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Masks Make 'Little or No Difference' on COVID-19, Flu Rates: New Study

The Cochrane Library's review of masking trials should sound the death knell for mask mandates everywhere.

Reason · Feb 7, 2023

A technicality could withhold RSV shots

A glitch in a law may make it difficult for children from low-income families to get the new RSV vaccine

Salon · Feb 7, 2023

Yorkshire admit four charges in ECB racism inquiry as Pyrah pulls out

Yorkshire will no longer have to take part in CDC hearings next month after admitting four charges while Michael Vaughan has been left as the only participant

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2023

Vision loss, 1 death possibly linked to brand of artificial tears, CDC investigation shows

ATLANTA — The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a multistate cluster of bacterial infections linked to a brand of over-the-counter eyedrops.

Tribune News Service · Feb 3, 2023

ECB hearing on alleged racism at Yorkshire descends into chaos as trio pull out

The ECB’s drawn-out disciplinary process concerning allegations of historical racism at Yorkshire is threatening to descend into chaos after Tim Bresnan, Matthew Hoggard and John Blain withdrew from proceedings.

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2023

Manufacturer recalls eye drops after possible link to bacterial infections

EzriCare artificial tears are suspected to be the cause of an outbreak of the VIM-GES-CRPA strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which the CDC said is the first outbreak of its kind in the U.S.

WEKU · Feb 3, 2023

How Orlando’s gay community, after Pulse, helped spur proposed changes to blood donor rules

ORLANDO, Fla. — In the days after the 2016 Pulse gay nightclub shooting ―the second-deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history — gay and bisexual men were turned away from donating blood unless they had been celibate for a year.

Orlando Sentinel · Feb 3, 2023

Eye drops linked to US drug-resistant bacteria outbreak

U.S. health officials are advising people to stop using over-the-counter eye drops that have been linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant infections

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

CDC warns deadly bacterial infection may be spreading in eye drops made in India

At least one person has died from drug-resistant bacterial infection

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

House pandemic bill raises debate about future of border restrictions - Roll Call

Republicans voted to end the COVID-19 health emergency, but the White House says that move would also halt Title 42, which the GOP supports.

Roll Call · Feb 1, 2023