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Scientists eye omicron descendants for potential new wave

At a Center for Health Journalism webinar last week, the NIH’s Dr. Anthony Fauci said he wouldn’t be surprised if the coming months bring a new coronavirus variant that’s capable of evading our current immune responses.

Coronavirus Files: Masks requirements fall and women head back to work

The latest guidance from the CDC no longer universally recommends masking in hospitals and nursing homes, “a major departure from the agency’s previous recommendation,” writes Nathaniel Weixel at The Hill.

Maybe Hemet has the Wrong Form of Government

Is it possible that the City of Hemet has come to a time when they should consider how they govern our fair City? Since 2000, 12 or 13 city managers have come and gone. Sometimes they are fired. Other times they just can't seem to handle a City Council that wants to manage the City Manager and that's not the way it works.

Coronavirus Files: Long COVID advocates protest Biden’s declaration of pandemic’s end

President Joe Biden may consider the pandemic “over” — as he controversially said on CBS’ 60 Minutes — but those words stung for people with long COVID, some of whom protested outside the White House last Monday.

Adolescent Substance Abuse Declines with Exception of Cannabis and Vaping

Substance abuse among U.S. adolescents is diminishing, except for an uptick in cannabis and vaping use, according to a new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

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