Coronavirus News
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| It’s not over: COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in US | Yet again, the U.S. is trudging into what could be another COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and in most states after a two-month decline. One big unknown? “We don’t know how high that mountain’s gonna grow,” said Dr. Stuart Campbell Ray, an infectious disease expert at Johns… |
2022-04-18 | |
| The push to vaccinate kids is stalling, and that poses new COVID dangers | Despite months of outreach and on-the-ground efforts, the COVID-19 vaccination campaign for young children remains stuck in neutral — prompting experts to say more needs to be done to inform parents about the benefits of inoculation. In California, just 34% of children age 5 to 11 have… |
2022-04-15 | |
| FDA authorizes 1st breath test for COVID-19 infection | The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued an emergency use authorization for what it said is the first device that can detect COVID-19 in breath samples. The InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer is about the size of a piece of carry-… |
2022-04-15 | |
| WA Board of Health votes against adding COVID vaccines to K-12 school-required immunizations | COVID-19 vaccines will not be required for students to attend K-12 schools in Washington this fall, the state Board of Health decided in a unanimous vote Wednesday afternoon. The issue has divided many school communities over the past year and made its way to the Board of Health’s radar… |
2022-04-14 | |
| COVID cases are up slightly in WA. Will mask mandates come back? | It’s been about a month since Washington state lifted most indoor mask mandates. But a recent slight rise in infections raises a… |
2022-04-14 | |
| Pfizer to seek COVID booster for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds | Pfizer said Thursday it wants to expand its COVID-19 booster shots to healthy elementary-age kids. U.S. health authorities already urge everyone 12 and older to get one booster dose for the best protection against the newest variants -- and recently gave the option of a second booster to… |
2022-04-14 | |
| WHO: COVID cases and deaths fall for 3rd consecutive week | The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported to the World Health Organization fell for a third consecutive week, a trend likely helped by the dismantling of testing and surveillance programs. In its latest weekly report on the pandemic, issued late Tuesday, the U.N. health… |
2022-04-13 | |
| A million empty spaces: Chronicling COVID's cruel US toll | On the deadliest day of a horrific week in April 2020, COVID took the lives of 816 people in New York City alone. Lost in the blizzard of pandemic data that’s been swirling ever since is the fact that 43-year-old Fernando Morales was one of them. Two years and nearly 1 million deaths… |
2022-04-13 | |
| CDC extends travel mask requirement to May 3 as COVID rises | The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is extending the nationwide mask requirement for airplanes and public transit for 15 days as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was extending the order, which was set to… |
2022-04-13 | |
| Allergies or COVID? How to know if your symptoms are seasonal allergies or COVID-19 | Allergy season is in full bloom with its stuffy noses and sneezes, but telling the difference between seasonal allergies and COVID-19 can be difficult. Allergies and COVID-19 have some similar side effects but are easier to tell apart than you might think, according to the Association… |
2022-04-13 |