Dr. Peter Chin-Hong

professor of medicine who specializes in infectious diseases at the University of California San Francisco

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New COVID infections and hospitalizations are steadily increasing again, but deaths remain low. Will it remain this way with new variants and a fall booster?

COVID cases and hospitalizations are up. Time to bring out the mask?

New COVID infections and hospitalizations are steadily increasing again, but deaths remain low. Will it remain this way with new variants and a fall booster?

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Chinese officials are signaling that the country may start to move away from its strict “zero-COVID” policy. The news follows weeks of quarantine-related protests.

China to ease ‘zero-COVID’ policy. What does that mean for most the vulnerable?

Chinese officials are signaling that the country may start to move away from its strict “zero-COVID” policy. The news follows weeks of quarantine-related protests.

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