A new report in CDC’s MMWR finds that 1 out of 4 COVID-19 exposures among healthcare workers were higher-risk exposures, meaning they involved close, prolonged contact without appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) with someone who had the virus. More than a third of these higher-risk…

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