Science Shows Mask-Wearing Is Largely Safe for Children
Scientists have found little evidence that the kind of masks worn by students negatively affect oxygen or carbon dioxide levels.
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DeSantis鈥 Executive Order Is Misleading About Lack of Scientific Support for Masking in Schools
The Florida governor鈥檚 order said schools couldn鈥檛 mandate that students wear masks and that the state could deny funding to school districts that didn鈥檛 comply.
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Claims That CDC鈥檚 PCR Test Can鈥檛 Tell Covid From Flu Are Wrong
Posts circulating on Facebook and Instagram incorrectly claim that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is withdrawing its covid test because it can鈥檛 differentiate between that virus and flu viruses. These statements could be an attempt to blur the high cumulative numbers of covid cases.
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Biden鈥檚 July Executive Order Includes Drug Pricing Provisions. But Will They Do Enough?
The July 9 directive addresses the importation of prescription drugs and broader efforts to reduce the high cost of medicines.
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The WHO Didn鈥檛 Reverse Its Position on Kids and Covid Vaccines
The World Health Organization this week updated its guidance on children and covid vaccinations 鈥 but in a different way than alleged in a viral social media post.
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Biden Kept His Promise to Increase Covid-Testing Capacity, Even as Demand for Testing Drops
Experts told us that the system鈥檚 capacity has improved and people now have access to different testing options.
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Biden Boasts About Equitable Senior Vaccination Rate by Race Without Data to Back It Up
There is no public national data source that tracks vaccination rates based on a combination of race or ethnicity as well as age. Most state-level data shows that disparities exist in vaccine rates between white people and people of color.
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Despite All the Talk, Covid Vaccination Does Not Infect People With Shingles
Covid-19 vaccinations do not infect recipients with shingles or any form of herpes virus, despite some misleading headlines.
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A ‘Dose of Hope’? Fact-Checking President Joe Biden’s First Speech to Congress
In his first speech before a joint session of Congress, President Joe Biden argued it was time to turn the coronavirus pandemic into a historic opportunity to expand government for the benefit of a wider range of Americans, urging investments in jobs, climate change, child care, infrastructure and more.
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In His Continued Sparring With Fauci, Sen. Rand Paul Oversimplified the Science
The Kentucky lawmaker was right that a recent study offered evidence that vaccination and previous infection appear to neutralize covid-19. But experts say that doesn鈥檛 mean people should be complacent.
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Biden鈥檚 Criticism of Trump Team鈥檚 Vaccine Contracts Is a Stretch
Under the Trump administration, the U.S. had agreed to buy at least 1 billion doses of covid vaccine, enough to vaccinate 550 million people. Those agreements, though, applied to vaccines that were authorized as well as those still in development. And the Biden team had the advantage of 20/20, experts say.
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Becerra Has Long Backed Single-Payer. That Doesn鈥檛 Mean It Will Happen if He鈥檚 HHS Secretary.
Biden鈥檚 pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services has been on record throughout his career for this type of health care system. But the president doesn鈥檛 support it, which is the position that counts.
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DeSantis Advances Questionable Link Between Lockdowns and Despair
Experts agreed there鈥檚 no definitive evidence to back up the Florida governor鈥檚 assertion.
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It鈥檚 Time to Get Back to Normal? Not According to Science.
With covid, and its newly emerging variants, still circulating throughout the nation and the world, experts say it is definitely not the time to abandon efforts to control the virus鈥檚 spread.
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Can Pfizer and Moderna End the Pandemic by Sharing Their Vaccine Designs? It’s Not that Simple
Industry experts say it鈥檚 highly unlikely that dozens of pharmaceutical companies that aren鈥檛 already producing covid vaccines stand ready to do so.
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S.D. Governor Gives State High Marks in Handling the Pandemic. Are They Deserved?
While South Dakota is excelling in vaccine distribution and in keeping its economy intact, some health measures show the state is also dealing with one of the highest per capita covid death rates in the country.
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Scalise鈥檚 Claim That Unauthorized Immigrants Are Getting Priority for Vaccination Misses the Point
Congressman Steve Scalise claimed during a Fox News interview that President Joe Biden was allowing immigrants to 鈥渏ump the line鈥 ahead of Americans for vaccination. But the administration merely has said everyone should have access to the vaccine, regardless of immigration status, and get vaccinated when eligible.
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Health Issues Carried Weight on the Campaign Trail. What Could Biden Do in His First 100 Days?
KHN has teamed up with PolitiFact to track what becomes of President Joe Biden鈥檚 2020 campaign promises over the next four years. As he moves into the West Wing, what are his chances of making progress on health care?
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Biden鈥檚 Covid Challenge: 100 Million Vaccinations in the First 100 Days. It Won鈥檛 Be Easy.
But keeping campaign promises regarding the nation鈥檚 covid response will go beyond stepping up the rollout of the vaccines.
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Trump鈥檚 Wrong. 15% 鈥楬erd Immunity鈥 Is Not on Par With Strength of a Vaccine
Experts agree that more than 70% of a population needs to be inoculated to reach 鈥渉erd immunity.鈥