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...
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US Education secretary: COVID slowed student academic progress
As secretary of Education, I’ve traveled to 35 states and talked with countless students, families and educators. In every conversation, it’s...
White House pauses free at-home covid test delivery by Postal Service
The Biden administration is ceasing the delivery of free at-home coronavirus test kits via the U.S. Postal Service this week,...
Cubs’ Jeremiah Estrada debuted one year after life-threatening battle with COVID-19
TORONTO – In August 2019, Jeremiah Estrada underwent Tommy John surgery. In August 2021, Estrada was hospitalized with COVID-19.“This year,...
New Hampshire health officials report 1 new COVID-19 death
AND ARE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN THEIR PRIMARY DOSES. THE SHOTS STILL NEED C-D-C SIGN OFF. NOW TO...
Jill Biden’s covid experience was not like Melania Trump’s
When Melania Trump contracted the coronavirus in October 2020, alongside President Donald Trump, it was a time of terrifying uncertainty....
U.S. clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest variants
WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Wednesday authorized its first update to COVID-19 vaccines, booster doses that target today's most common...
China waits on ‘miracle’ to exit Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid
In Shenzhen, one of the world’s most important technology and manufacturing centres, all it took was 35 coronavirus cases for...
Infant abuse, domestic violence spiked amid COVID
JAMA Network Open published two studies yesterday on child abuse in France and domestic violence in Japan early in the...
News Scan for Aug 31, 2022
WHO Director: World does not need to live with monkeypox Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, of the World Health Organization...