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 
Senior Moments: The real COVID-19 test is whether you can open the box – The Pasadena Star-News
“I can do this,” I sighed, as I cleared off my desk to try to negotiate a COVID-19 home test.Suspicious...
Opinion | Do not trust a study questioning face masks during the covid pandemic – The Washington Post
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, a respected biomedical journal, surprised the public recently with a peer-reviewed article raising doubts...
COVID-19 in Virginia: 7-day positivity rate drops to 8.7%; new cases down 10% last week – CBS 6 News Richmond WTVR
RICHMOND, Va. -- In an effort to provide accurate, easy-to-read information on the COVID-19 pandemic and on-going vaccination efforts, WTVR.com...
Slow to recover from COVID-19, Minnesota’s cultural institutions seek boosts in state funding – Star Tribune
From the Science Museum to the Minnesota Historical Society, the state's largest cultural institutions are seeking boosts in state funding...
Covid-era SNAP boosts kept millions out of poverty. Now they’re gone. – Vox.com
While food prices remain stubbornly high due to inflation, a program expansion that has served as a life raft since...
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services offers guidance on end of COVID-19 emergency – EMS1.com
By Leila MerrillEMS1 WASHINGTON — Since the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services signaled that the COVID-19 public health...
PHOTOS | Jacobi nurses hold COVID-19 vigil as union contract expires – Bronx Times – Bronx Times
Nurses at Jacobi Medical Center gather at the main entrance for an evening vigil on March 2, 2023 to commemorate...
Lufthansa returns to profits after COVID-19 slump – Xinhua
A Lufthansa airplane prepares to land at Frankfurt airport in Frankfurt, Germany, on Jan. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Lu Yang)The country's air...
Why is it so hard to study long Covid? – Vox.com
Scientists have been scrambling to understand long Covid ever since the first SARS-CoV-2-infected patients reported persistent symptoms in early 2020....
Opinion: The clock is ticking. When will Congress fund updated Covid-19 treatments? – CNN
Editor’s Note: Syra Madad, an infectious disease epidemiologist and science communicator, is the senior director of the systemwide special pathogens...