Washington (AP) — U.S. regulators say they are no longer considering authorizing second COVID-19 booster shots for all adults under 50 this summer. Instead the Food and Drug Administration said it will await revamped vaccines targeting the...
August 1, 2022 9:19 am / no comments
AP – Hundreds of tourism projects nationwide are collectively getting about $2.4 billion in federal coronavirus relief funding. The money has aided everything from a gas station expansion in California to new sports facilities in Georgia,...
July 30, 2022 1:50 pm / no comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators say they are no longer considering authorizing second COVID-19 booster shots for all adults under 50 this summer. Instead the Food and Drug Administration said it will await revamped vaccines targeting the...
July 29, 2022 3:22 pm / no comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than a year, President Joe Biden’s ability to avoid the coronavirus seemed to defy the odds. When Biden finally did test positive, the White House was ready. It set out to turn the diagnosis into a “teachable...
July 22, 2022 7:32 am / no comments
WASHINGTON (AP) 7-21-22 — President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, making him the second U.S. president to get the virus and underscoring the extent to which the virus has infiltrated American society. The 79-year-old...
July 21, 2022 9:30 am / no comments
While more than 1 million people in the United States died of COVID-19, many more survived ICU stays that have left them with a host of health issues. One survivor is Freddy Fernandez, who was hospitalized for five months and nearly died several...
July 19, 2022 6:26 am / no comments
New omicron variants are again driving hospital admissions and deaths higher in recent weeks, causing states and cities to rethink their responses to COVID-19 and the White House to step up efforts to alert the public. Some experts say the...
July 13, 2022 9:30 pm / no comments
US regulators OK new COVID-19 shot option from Novavax
The U.S. is getting another COVID-19 vaccine choice. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cleared Novavax shots for adults. It’s a more traditional type of vaccine than...
July 13, 2022 9:27 pm / no comments
MEGEVE, France (AP) — New Zealand rider George Bennett has been forced out of the Tour de France ahead of Tuesday’s Stage 10 after testing positive for COVID-19. Bennett was riding in support of two-time defending champion Tadej Pogacar....
July 12, 2022 7:49 am / no comments
The quickly changing coronavirus has spawned yet another super contagious omicron mutant that’s worrying scientists as it gains ground in India and pops up in numerous other countries, including the United States. Scientists say the variant,...
July 11, 2022 6:29 am / no comments