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Understanding COVID booster shots and at-home test kits

Lisa Rosborough

Posted on January 24, 2022 · Is what we’re doing really working? What could we do better? Experts help clarify the confusion on testing results, getting booster shots, and which COVID test kits are best to use.

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As WHO ends COVID-19 global emergency, Houston expert says virus is still around but numbers ‘dramatically’ down

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Posted on May 5, 2023 · “This signals, the transition from a pandemic to an endemic, we just to have to learn to how to deal with it.”

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WHO ends global health emergency declaration for COVID-19

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Posted on May 5, 2023 · The World Health Organization today lifted its Public Health Emergency of International Concern for COVID-19. That declaration went into effect three years ago on Jan. 30, 2020.

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