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The rising levels of Covid don’t present a “panic situation,” Dr. Al-Aly said, but people should “be aware that numbers are now higher than they were a couple months ago.” 0.800

👤 Ziyad Al-Aly 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Virus

Simplified: Rising Covid levels are not a panic situation Dr Al-Aly said

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2 weeks ago
If you’re coughing and sniffling during summer, you may be more likely to have Covid than the flu or respiratory syncytial virus — and you should reach for a Covid test, Dr. Al-Aly said. 0.800

👤 Ziyad Al-Aly 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Virus

Simplified: Coughing and sniffling in summer may indicate Covid Dr Al-Aly said

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The summer uptick underscores the importance of getting vaccinated, he added. 0.900

👤 Ziyad Al-Aly 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Virus

Simplified: Summer Covid uptick underscores importance of vaccination

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2 weeks ago
People who get Covid during the winter months will likely have good protection from reinfection for around four to six months, depending on how quickly new variants develop, Dr. Smith said. 0.700

👤 Davey Smith 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Virus , Science

Simplified: Winter Covid infection provides four to six months reinfection protection Dr Smith said

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2 weeks ago
If you feel sick, test. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Virus

Simplified: Test if you feel sick

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2 weeks ago
The colder the environment, the longer the virus survives, and the easier Covid spreads, said Dr. Al-Aly. 0.800

👤 Ziyad Al-Aly 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Virus , Science

Simplified: Colder environments allow virus to survive longer Dr Al-Aly said

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2 weeks ago
The variant does not appear to make people sicker than other recent strains of the virus, but it does have a few additional mutations that might make it more transmissible and better at evading the im... 0.700

👤 Aubree Gordon 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Virus , Science

Simplified: Covid variant has mutations that might make it more transmissible Dr Aubree Gordon said

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2 weeks ago
The latest data suggests that while we’re not in a full-on surge, we are in a late summer upswing, said Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, a senior clinical epidemiologist at Washington University in St. Louis. 0.800

👤 Ziyad Al-Aly 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Statistics , Virus

Simplified: We are in a late summer Covid upswing Dr Ziyad Al-Aly said

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2 weeks ago
People who had severe infections were especially vulnerable. 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Virus

Simplified: People with severe Covid infections were especially vulnerable

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2 weeks ago
As of June, when the C.D.C. last updated its variant tracker, the Covid variant NB.1.8.1. — nicknamed “Nimbus” — accounted for the most cases in the United States, around 43 percent. 0.900

👤 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Statistics , Virus

Simplified: Covid variant NB.1.8.1 accounted for 43 percent of US cases in June

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2 weeks ago
One recent study found that a Covid infection doubled the risk of a major cardiovascular event for up to three years afterward. 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Virus , Research

Simplified: Covid infection doubled risk of cardiovascular event for three years

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Covid cases are climbing again this summer. 0.900

👤 Dani Blum 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Virus

Simplified: Covid cases are climbing again this summer

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