North Korea’s Covid crusade exposes Kim Jong Un’s propaganda strategy
After North Korea disclosed its first cases of coronavirus in May this year, many feared the worst for the isolated...
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For America’s next generation of China experts, the challenges go beyond language and country access
As an Ivy-league graduate in China studies, 22-year-old Patrick Beyrer ticks all the right boxes to launch a career focused...
WA expands telehealth options to improve access to COVID treatment
Washington residents who test positive for the coronavirus can now get a free telehealth appointment for treatment consultation, regardless of...
Novavax, The New COVID Vaccine, Will Be Available This Week In LA
Start your day with LAist Sign up for the Morning Brief, delivered weekdays. A more traditional kind of COVID-19 vaccine...
More people are catching coronavirus a second time, heightening long COVID risk, experts say
A man wears a mask July 12 in Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)Emerging...
Illinois Coronavirus Updates: New and Lingering Symptoms, Is COVID Still a Pandemic?
With reinfection rates rising as the omicron subvariant BA.5 continues its hold, questions over whether symptoms may be lingering or...
Biden covid case highlights confusing CDC guidance on ending isolation
Before President Biden emerged from coronavirus isolation Wednesday, he made double-sure he was no longer contagious. He received negative tests...
Chinese Market ‘Epicenter’ of COVID-19 Pandemic, Not Lab, Says Group, Including UCSD Researcher
Novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Photo via @UCSDJacobs An international research team concluded in research published last week that the COVID-19 pandemic...
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NorthShore to pay $10.3M in case over COVID-19 vaccine mandate
NorthShore University HealthSystem has agreed to pay $10.3 million to settle a lawsuit brought by employees who alleged the hospital...
Next Generation Covid Vaccine Update: Intranasal & Other Mucosal Vaxes
Mucosal vaccines are aimed at the mucosal membranes—the wet linings starting inside our noses and mouths. They can be sprays,...