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Tax Day Is Here, Because Government Bungling Won't Pay for Itself

If you resent government incompetence and malice, maybe your devalued dollars will buy less of it.

Reason

CDC changing how it updates travel health notice system

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced two travel-related COVID-19 updates. First, the organization is extending the mask mandate for at least two weeks because of an uptick in cases due to the BA.2 omicron subvariant and an overhaul of its Travel Health Notice System.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Is a second booster for COVID-19 the right choice for you?

The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently authorized a second booster shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for those age 50 and older. The recommendation follows a study out of Israel recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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Do you need a second booster shot? An epidemiologist scoured the latest research and has some answers

In late March 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized a second booster shot of COVID-19 vaccines for vulnerable populations in the U.S., a move that was soon after endorsed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. People ages 50 years and older and certain immunocompromised individuals who…

The Conversation

STDs like syphilis, gonorrhea increased amid COVID in 2020

While the world was contending with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, sexually transmitted diseases were causing their own brand of stateside chaos, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tribune News Service

Why calling the highly contagious COVID-19 omicron BA.2 a 'stealth variant' is a misnomer

BA.2, the newest subvariant of omicron, is highly transmissible and accounts for 55% of COVID-19 infections in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Illinois COVID-19 cases rising: ‘Critically important’ for immunocompromised to get vaccinated, boosted

Coronavirus cases have increased in Chicago by 27% since last week. And for the first time in about a month, four southern Illinois counties have hit the “high transmission” threshold set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, meaning masks are recommended for people gathering…

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‘Stomach flu’ on the rise again in US. 5 things to know about noroviruses

While COVID-19 cases continue to drop in the U.S., outbreaks of another virus — the stomach flu — are ramping up, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.

Tribune News Service

CDC head plans to review agency after COVID response criticism

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to conduct a review after facing a wave of criticism for its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tribune News Service

Three states sue Biden administration over ending Title 42 policy

Missouri, Arizona and Louisiana say the move would lead to a ‘crisis’ at the US-Mexico border.

Al Jazeera

CDC Says Heart Inflammation Risk Higher After COVID-19 Infection Than mRNA Vaccines: CNBC

According to a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, myocarditis, pericarditis, and multisystem inflammatory syndrome w

Benzinga

CDC says controversial border policy keeping out asylum-seekers will end in May

SAN DIEGO — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has moved to end a controversial border policy that kept thousands of asylum-seekers from requesting protection in the United States over the past two years.

Tribune News Service

US announces end to Title 42 expulsions at Mexico border

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says Title 42 will be rescinded by May 23, but expulsions will continue until then.

Al Jazeera

Mitt Romney Says Senators Reached Tentative $10B Deal In Additional COVID-19 Relief Funding: CNBC

Senate Republicans and Democrats have reportedly reached a tentative deal on $10 billion in additional COVID-19 funding to shore up the nation’s pandemic preparedness. Senator Mitt Romney told reporters he had a deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, to cover the spending by redirecting money from the American Rescue Plan…

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The metrics to watch after the Omicron surge ends

COVID-19 case counts plummeted following a winter marked by the highest case counts since the pandemic began. Federal, state, and local governments eased required prevention measures and shifted how they monitored the virus. Hawaii became the last state to remove its indoor mask mandate in late March. Daily case counts…

Los Angeles Times

Q&A: I’m eligible for a second COVID-19 booster shot. Should I get it?

So you took the first COVID-19 vaccine that was offered to you and — if it was one of the two mRNA vaccines available in the U.S. — you went back on schedule to get the second jab. When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended a booster shot,…

Benzinga

Omicron BA.2 Variant Represents More Than 50% COVID-19 Cases, Says CDC Estimates: WSJ

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates, the omicron BA.2 variant represents approximately 55% of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S., as signs suggest infections are edging higher again in parts of the Northeast.

Reuters

U.S. eases COVID-19 travel advisory for India

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State Department eased government COVID-19 travel ratings for India and some other countries on Monday.

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Quest Diagnostics Secures CDC Contract To Support COVID-19 Research

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has granted a contract to Quest Diagnostics Inc (NYSE:DGX) to perform testing and provide laboratory data analysis to help identify patterns in SARS-COV-2 seroprevalence on a multistate basis. Quest was awarded the contract following a competitive bid. The total contract value with all options is valued…

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CDC coding error led to overcount of 72,000 Covid deaths

Calls for agency to communicate clearly and transparently after error, corrected last week, inadvertently added deaths to tracker

Tribune News Service

Omicron BA.2 subvariant now 1 in 3 US COVID cases

New data Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show omicron’s more transmissible BA.2 subvariant now accounts for more than a third of the virus circulating in the U.S. but is not yet driving a surge in cases here as it has overseas.

Chicago Tribune

The mask mandate returns to six Chicago Public Schools classrooms amid COVID-19 spike at school

CHICAGO — Brenna O’Brien, a parent of a second grader and a fourth grader at Chicago’s John C. Coonley Elementary School, wasn’t sure over the weekend what she’s going to do on Monday when her kids were supposed to be back in their classrooms.

Businessweek

The Future of Boosters Is Somewhere Between Unnecessary and Urgent

Until there’s a universal coronavirus vaccine, the future of additional shots is a murky work in progress—but more rounds seem increasingly likely.

Tribune News Service

COVID-19 cases are surging anew overseas. Is the US next?

COVID-19 cases are dropping in California and across the country to levels not seen since before last summer's nasty delta variant took hold. Face mask requirements have lifted. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's risk maps have shifted from red and orange warning colors to reassuring yellow and green.

Tribune News Service

CDC moves to retake role as leader on pandemic hospital data

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to take back its role as the main agency collecting hospital data on infectious disease threats, after being stripped of the job mid-pandemic because of its slow response.

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