The nation’s leading infectious disease expert is retiring in December. His mistakes were small compared to his successes.
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Fauci announces December departure from government service
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s longtime top infectious disease expert, fell out of favor with then President Donald Trump when Fauci urged continued public caution as Trump sought to return to normalcy and to promote unproven therapies for the coronavirus.
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Federal CDC director announces shake-up, citing COVID mistakes
The changes include internal staffing moves and steps to speed up data releases.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: U.S. needs to get a move on fighting monkeypox
Getting enough vaccine was going to be a problem. But government at all levels was sluggish about preventing current outbreaks.
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A third of the nation should consider wearing masks again, officials say
Increasing numbers of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are putting more of the country, including the Northeast, under guidelines that call for masking and other infection precautions.
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Our View: Too much mental illness goes untreated
The barriers to mental health services, including cost, access and stigma, can be overcome. But first, we have to talk about them.
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Federal CDC extends travel mask requirement to May 3 as COVID cases rise
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was extending the order to allow more time to study the BA.2 omicron subvariant that is now responsible for the vast majority of cases in the U.S.
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Maine businesses make few changes despite end of CDC mask advisory
Most retailers in the state already had dropped masking requirements for customers, and some had done so for public-facing workers.
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Commentary: Superbugs are coming. The U.S. needs to spur development of new antimicrobials
The bipartisan PASTEUR Act would finance innovation and encourage the treatments’ judicious use to protect their longevity.
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FDA expected to authorize Pfizer boosters for ages 12-15 by next week
Older teenagers are already eligible for boosters, and younger children have more recently received their initial vaccine doses.