The Biden administration on Tuesday quietly launched its website for Americans to request free at-home COVID-19 tests, a day before the site was scheduled to officially go online.
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Nations across Europe moved to reimpose tougher measures to stem a new wave of COVID-19 infections spurred by the highly transmissible omicron variant, with the Netherlands leading the way by imposing a nationwide lockdown.
The new rule requires people to show proof of vaccination or a negative coronavirus test within 72 hours to attend an event of 1,000 people or more.
U.S. health officials Wednesday announced plans to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant.
U.S. cases of COVID-19 last week increased by 17,000 nationwide over a 14-day period for the first time since late fall.
The U.S. cleared the 50% mark just a day after the reported global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million.
He said he believed that federal regulators could bring the shots back with restrictions based on age or gender or with a blanket warning.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it will reimburse funeral expenses for families who have buried COVID-19 victims since Jan 20, 2020.
The grim milestone wasn’t entirely unexpected in a state with 40 million residents but its speed was stunning.
The U.S. added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to beat back an outbreak so dire that the nation is regularly recording more than 3,000 deaths a day.
Pfizer says that more interim results from its ongoing coronavirus vaccine study suggest the shots are 95% effective and that it protects older people most at risk of dying from COVID.
A spike of coronavirus cases in Utah that began after schools and colleges resumed classes reached a new peak Friday and led the state’s Republican governor to say again that he’s considering new measures to combat the spread of the virus.
Tests of the park’s raw sewage have confirmed the presence of the virus, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday, and dozens of people are believed to have been infected.
An experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in very early testing, triggering hoped-for immune responses in eight healthy, middle-aged volunteers, its maker announced Monday.
As nations carved out a new normal amid the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization was holding its main annual meeting — conducted online this year.
