COVID-19 is on the upswing in the US, Doctors say
COVID-19 hasn’t gone away, and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests it’s on the upswing around the country. “We’ve seen these summer increases every summer that…
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CDC: JN.1 variant accounts for 39%-50% of COVID cases in US, could get worse over holidays
U.S. health officials are anticipating an increase in flu and COVID-19 infections in the coming weeks, influenced by several factors, including holiday gatherings, a large number of unvaccinated individuals, and…
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White House: Biden has gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine
President Joe Biden has gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and annual flu shot, the White House said Saturday. The Associated Press has the story: White House: Biden has gotten the…
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US OKs updated COVID vaccines for protection this fall
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday authorized updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna that target a recently circulating Omicron variant of the coronavirus, paving the way…
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1st lady tests positive for COVID-19, Biden’s results negative
First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday while President Joe Biden remains negative for the virus, the White House said. The first lady is “currently experiencing only…
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78 charged with $2.5B in health care fraud
The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it has recently charged 78 people with $2.5 billion in separate health-care fraud and opioid abuse schemes. The defendants allegedly defrauded programs used…
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$200B in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen
More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives, according to new estimates from a federal watchdog investigating federally funded programs that helped small businesses…
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US study: 1 in 10 got long COVID after Omicron
About 10% of people appear to suffer long COVID after an omicron infection, a lower estimate than earlier in the pandemic, according to a study of nearly 10,000 Americans that…
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COVID pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted full approval to Pfizer’s oral antiviral COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid, clearing the way for the drugmaker to sell it at market rates…
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WHO says COVID-19 is no longer emergency
The spread of Covid-19 is no longer a global public health emergency, the World Health Organization declared on Friday. “For more than a year, the pandemic has been on a…
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US to left fed COVID vaccine mandates May 11
The Biden administration will end most of the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends, the White House said…
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