An updated COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be available to everyone ages 6 months and older as soon as next month.
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Schools have made slow progress on record absenteeism, with millions of kids still skipping class
Years after the pandemic, nearly every state is still struggling with school attendance.
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Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
COVID-19 is on the upswing in the U.S. again, CDC says
COVID-19-related hospitalizations are rising, but they remain below the levels seen in winter – and far below the peaks seen earlier in the pandemic.
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Biden tests positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas
The president, who has ‘mild symptoms,’ was prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid and has taken his first dose, his doctor reported.
Posted inLocal & State
$19 million in Maine pandemic relief checks never got cashed
The Mills administration said Monday that 40,000, or 2%, of the 2.3 million checks issued by the state over a 3-year period have not been cashed and are now being treated as unclaimed property.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Big grocery stores profited from pandemic more than smaller rivals
The report collected information confidentially from retail giants Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc. as well as chains like Kroger Co. for an investigation of grocery supply chain disruptions.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
COVID better contained 4 years later, but long-haul cases still not well understood
Though gathering restrictions and mask mandates are gone, vaccines remain the best defense while the coronavirus continues to circulate and researchers try to find treatments for long COVID.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Friday is the last day you can order free COVID tests from the government
The U.S. government is suspending mail orders for free COVID-19 tests – at least for now.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Health officials drop 5-day isolation time for COVID-19
Most people have some degree of immunity to the coronavirus from past vaccinations or infections. And many people are not following the 5-day isolation guidance anyway, some experts say.
Posted inNation & World, News
Supreme Court rejects Republican House members’ appeal over $500 fines for not wearing masks
The fines were issued in May 2021 to Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Ralph Norman of South Carolina.