Central Alabama healthcare workers manage series of challenges as flu, COVID-19 cases rise
It's the start of a long winter season for doctors and nurses in Central Alabama. Flu cases are already at...
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Major cities in China ease COVID-19 restrictions after protests
Chinese authorities are continuing to ease COVID-19 restrictions, with several cities including Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests...
Opinion | Congress has given the president too many emergency powers
The Supreme Court announced Thursday that it will rule on President Biden’s plan to grant roughly $400 billion in student...
Teens’ brains aged faster during the first year of the pandemic, study says, and stress may be to blame
CNN — The brains of US teens have physically changed during the Covid-19 pandemic, aging faster than normal, a new...
Multiple cities ease requirements for COVID-19 testing, as residents start to stockpile self-test kits
Passengers at a subway station in Tianjian. Photo:VCGAt least 10 major Chinese cities have announced the ending of requirements for...
Scientist who worked at Wuhan lab says COVID was man-made virus
A scientist who worked at a controversial research lab in China has claimed that COVID was a man-made virus that...
Above average is still failing on boosters
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China’s Xi unwilling to accept vaccines despite protests, U.S. official says
WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Chinese leader Xi Jinping is unwilling to accept Western vaccines despite the challenges China is...
Defense bill could roll back Covid vaccine policy, top Dem says
Preventative Medicine Services NCOIC Sergeant First Class Demetrius Roberson administers a Covid-19 vaccine to a soldier on Sept. 9, 2021,...
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IDPH reports 20,495 COVID-19 cases, 57 deaths over past week
SPRINGFIELD (WGEM) - The Illinois Department of Public Health and the CDC reported 20,495 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases...