What Is a Pandemic? A pandemic is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region, for instance multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of individuals. A widespread endemic disease with a stable number of infected individuals is not a pandemic. Widespread endemic diseases with a stable number of […]
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When Can You Get Them and How? What to Know About Free N95 Masks From White House Americans Get Free N95 Masks, At-Home Rapid COVID Tests The White House announced it will be giving away hundreds of millions of N95 face masks. Here’s how you can get one. Where will you be able to get […]
Place Your Order for Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests Residential households in the U.S. can order one set of 4 free at-home tests from USPS.com. Here’s what you need to know about your order: Limit of one order per residential address One order includes 4 individual rapid antigen COVID-19 tests Orders will ship free starting in […]
People reinfected with omicron variant had fewer symptoms, small CDC study finds covid 19 omicron incubation period The report, which looked at six people, also suggests the incubation period for the new variant may be shorter. People who had Covid-19 and are later reinfected with the omicron variant may experience fewer symptoms than they did […]
What are Covid 19 Omicron Variant Symptoms? Severity of disease: It is not yet clear whether infection with Omicron causes more severe disease compared to infections with other variants, including Delta. Preliminary data suggests that there are increasing rates of hospitalization in South Africa, but this may be due to increasing overall numbers of people […]
Europe’s biggest omicron outbreak ‘appears mild’, say Norway Covid experts Two employees of solar power company who attended a party after which 120 guests tested positive had returned from South Africa. Norway Covid omicron Outbreak at an Oslo Christmas party The omicron outbreak at an Oslo Christmas party seen as “the biggest in the world […]