COVID-19 boosters targeting Omicron are now available. Will people want them?
The first batch of COVID-19 booster shots that target the Omicron subvariants still widely circulating are now available in doctors’...
Month: September 2022
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Factbox: Banks ready to leave pandemic behind as staff return to desks
Office buildings are seen in the City of London financial district, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London, Britain, July...
Four running as Radford School Board heads for shakeup
RADFORD — The city’s school board is slated to see a shakeup as three currently sitting members — Liz Altieri,...
COVID cases climb among Louisiana schoolchildren after schools return from summer
As students in Louisiana have returned to school from summer break so has COVID, with cases among school-age children nearly...
Disease expert says COVID testing not as important as immunity
A program for ordering free COVID-19 tests from the federal government was suspended on Friday, as funding for the program...
Michael Specter reflects on outgoing Dr. Fauci’s career, political battles, and fight for public health
One of the leading figures in America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic will soon leave the federal government. Dr. Anthony...
Murphy says review of how state handled COVID will start ‘soon,’ addresses speculation on presidential run
Gov. Phil Murphy said Sunday that New Jersey will “soon” begin a comprehensive review of the state‘s response to the...
Florida leads nation COVID deaths though cases keep declining
For the third month in a row, Florida logged more COVID-19 deaths than anywhere else in America.The state’s COVID death...
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China’s Shenzhen to adopt tiered COVID measures on Monday
Medical workers in protective suits collect swabs at a nucleic acid testing site at the Software Park in Nanshan district,...
Only South Africa’s elite benefits from black economic empowerment — and COVID-19 proved it
More than two decades ago the South African government put in place a policy designed to redress racial imbalances in...