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Malosh says getting as many people vaccinated as possible will be key to stopping the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Until then, he says, public health measures such as social distancing, wearing a mask, and hand washing continue to be people's best protection.
Many businesses and trend watchers are asking when people will get back to offices, workshops, plants, restaurants, stores and studios. Has work changed forever? And if it has, what does it mean for America’s downtowns, which have been work hubs for ages?
Large variations in exposure at home, in the community and at work—rather than case-fatality rates—may explain the well-documented racial disparities in COVID-19 mortality during the first wave of the pandemic last spring, according to a new University of Michigan study.
The first Covid-19 vaccine expected to be deployed in the U.S. won the backing of a panel of government advisers, a step that will likely help clear the way for emergency authorization by the Food and Drug Administration.
A new study by the University of Michigan School of Public Health and University of California, Davis found that placing warning labels on beverage dispensers helped reduce consumption by nearly 15% among college students.
Higher rates of infection and mortality among Black and Hispanic Americans are explained by exposure on the job and at home, experts said.