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How to Safely Open Schools in the Time of COVID-19

Multiple COVID-19 transmission clusters were identified in a Georgia school district, with educators often the index cases. The CDC has provided recommendations for safely opening schools.

COVID-19 Long-Haulers May Show Signs of Chronic Fatigue, Myalgic Encephalitis

Many patients with COVID-19 will go on to develop persisting symptoms that resemble those of myalgic encephalitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, regardless of symptoms experienced at viral onset.

AstraZeneca Reports 79% Efficacy for U.S. COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

But NIH raises questions the about data.

Coalition Calls for More Federal Investment in Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention

Groups ask Congress for additional money for research, innovation, surveillance, and stewardship.

The Growing List of Long-Haul COVID-19 Symptoms

Swedish researchers observe rapid heart rate, dizziness in patients months after viral infection.

An Idea Whose Time Has Come: An Academic Path for Infection Preventionist Education

With shifting demographics and aging expertise, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology is creating infection preventionist curriculum for colleges and universities.

Call for National Reporting System of Healthcare Worker Deaths

Compounding the tragic loss of so many healthcare workers during the pandemic, a new report concludes that, in the absence of a national reporting system, the true count of those who have died of COVID-19 is unknown.

Strange Ebola Transmission Spurs Outbreak

An emerging Ebola outbreak in Guinea may have been sparked by a survivor of the historic West African outbreak of 2013-2016. That means the virus would have had to incubate in the index case, without replicating enough to cause acute disease, for at least five years.

Misinformation Guide on COVID-19 Vaccines

Public health agencies and academic partners have created a vaccine misinformation field guide outlining how to respond to the misinformation and disinformation that are undermining uptake of the COVID-19 vaccines.

The Struggle to Immunize Long-Term Care Staff

Almost two-thirds of healthcare workers in thousands of skilled nursing facilities have turned down COVID-19 vaccine, even though the mortality rates of long-term care residents are among the highest of any population.