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Gloved doctor giving a pregnant woman a vaccine

Is it safe to get the COVID-19 vaccine if you're pregnant?

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Though the vaccine hasn't been tested in pregnant people, experts think that it's likely safe.

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CDC facility from the outside

COVID-19 quarantine now 10 days, 7 with test, CDC says

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The recommendations for self-isolation — for people who test positive for COVID-19 — have not changed.

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illustration of several coronaviruses

SARS-CoV-2 relative found lurking in frozen bats from Cambodia

By Nicoletta Lanese published

For the first time, close relatives of the novel coronavirus have been found outside China.

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Two servicemen enjoy a public Thanksgiving dinner in New York City, 1918. Tens of thousands of wayward troops joined public dinners like this.

Americans celebrated Thanksgiving during a pandemic before. Here's what happened.

By Brandon Specktor published

How did Americans celebrate the holidays during the influenza pandemic of 1918? With a lot of partying, turns out.

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The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy’s oldest active shopping mall, seen on Nov. 10, during the country’s new COVID-19 lockdown.

How early was the coronavirus really circulating in Italy?

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

A new study suggests as early as September of last year, but some experts are skeptical.

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A lawn sign asking visitors to Williamsburg, Virginia to stay 6 feet apart during a tour.

US hits highest average number of new COVID-19 cases since start of the pandemic

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

The third wave of the pandemic may be much worse than the first two waves.

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coronavirus deaths

Pandemic will cause 400,000 extra deaths in the US this year, study suggests

By Rachael Rettner published

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President Donald Trump seen herein Aug. 2018 at a campaign rally at the Mohegan Sun Arena

Leading medical journal blasts Trump's 'astonishing' failure in pandemic response, says to vote him out

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

The New England Journal of Medicine is calling for the Trump Administration to be voted out in the upcoming election.

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A woman is using laptop and drinking wine , in the kitchen.

Americans really are drinking more during the pandemic

By Stephanie Pappas published

Americans really are drinking more during the COVID-19 pandemic. New research suggests alcohol consumption in the U.S. rose 14% during pandemic shutdowns.

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The funeral of a COVID-19 victim in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on April 6.

1 million people have now died from COVID-19 worldwide

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

The world reaches another grim milestone.

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