In the hours after the milestone announcement from the CDC on Thursday — finally updating its long-standing mask guidance to note that fully vaccinated people can now start getting back to their normal lives — the news that people have been waiting for more than a year to hear was greeted with everything from appreciation …
During an MSNBC town hall this week, White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci summed up when he thinks vaccinated people should be wearing a face mask in as succinct a way as he’s done for the entirety of the pandemic. Again, just to stress, he was referring to fully vaccinated people in his …
According to the latest coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins University, more than 29.1 million coronavirus cases have been reported in the US through Thursday afternoon, in addition to more than 530,000 coronavirus deaths. The 7-day average of new coronavirus cases in the US is now down to a little more than 63,000 from more than …
An important coronavirus update out of Texas today points to a broader dynamic that will increasingly play out elsewhere in the country as we continue to get closer to the end of the pandemic. As of today, March 10, Texas has lifted its statewide coronavirus face mask mandate, which has garnered significant media coverage amid …
In a coronavirus update interview with CNBC on Friday, former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said he thinks that, for states and localities looking at easing up on coronavirus-related restrictions and public safety measures right now, face mask mandates should be the last one to be rolled back. “I think it’s the kind of thing …
The latest coronavirus update from the team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University that’s been tracking the COVID-19 pandemic shows that, through Wednesday, more than 28.7 million coronavirus cases have been reported in the US. That number also does not include the more than 517,000 deaths in the US that have been attributed to the …
White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci has given some new coronavirus updates around face masks in recent days. Dr. Fauci predicts that Americans will possibly still be wearing face masks in 2022. Also, Dr. Fauci says that there are some very specific scenarios wherein vaccinated people can be around other vaccinated people without …
White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci has infuriated some people with his newest coronavirus update, related to face masks. Dr. Fauci said over the weekend he thinks Americans might be wearing face masks well into 2022. That’s despite the fact that the US has seen improvement in some coronavirus metrics, and with the …
As part of the latest coronavirus update from the US federal government, the CDC has now codified a Biden administration mandate requiring coronavirus face masks to be worn by travelers in certain settings. The CDC’s order reiterates that it’s now a violation of federal law to not wear face masks on public transportation, such as …
Because of the implications of the latest coronavirus updates for the US in recent days, some leading public health experts like White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci have started to suggest that people consider wearing more than one face mask for better protection from COVID. They defend this recommendation partly by pointing to …
