The new research urges women who had screenings or treatment delayed in 2020 to not delay further.
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Coronavirus could spark 140,000 to 300,000 cases a day in U.S.
Experts cite the delta variant, which transmits more easily between people, and relaxing precautions, such as no longer wearing masks or engaging in social distancing.
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Mask guidance divides parents heading into new school year
The CDC recommends indoor masks for all teachers, staff, students and visitors at schools nationwide, regardless of vaccination status.
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Surge continues as Maine CDC reports 91 new COVID-19 cases, one death
Hancock County fell out of the ‘substantial transmission’ range that triggers a CDC recommendation for vaccinated mask-wearing indoors.
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Coronavirus cases jump 50% in Florida as surge continues
More than 110,000 new COVID-19 infections were reported statewide over the past week.
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Study of Cape Cod virus outbreak shows it spread mostly in vaccinated people
Health officials on Friday released details of that research, key in this week’s decision by the federal CDC to recommend that vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors in parts of the U.S.
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Three-quarters of people infected in Provincetown outbreak were vaccinated, CDC finds
The data prompted this week’s recommendation that even vaccinated people wear masks in some indoor settings.
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Walmart mandates vaccines for workers at its headquarters
The nation’s largest retailer is also requiring that all of its workers in locales with high infection rates wear masks.
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Japan expands virus state of emergency after record spikes amid Olympics
Japan has expanded a coronavirus state of emergency to four more areas in addition to Tokyo on Friday.
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Masks now recommended for everyone indoors in Waldo, Somerset and Hancock counties
The state reports 60 more ‘breakthrough’ cases among vaccinated people as shifting transmission rates and the patchwork of classifications in Maine cause confusion.