
President Biden to end emergency declarations for COVID
Those free at home COVID tests are expected to be a thing of the past after the emergency declaration ends.
Those free at home COVID tests are expected to be a thing of the past after the emergency declaration ends.
This comes as lawmakers have already ended elements of the emergencies that kept millions of Americans insured during the pandemic.
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The World Health Organization said there is still uncertainty in COVID-19's future, but the virus is at a "transition point."
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People are traveling from around the world to a Texas center that is testing a pain medication injection as a way to treat loss of smell from COVID.
Pharmacists are working to get the COVID vaccine to communities that may not have easy access to a pharmacy.
The FDA proposed a simplified approach for future vaccination efforts, allowing most adults and children to get a once-a-year shot to combat COVID.
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Dr. Cindy Friedman, with the CDC Travelers' Health Branch, says airports will likely be the first to know if a new variant comes along.
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The death toll included 5,503 deaths due to respiratory failure caused by COVID-19 and 54,435 fatalities from other ailments combined with COVID-19.
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A study found long COVID symptoms improve within a year, but some patients are skeptical, as are doctors trying to help them.
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Research indicates the pandemic changed our perception of time.
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A growing number of governments, including the U.S., are requiring virus tests for travelers from China, saying China is not being transparent enough.
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Australia and Canada this week joined a growing list of countries requiring travelers from China to take a COVID test prior to boarding their flight.
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The U.S. will soon require COVID-19 testing for travelers from China. The U.S. joins a few other nations imposing travel restrictions.
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China stopped issuing visas to foreigners and passports to its own people at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020.
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China's government downgraded the official seriousness of COVID-19 and dropped a requirement for people with the virus to be quarantined.
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As China grapples with its first-ever national COVID-19 wave, emergency wards in small cities and towns southwest of Beijing are overwhelmed.
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An abrupt reopening on Dec. 7 caught China under-vaccinated and short on hospital capacity.
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In an attempt to shrink the post-holiday surge in COVID cases, the Biden administration has reinstated the government's free at-home testing program.
Current reports suggest U.S. deaths may be down about 3% from 2020 and about 7% compared to 2021.
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COVID-19 cases have shown a marked increase after the Thanksgiving holiday.
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As Xi Jinping begins his third term, widespread protests and the response to "zero-COVID" could give a look into China's future and Xi's legacy.
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Gov. Ron Desantis has asked Florida's supreme court to impanel a grand jury to investigate COVID-19 vaccine makers.
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As respiratory illnesses continue to surge, some pharmacies are running out of liquid versions of medicine that kids commonly use when sick.
Heading into the holidays, cases of respiratory illness are surging, and authorities are urging people to take preventive measures.
China recently said it's ending many of its COVID measures. It has enforced some of the world's tightest virus restrictions over the last three years.
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Florida Rep. Joe Harding is being charged with two counts of wire fraud, two counts of money laundering and two counts of making false statements.
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There's more room for the flu and COVID to spread as restrictions subside, but not as many people are up to date on their vaccines either.
China is the last major country still trying to stamp out transmission of the virus while many nations switch to trying to live with it.
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As of early this month, about 99% of the active-duty troops in the Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps had been vaccinated, and 98% of the Army.
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China is easing some of the world’s most stringent anti-COVID controls and authorities say new variants are weaker.
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In some areas, markets and bus service reopened, and a newspaper reported Beijing has begun allowing some people with the virus to isolate at home.
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The latest CDC data from November shows this year, the rate of hospitalization for seniors with RSV is already 10 times higher than average.
The statement from Chinese officials comes amid a massive show of force by security services to deter protests against strict "zero-COVID" lockdowns.
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In a new briefing, health officials urged older adults in China to get a COVID vaccine and addressed lockdowns that are sparking protests.