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MN urges more COVID-19 youth testing, OKs playing sports maskless outdoors

MN urges more COVID-19 youth testing, OKs playing sports maskless outdoors

“We really do believe that the end of the pandemic is in sight, but we’re not there yet,” Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm told reporters Thursday. While the current case wave seems to be cresting, proms, graduations and other spring school events are “not a given.”
by MPR News Staff

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Masks remain extremely effective indoors, but are they necessary outside?

Masks remain extremely effective indoors, but are they necessary outside?

Unless people are packed together, "there really just is not much spread happening outdoors," Dr. Ashish Jha of Brown University's School of Public Health says.
by Mary Louise Kelly and James Doubek

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FDA inspection found problems at factory making Johnson and Johnson vaccine

FDA inspection found problems at factory making Johnson and Johnson vaccine

U.S. regulators say the Baltimore factory contracted to make Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine was dirty, didn’t follow proper manufacturing procedures and had poorly trained staff. The problems resulted in contamination of a batch of material that was going to be put in the shots. 
by The Associated Press

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Strides against HIV/AIDS in the U.S. falter as resources diverted to fight COVID-19

Strides against HIV/AIDS in the U.S. falter as resources diverted to fight COVID-19

Experts fear steep declines in testing and diagnoses mean more people will contract HIV and die of AIDS. The problem is particularly acute in the South, the epicenter of the nation's HIV crisis.
by Sarah Varney

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EU agency links Johnson and Johnson shot to rare clots, says odds favor use

EU agency links Johnson and Johnson shot to rare clots, says odds favor use

The European Union’s drug regulatory agency says it found a “possible link” between Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine and extremely rare blood clots and that a warning should be added to the label. But experts at the agency reiterated that the vaccine’s benefits outweigh the risks.
by The Associated Press

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