Nearly 2,000 Australian children have lost parents to Covid
Nearly 2,000 Australian children have lost parents to Covid For every 100 Covid-related death in Australia, around 13 young people...
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FDA authorizes updated COVID boosters from Moderna and Pfizer
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that it has authorized for emergency use bivalent booster shots that target...
A Q&A with Maria Van Kerkhove on Covid — and pandemic fatigue
Maria Van Kerkhove gets it. Truly, she knows you’re over Covid. The World Health Organization’s technical lead for Covid-19, Van...
Chinese nationals in Singapore criticise move to ease indoor mask mandate
Authorities cited an improved situation in Singapore, where many people are fully vaccinated and have also caught the virus. Residents...
WHO: New COVID cases, deaths keep falling nearly everywhere
GENEVA -- The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally continued to fall nearly everywhere in the world...
Chinese metropolis of Chengdu locks down 21 million residents
CNN — The Chinese metropolis of Chengdu will impose a sweeping city-wide lockdown on Thursday evening, confining 21 million residents...
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Chengdu locks down 21.2 million people as Chinese cities battle COVID
People wearing face masks walk on Jinli Ancient Street, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China...
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China’s Shenzhen widens COVID restrictions as cases rise
Volunteers arrive to a primary school repurposed for virus control efforts in Futian district, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak...
US life expectancy plunged again in 2021, down nearly a year: CDC
COVID-19 blamed for about half of life expectancy decline followed by heart disease, drug overdoses, suicide.Life expectancy fell in the...
COVID-19 in the Tri-State: Where things stand now that school is back in session
Summer is winding down and with school back in session, parents have to again worry about how COVID-19 might affect...