Japan’s Kishida to announce easing of pandemic border controls
Japanese leader expected to scrap coronavirus tests for vaccinated travellers and raise cap on daily arrivals.Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida...
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COVID pandemic forced parents to examine their kids’ education: Study
Schooling during the coronavirus pandemic forced parents to take a hard look at how their children were being educated, and...
We may now have a universal coronavirus vaccine
Since the 1960s, scientists have known coronaviruses live among us, attacking in waves year after year. Coronavirus is just one...
Coming in or staying home, Seattle workers agree pre-COVID office is gone
After two years of overly optimistic forecasts, blown deadlines, backtracking and pushback, it’s fair to say the return to the...
BA.5, BA.4.6 COVID variants continue US expansion
Two Omicron subvariants continued to slowly spread in the United States, almost completely edging out BA.2, which became dominant in...
‘High plateau’ for COVID as fall nears
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Singapore says non-fully vaccinated travelers don’t need quarantine from Monday
People sit outside a bar at Emily Hill in Singapore, on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022.Ore Huiying | Bloomberg | Getty...
Covid Conspiracy Theorist Rebekah Jones Wins Dem Nomination for Congress in Florida
Rebekah Jones, who was fired from her job with Florida’s health department in 2020 and then gained notoriety for making...
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I-TEAM: Huber Heights school officials use COVID relief funds for trips, nearly $500 dinner
HUBER HEIGHTS — Huber Heights City Schools said they received a total of $18.8 million dollars in federal COVID relief...
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China’s jobless turn to car boot sales as COVID-hit economy stalls
BEIJING, Aug 24 (Reuters) - When the COVID-19 pandemic forced Wang Wei to shut his tourism company, the Tianjin native...