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FILE - Travelers pass a sign near a COVID-19 testing site in Terminal E at Logan Airport, on Dec. 21, 2021, in Boston. On Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its country-by-country COVID-19 travel health notices that dated to the early months of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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US health regulator drops traveler health notices for individual countries

A person walks in Times Square after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced new guidelines regarding outdoor mask wearing and vaccination during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, US, April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
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Biden administration will appeal lifting of mask mandate, if CDC agrees

A boy receives polio vaccination drops during a house-to-house vaccination campaign in Sanaa, Yemen, 20 February, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
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N95s offer ‘highest protection’, cloth masks ‘least’: CDC

Head of the US public health agency Dr Rochelle Walensky said she is "scared" right now of rising cases. Photo: GETTY IMAGES VIA BBC
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US CDC has not seen link between heart inflammation and Covid-19 vaccines

A person walks in Times Square after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced new guidelines regarding outdoor mask wearing and vaccination during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, US, April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
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Citing 'stunning progress' on coronavirus, Biden celebrates easing of mask rules

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Tight-fitting or double mask helps fight Covid: US study

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Severe reaction to Moderna vaccine ‘rare’: US study

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9m Americans now vaccinated as US sets Covid-19 death record for second week

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Mass vaccination sites open in New York City as Covid-19 batters US

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CDC chief warns Americans face 'rough' winter from Covid-19 surge

Covid-19 vaccine no 'walk in the park'
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Covid-19 vaccine no 'walk in the park'

However, the US Food and Drug Administration has said vaccines must demonstrate at least 50% efficacy Representational Photo: BSS/AFP
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Covid-19 shots could reach first Americans by mid-December