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• COVID May Affect Spinal Fluid, Causing 'Brain Fog,' Study Says Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, found abnormalities in the cerebrospinal fluid of 10 of 13 people who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 and had thinking problems.
  WebMD Health News, January 21, 2022
• 'Post-Truth Era' Complicates COVID-19 Response, Trust in Science The authors of a fascinating new research study have concluded we are living in a "post-truth era," with baseless beliefs and subjective opinions given a higher priority than verifiable facts.
  WebMD Health News, January 21, 2022
• Lawmaker Wants 'Natural Immunity' Exception to Vaccine Mandates A Pennsylvania state representative says people who've had COVID-19 should be exempted from employers' vaccine mandates because they have "natural immunity."
  WebMD Health News, January 21, 2022
• Flight Turned Around When Passenger Refuses to Wear Face Mask An American Airlines flight that left Miami and headed to London was turned around an hour into its journey on Wednesday because a passenger refused to wear a mask.
  WebMD Health News, January 21, 2022
• Clothing Company Carhartt Keeps Employee Vaccine Mandate In an email to employees, Carhartt CEO Mark Valade said the Supreme Court ruling 'does not change Carhartt's mandatory vaccination program, which went into effect on January 4.'
  WebMD Health News, January 20, 2022
• FDA Could Authorize Pfizer Vaccine for Kids Under 5 in Next Month "My hope is that it's going to be within the next month or so and not much later than that, but I can't guarantee that because I can't out-guess the FDA," Fauci said.
  WebMD Health News, January 20, 2022
• Vaccines Plus Prior Infection Provided Best Protection From COVID A new study from California and New York found that people who were both vaccinated and had a prior COVID-19 infection had the most protection against the coronavirus last summer and fall.
  WebMD Health News, January 20, 2022
• Some Apartment Dwellers Blocked From Ordering Rapid Tests The residents said the USPS website gave them error messages saying tests had already been ordered for their address.
  WebMD Health News, January 20, 2022
• US Faces Wave of Omicron Deaths in Coming Weeks, Forecasts Say 'It, unfortunately, is going to get worse before it gets better.'
  WebMD Health News, January 20, 2022
• Omicron Variant Wave Over in South Africa The news offers hope for other countries that their Omicron surges may soon be over. That said, hospitalizations and deaths didn't increase as much in South Africa as they have elsewhere.
  WebMD Health News, January 19, 2022
• Biden Administration Plans Giveaway of 400 Million Masks The plan is a response to growing pressure from public health experts to encourage Americans to stop using cloth masks that don’t work as well against the Omicron variant.
  WebMD Health News, January 19, 2022
• Two Studies Detail the Dangers of COVID-19 in Pregnancy The problems were more likely if the infection occurred 28 days or less before the delivery date, the researchers said.
  WebMD Health News, January 19, 2022
• Fauci: 'Open Question' Whether Omicron Ends Pandemic It's much too early to say if the Omicron variant signals the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, Anthony Fauci, MD, said.
  WebMD Health News, January 19, 2022
• Fourth Vaccine Shot Less Effective Against Omicron A fourth shot of the COVID-19 vaccine boosts antibodies but doesn't provide enough protection to prevent infections from the Omicron variant, according to new research at an Israeli hospital.
  WebMD Health News, January 18, 2022
• Website for Free At-Home COVID Tests Launches Day Early The administration said 500 million tests are available to be delivered to homes across the country.
  WebMD Health News, January 18, 2022
• CDC Director Vows to Improve COVID Messaging The pandemic threw curveballs that she should have expected, she said, and she should have made it clearer to the public that new guidelines could change quickly as the pandemic shifts.
  WebMD Health News, January 18, 2022
• Study Finds Genetic Factor for COVID Smell and Taste Loss The finding could eventually help the 1.6 million people in the US who still can't smell or have had a change in their ability to smell more than 6 months after getting the coronavirus.
  WebMD Health News, January 18, 2022
• CDC Updates Mask Guidelines ― Cloth Masks Least Effective The CDC update doesn't come out and say Americans should avoid cloth masks but clarifies that some kinds of masks work better than others.
  WebMD Health News, January 18, 2022
• CDC Projects Up to 62,000 COVID Deaths Over Next Month "This week's national ensemble predicts that the number of newly reported COVID-19 deaths will likely increase over the next four weeks."
  WebMD Health News, January 18, 2022
• Fed Website for Free COVID-19 Tests Opens Jan. 19 The tests will ship within 7 to 12 days after being ordered, senior officials from President Joe Biden’s administration said Friday.
  WebMD Health News, January 18, 2022