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United Is the First Major U.S. Airline Requiring Vaccines for All Employees
United Airlines will be the first major U.S. airline to require its U.S.-based employees — all 67,000 of them — to get vaccinated against COVID-19. In a memo sent to employees on Friday describing the new mandate, United CEO Scott Kirby and President Brett Hart explained that while some employees “will disagree with this decision,”…
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What to Know About the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine and the Delta Variant
With covid-19 cases once again rising in the U.S. — fuelled by the emergence of the more transmissible Delta variant — even vaccinated people are understandably worried. This week, new preliminary research seemed to suggest that those given the Johnson & Johnson vaccine would have significantly less protection against Delta than past strains. But other…
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Covid-19 Vaccines Make Breakthrough Infections Shorter, Less Contagious: CDC Study
New research published this week is the latest to indicate that vaccinated people have much less to fear from covid-19. The study found that even in the rare cases when people given mRNA vaccines developed infections, they tended to experience shorter illness and produce less of the virus than unvaccinated people — both important factors…
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A Little Laughing Gas Can Help Treat Depression, Small Study Finds
A dose of laughing gas may just help some people with hard-to-treat depression, suggests a new, small clinical trial published Wednesday. The study found that people who inhaled nitrous oxide reported improvements in their depression symptoms afterward. It also found that people felt similar improvements with a smaller dose as they did with a larger…