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Is Biden correct that the pandemic is over? Not exactly.
During a CBS “60 Minutes” interview that aired on Sunday, President Joe Biden said the SARS CoV-2 pandemic was over. The most remarkable thing about his words might be that many people will believe, or worse, amplify, them in the most…
Moderna asks FDA to authorize omicron Covid boosters for children as young as 6
Following CDC approval for vaccination of children aged 6 months to 5 years, 4 year-old Eleanor Kahn sits with her father Alex, as nurse Jillian Mercer administers the Moderna vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Rady…
U.S. cutting global donations of Pfizer COVID shots as demand slows
Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterNEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The United States is significantly cutting back the number of Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech (22UAy.DE) COVID-19 vaccine doses it will buy for donation…
$1k bonus for getting COVID-19 booster? That’s the proposed deal
Under a tentative deal Washington state employees would get $1,000 bonuses for receiving a COVID-19 booster shot.The agreement between the state and the Washington Federation of State Employees also includes 4% pay raises in 2023, 3% pay…
European business group in China blasts Beijing’s COVID zero policies and
The environment for foreign business and China is at its most precarious point in years due to China’s harsh COVID zero policies and the government’s “inward turn” since the beginning of the pandemic, the European Chamber of Commerce in…
Hochul called COVID ’emergency’ after donor with $637M test deal’s fundraiser
Political donor Charle Tebele hosted a campaign fundraiser for Gov. Kathy Hochul last November — just four days before she declared a state of emergency that paved the way for his company to receive $637 million…
New Alzheimer’s diagnoses more common among seniors who have had Covid-19, study
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A recent study of more than 6 million people 65 and older found that seniors who had Covid-19 had a substantially higher risk of being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s…
Scientists Warn of Spike in Long COVID Cases Across the United States
All over the world, the rates of death and hospitalization from COVID keep dropping. But our successful mitigation of the worst outcomes of the 33-month-old pandemic belie a growing crisis.More and more people are surviving COVID and…
Frank Auerbach: how artist drew himself for Covid ‘plague years’ drawings |
What do you do when you are a portrait painter but can’t get anyone to sit for you? Frank Auerbach, once described by the Tate as “one of the greatest painters alive today”, has come up with an answer he didn’t expect to find. At 91, he…
Boston hosts free back-to-school COVID-19 vaccination clinic
Boston hosts free back-to-school COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Franklin Park
Updated: 11:21 AM EDT Sep 17, 2022…