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Tag: flu activity

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More Than 130 North Texans Have Died From The Flu. Here’s How To Protect Yourself

Molly Evans, KERA

Posted on March 12, 2018 · Texas currently ranks at No. 4 among the 10 states with the highest flu activity

Tags cdc flu flu activity flu season

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The judge who tossed mask mandate misunderstood public health law, legal experts say

Joe Hernandez, NPR / SELENA SIMMONS-DUFFIN, NPR

Posted on April 20, 2022 · Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle's decision hinged on a definition of the word 'sanitation' that public health experts and legal scholars say missed the mark.

Tags air travel airlines cdc Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Coronavirus COVID-19 Joe Biden kathryn kimball mizelle public transportation

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TSA will no longer enforce travel mask mandate after a federal judge strikes it down

JONATHAN FRANKLIN, NPR

Posted on April 18, 2022 · The mask-wearing requirement had been initially imposed in early 2021, shortly after President Joe Biden took office.

Tags cdc Florida mask mandate plants

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Texas’ chief epidemiologist hopeful as COVID-19 hospitalizations fall to 2-year low

Joseph Leahy, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on April 6, 2022 · Texas’ Chief State Epidemiologist says nearly 99% of the state population has developed at least some immune response to COVID-19. However, other public health experts caution the virus can be unpredictable.

Tags Baylor College of Medicine cdc Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Coronavirus COVID-19 omicron Texas Department of State Health Services The Texas Newsroom ttn

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A Closer Look at the revised CDC Guidelines on Quarantine and Isolation

Lisa Rosborough

Posted on January 6, 2022 · Experts share lessons we should be learning as we live through this COVID-19 Pandemic.

Tags biocontainment cdc Coronavirus COVID-19 Dr. Susan McClellan Katherine Wu omicron pandemic The Atlantic utmb

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