D.C. ends coronavirus contact tracing effort, laying off 131 workers
The D.C. Health Department has terminated 131 members of its coronavirus contact tracing program, a spokesperson confirmed Thursday, marking the...
Month: July 2022
Some Philadelphia parents scramble to find COVID-19 vaccine appointments for their young kids
Samantha Greenberg said she was overcome with emotion when she saw an Instagram post about a COVID-19 vaccine clinic for...
Live news updates: Kyiv defends military retreat from eastern battle zones
Welcome to independence week. The big one — the celebration of 1776 and all that — kicks off across the...
Civil Beat Law Center Goes To Court To Make Prison Covid-19 Reports Public
The state is refusing to release six reports on the correctional system’s efforts to cope with the pandemic inside Hawaii...
COVID in California: CDC data highlight benefit from boosters in preventing deaths
Federal vaccine advisers urged the FDA to authorize a COVID-19 booster shot that targets omicron subvariants. Two new highly infectious...
Is ‘hybrid immunity’ still possible in the face of new omicron variants?
Dr. Abraar Karan, an infectious disease doctor at Stanford, suffered the same fate as many people in January. Despite being...
A city of 650,000 had zero COVID deaths until Sunday. Omicron’s most transmissible subvariant yet finally overtook its defenses
Macau, a semi-autonomous region off the coast of southern China known for its casinos, recorded its first-ever deaths from COVID-19...
COVID-19 in Wisconsin: 13,141 deaths
HUPEY PLEDGED 25,000. TO THE PANDEMIC NOW TONIGHT. THE STATE IS REPORTING 1,589 NEW COVID CASES THE SEVEN DAY CASE...
HIV Testing and Diagnoses Drop During COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted HIV testing and new diagnoses among vulnerable populations, according to a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly...
Democratic, GOP contests for Maryland governor tight as primary nears
More than a dozen candidates are facing off in highly competitive Democratic and Republican primaries to become Maryland’s next governor,...