N.J. reports 200 COVID cases, 2 deaths – NJ.com 
Opinion | Why reports of period weirdness after covid shots were ignored – The Washington Post 
Expert urges COVID-19 booster shots for vulnerable as XBB.1.16 spreads – CGTN 
Health care workers who survived covid worry about staffing, burnout – The Washington Post 
Ex-Bulls, Lakers coach Phil Jackson says he stopped watching basketball when players wore slogans on jerseys during COVID-19 bubble – Yahoo Sports 
High Hopes For Nasal Covid Vaccines Despite ‘Disappointing’ Trial
Can nasal vaccines stop Covid where it enters the body? Around 100 different versions are under development TIM SLOAN Nasal...
4 new deaths related to COVID-19 reported over weekend; hospitalizations continue to rise
Advertisement 4 new deaths related to COVID-19 reported over weekend; hospitalizations continue to rise Updated: 9:18 PM EDT Oct 17,...
Cancer vaccine may be ready by 2030, say founders of COVID vaccine makers BioNTech
LONDON -- The world could be only a few years away from a cancer vaccine, according to the couple behind...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announces COVID state of emergency will end in February 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday the state will end its COVID-19 state of emergency in February 2023, nearly three...
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Trump administration blocked CDC transit mask mandate, report shows
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump's administration at a crucial time in the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020...
Boston University researchers claim to have developed new, more lethal COVID strain in lab
Researchers at Boston University say they have developed a new COVID strain that has an 80% kill rate following a...
‘Pretty troublesome’: US infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci on new BQ.1 Covid-19 strain
Just when the United States of America was seeing a downward trend in new Covid-19 cases being recorded every day,...
California’s Covid State Of Emergency Will End In February, Almost 3 Years After It Was Instituted, Announces Newsom
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced this afternoon that the state’s long-running, Covid-related State of Emergency will end on February 28,...
Study highlights burden of long COVID on health systems
Ontario, Canada, healthcare systems saw an uptick in healthcare use by adult COVID-19 survivors—especially women—starting 2 months after people were...
News Scan for Oct 17, 2022
COVID-19 vaccines up protection from previous infection against OmicronPrevious non-Omicron SARS-CoV-2 infection was tied to a 44% lower risk of...