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New research shows CDC exaggerated the evidence for masks to fight COVID

The analysis found that wearing masks in public “probably makes little or no difference.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Will Litigation Over Title 42 "Public Health" Migrant Expulsions Soon Become Moot When Biden Ends the Covid Emergency?

If so, Title 42 expulsions might finally end. But it's not a done deal yet.

Reason

House Oversight Committee Is Fighting Twitter Censorship the Wrong Way

Congress should set its sights on bad government actors who pressured social media companies.

Reason

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World should 'calm down' about China COVID variants - Chinese scientist

The world should "calm down" about the possibility of new COVID-19 variants circulating in China, leading Chinese scientist George Gao said.

Reuters

A Scientific Review Shows the CDC Grossly Exaggerated the Evidence Supporting Mask Mandates

The analysis found that wearing masks in public "probably makes little or no difference."

Reason

The Yorkshire racism scandal: how did we get here and what’s next?

With the CDC hearings taking place next month these are the key questions in a complicated and high-profile case

The Guardian - UK

White House Opposes Congressional Effort To End COVID Vaccine Mandate for Foreign Travelers

More than four months after President Joe Biden declared the pandemic to be over, the White House is fighting efforts to lift lingering and nonsensical COVID rules.

Reason

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Hispanic dialysis patients are more at risk for staph infections, the CDC says

Hispanic patients had a 40% higher risk of staph than white patients, a study found, and black patients are more at risk as well. The report outlines steps doctors can take to keep patients safer.

WEKU

Masks Make 'Little or No Difference' on COVID-19, Flu Rates: New Study

The Cochrane Library's review of masking trials should sound the death knell for mask mandates everywhere.

Reason

A technicality could withhold RSV shots

A glitch in a law may make it difficult for children from low-income families to get the new RSV vaccine

Salon

Yorkshire admit four charges in ECB racism inquiry as Pyrah pulls out

Yorkshire will no longer have to take part in CDC hearings next month after admitting four charges while Michael Vaughan has been left as the only participant

The Guardian - UK

The Plague Is Still Here — And It Could Infect Your Cat

Cats are susceptible to the plague, and they can even transmit the disease to their human owners. Here's how to protect your pet from it.

Inverse

Eggs prices drop, but the threat from avian flu isn't over yet

After months of eye-popping prices, egg lovers are finally seeing some relief. Wholesale prices in the Midwest fell by 58 cents at the end of January, but the days of a $1.50 a dozen may not return.

WEKU

'Possibly contaminated' eye drops recalled after patient dies of bloodstream infection

A total of 55 patients reported adverse effects after using EzriCare and Delsam Pharma's Artificial Tears, including eye infections, permanent loss of vision, and a death with a bloodstream infection

Daily Mirror

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Salon

Sleep experts explain how to master naps

Sometimes a nap fully rests you. Sometimes it leaves you even more tired. Here's how to have the ideal nap

Tribune News Service

Vision loss, 1 death possibly linked to brand of artificial tears, CDC investigation shows

ATLANTA — The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a multistate cluster of bacterial infections linked to a brand of over-the-counter eyedrops.

The Guardian - UK

ECB hearing on alleged racism at Yorkshire descends into chaos as trio pull out

The ECB’s drawn-out disciplinary process concerning allegations of historical racism at Yorkshire is threatening to descend into chaos after Tim Bresnan, Matthew Hoggard and John Blain withdrew from proceedings.

WEKU

Manufacturer recalls eye drops after possible link to bacterial infections

EzriCare artificial tears are suspected to be the cause of an outbreak of the VIM-GES-CRPA strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which the CDC said is the first outbreak of its kind in the U.S.

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Orlando Sentinel

How Orlando’s gay community, after Pulse, helped spur proposed changes to blood donor rules

ORLANDO, Fla. — In the days after the 2016 Pulse gay nightclub shooting ―the second-deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history — gay and bisexual men were turned away from donating blood unless they had been celibate for a year.

The Independent UK

Eye drops linked to US drug-resistant bacteria outbreak

U.S. health officials are advising people to stop using over-the-counter eye drops that have been linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant infections

The Independent UK

CDC warns deadly bacterial infection may be spreading in eye drops made in India

At least one person has died from drug-resistant bacterial infection

Roll Call

House pandemic bill raises debate about future of border restrictions - Roll Call

Republicans voted to end the COVID-19 health emergency, but the White House says that move would also halt Title 42, which the GOP supports.

The Independent UK

Deadly ‘Valley Fever’ fungal infection outbreak sparks fears of US endemic

‘It just goes to show you how serious of a disease it is if doctors seeing it think the first thing I have is cancer,’ 24-year-old says

Fortune

Valley fever could be spreading across the U.S. Here are the symptoms and what you need to know

Fungal infection is most commonly found in the Southwestern United States.

Inverse

Is the Bivalent Covid-19 Booster Still Worth It? Here's What the Latest CDC Data Shows

While the CDC's data looked exclusively at infection, other studies have also evaluated severity of illness.

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