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• Gen Z Most Stressed by Pandemic, Poll Says Generation Z is reporting more pandemic-related stress than any other age group, citing the toll on education, careers, and relationships.
  WebMD Health News, December 07, 2021
• US COVID-19 Cases Approach 50 Million The US has reported nearly 50 million coronavirus cases during the pandemic, reaching another grim milestone as the Omicron variant spreads across the country and world.
  WebMD Health News, December 07, 2021
• Clean the Christmas Tree and Keep It Toxin-Free Whether a Christmas tree is real or artificial, there is plenty you can do to reduce the chance that it will trigger an allergy or asthma attack, doctors say.
  WebMD Health News, December 07, 2021
• Canada Aims to End Ban on Blood Donations From Gay, Bisexual Men Canadian Blood Services plans to ask Health Canada to screen potential blood donors based on higher-risk sexual behaviors rather than on gender or sexuality.
  WebMD Health News, December 07, 2021
• NYC Mandates COVID Vaccine for Private Sector Workers This "first-in-nation" program that will apply to about 184,000 businesses the mayor said in a news release.
  WebMD Health News, December 07, 2021
• Louisiana to Require the COVID Vaccine for Students "Absent some compelling reason, which I at present have not seen, I fully expect that we will be adding the vaccine to the schedule."
  WebMD Health News, December 07, 2021
• Early Reports on Omicron Variant Are Encouraging, Fauci Says 'Thus far, it does not look like there's a great degree of severity to it,' Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN's State of the Union.
  WebMD Health News, December 06, 2021
• Seaweed Extract Stops COVID in Early Testing As scientists hunt for alternatives for people who can't access vaccines for COVID-19, they are searching underwater in unexpected places to study the therapeutic potential of edible marine algae.
  WebMD Health News, December 06, 2021
• S. Africa Reports Jump in Cases, US Detects More Omicron Variant More than 11,500 daily cases have been reported in the African nation, with a 22% test positivity rate. Case have spiked more than 10-fold since last week.
  WebMD Health News, December 03, 2021
• In COVID Battle, Omicron May Outrun Delta, Experts Say New reports on the Omicron variant show how quickly it is gaining ground on Delta in South Africa and why it may be infecting people at such a rapid pace.
  WebMD Health News, December 03, 2021
• Fauci: Enjoy Holidays With Family If You're Vaccinated 'Just as I said and I'll say it again, if you have a vaccinated situation, enjoy the holidays with your family in a family setting.'
  WebMD Health News, December 03, 2021
• First Malaria Vaccine a Major Milestone Despite Hurdles Ahead The four-dose vaccine, advanced by landmark COVID-19 prevention efforts, is an achievement that scientists have been painstakingly working toward for decades.
  WebMD Health News, December 03, 2021
• COVID-19 Antibody Drug Likely Works Against Omicron The companies said Thursday that they tested the drug, called sotrovimab, against individual mutations found in the Omicron variant.
  WebMD Health News, December 02, 2021
• New HIV and AIDS Strategy Calls Racism a Public Health Crisis In 2019, 36,801 Americans were diagnosed with HIV, even though effective treatment and prevention pills can eliminate HIV transmission.
  WebMD Health News, December 02, 2021
• South Africa COVID-19 Cases Almost Double in 24 Hours Health officials have confirmed that the new Omicron variant has become the dominant coronavirus strain in South Africa and is driving a sharp increase in new infections.
  WebMD Health News, December 02, 2021
• LeBron James Enters NBA COVID-19 Protocols 'We still have to find ways to win,' Davis said. 'We can't let that affect us. Obviously, he's a huge part of our team. But we've played a huge amount of games without him. So we kind of know how that is already.'
  WebMD Health News, December 02, 2021
• Second US COVID-19 Case Caused by Omicron Found A second US case of COVID-19 caused by the Omicron variant has been picked up by genetic testing in Minnesota.
  WebMD Health News, December 02, 2021
• Genomic Screening of Healthy Newborns Gets More Popular Will widespread newborn screening give parents more qualms than comfort? Researchers investigating this question have some early answers.
  WebMD Health News, December 02, 2021
• Amazon Underreported COVID Cases in Workplace, Unions Say ‘The available information is screaming for an investigation,’ said Eric Frumin, SOC’s health and safety director.
  WebMD Health News, December 02, 2021
• Biden Outlines New Winter Plan to Fight COVID-19 President Joe Biden's plan for fighting COVID-19 this winter involves efforts to boost testing and vaccinations and a federal government keeping a wary eye on Omicron.
  WebMD Health News, December 02, 2021