Public school districts facing decision over face mask wearing, as BA.5 creates high levels of community transmission
A growing number of public school districts across the U.S. are reinstating face-mask mandates, or considering doing so, as they...
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Montgomery Co. reopens COVID-19 rent relief program
Montgomery County, Maryland, has relaunched its COVID-19 rent relief program, which aims to help people who are behind on rent...
Post Politics Now: ‘No surprise’ that the economy is slowing, country on ‘right path,’ Biden says
Today, President Biden said that it’s “no surprise” that the economy is slowing but that the country is on the...
Should you still be wearing a mask? As COVID rates climb, health experts say the answer is yes
About four months have passed since Washington’s statewide indoor mask mandate ended, but some local infectious disease experts and state...
Class Notes: The black-white wealth gap, togetherness in the household, and more
This week in Class Notes: Couples like to do things together in the home, but togetherness may reinforce the gender...
GB News faces Ofcom investigation over host’s Covid booster claims
GB News faces Ofcom investigation over host’s Covid booster claimsMark Steyn’s misleading claim that jab was killing Britons was based...
Pfizer quarterly sales surge to record high, driven by Covid vaccine and antiviral treatment Paxlovid
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment pill Paxlovid is seen in boxes, at Misericordia hospital in Grosseto, Italy, February 8, 2022.Jennifer Lorenzini...
BA.5 Shows COVID Is Evolving Fast. Why Aren’t We Fighting Back?
A transmission-electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron virus particles (pink) replicating within the cytoplasm of an infected CCL-81 cell (teal). Photo:...
Post Politics Now: A big day for the economy and Biden’s economic priorities
Today, President Biden plans to deliver remarks on the economy hours after the release of a report that showed the...
Pfizer’s Covid vaccine and treatment drive second-quarter earnings beat
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment pill Paxlovid is seen in boxes, at Misericordia hospital in Grosseto, Italy, February 8, 2022.Jennifer Lorenzini...