across most of the country. The latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that some measures of flu activity dipped in early January, but the single week of decrease is not a trend – and experts warn that more increases are likely to come. Deidre McPhillips CNN

 

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Johns Hopkins Medicine reinstates mandatory masking at all facilities in Maryland

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Johns Hopkins Medicine brings back mandatory masking at all facilities in Maryland Johns Hopkins Medicine will resume universal masking at its facilities, the hospital system announced on Thursday. CBS Baltimore

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Confusing U.S. government COVID reporting requirements led to disparities in hospital data sharing--study

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Study: Confusing government COVID reporting requirements led to disparities in hospital data sharing Paulbr / iStock CIDRAP
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As COVID cases rise, rapid tests are taking longer to detect infection

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As COVID cases rise, rapid tests are taking longer to detect infection As COVID cases rise over the winter, health experts are finding that it’s taking longer for people using rapid tests to get a positive result after symptoms appear. Cameron Lallana NBC Bay Area

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The problem is: people who initially test negative and then don’t test later may be unknowingly spreading the virus.

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