The Latest on COVID-19

Updated on February 25, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. PST

The CDC has updated its guidance around face masks. Now the agency says people can go unmasked if they're in areas where hospitals aren't under strain. That means around 70% of Americans can go without a mask while indoors.
A new CDC report CDC report finds that the number of teens visiting the emergency department for mental health reasons has risen during the pandemic. Notably, the number of female teenagers going to the emergency department for eating disorders has doubled.
Over 5 million children have lost a caregiver to COVID-19 during the pandemic, according to a new study.

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Researchers Scan Brain of Dying Patient: Here's What they Found

A team of scientists inadvertently recorded the brainwaves of an 87-year-old patient as he died, providing the first glimpse at what happens in the brain during the final moments of life.

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