covid
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How Can You Lessen Your Risk of Catching COVID on a Plane
A Florida court recently overturned mask mandates on planes in the United States, saying the directive was unlawful. That decision is now under appeal. Before that, Australian comedian Celeste Barber told her social media followers a passenger sitting next to her on a recent flight took off her mask to sneeze. So wearing masks on…
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What’s Driving the Mass Layoffs in Big Tech Right Now?
Tech companies are always in the news, usually touting the next big thing. However, the tech news cycle recently hasn’t been dominated by the latest gadget or innovation. Instead, layoffs are in the headlines. In the last year, more than 70,000 people globally have been laid off by Big Tech companies – and that doesn’t…
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What to Do if Your RATs Are Negative but You Think You Have COVID
You’ve been exposed to COVID and are starting to get symptoms. But after a couple of days of testing with rapid antigen tests (RATs), your tests remain negative. Mass PCR testing has been scaled back, so in what situations can you get a PCR? And why might it be useful? RATs are less sensitive for…
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Does COVID Harm Your Immune System?
So you’ve had COVID and have now recovered. You don’t have ongoing symptoms and luckily, you don’t seem to have developed long COVID. But what impacts has COVID had on your overall immune system? It’s early days yet. But growing evidence suggests there are changes to your immune system that may put you at risk…