-California will require healthcare workers and workers in “high-risk congregate settings” to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster by Feb. 1, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday as part of the …
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Media and other in-person league personnel functioning in near proximity to teams and players on game day are under a new mandate from the NBA to receive the COVID-19 booster …
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LONDON – The British government said that from Wednesday it was reducing the COVID-19 self-isolation period to seven days from 10 days for people in England who get a negative …
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By Dania Nadeem and Carl O’Donnell -The United States on Wednesday authorized Pfizer Inc’s antiviral COVID-19 pill for people ages 12 and older at risk of severe illness, the first …
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By Julia Harte and Maria Caspani -Americans are facing a second Christmas of upended holiday plans, with a surge in COVID-19 infections fueled by the now-dominant Omicron variant forcing some …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK -The judge in British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial urged jurors on Wednesday to be cautious of a surge in COVID-19 cases as they …
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Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research are expected to announce that they’ve created a vaccine that will be effective against all COVID-19 and SARS variants, including Omicron, …
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TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is on his way to Central America to spend his Christmas vacation in Costa Rica. Murphy is leaving behind a state that …
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WESTCHESTER, NY – Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced the arraignment of a former Westchester Community College assistant teacher who altered a COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card to obtain a …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden said he received another COVID-19 test on Wednesday, five days after exposure to the virus from a member of his staff, …
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BRUSSELS – The European Commission approved on Wednesday a further, smaller aid measure from Portugal’s government for the country’s ailing flag carrier TAP, having also signed off on a 2.55 …
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The U.S. Secret Service announced Tuesday that criminals used fraudulent COVID-19 relief applications and other means to steal nearly $100 billion in pandemic benefits. “The Secret Service currently has more …
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Reps. Antonio Delgado, Barbara Lee and Nicole Malliotakis are the latest lawmakers to announce that they had tested positive for the coronavirus as it infects more in Congress and in …
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BEIJING – China’s strict COVID-19 policy is weighing on consumption and rattling foreign firms, but its effectiveness and the imperative to maintain stability heading into a sensitive year mean Beijing …
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By Jan Strupczewski and Kate Abnett BRUSSELS -The European Commission proposed on Wednesday three new EU-wide taxes to help to repay the joint government borrowing in the 27-nation bloc for …
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By Elizabeth Culliford and Sheila Dang – Amazon Inc, Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc, Twitter Inc and Pinterest Inc will not send teams to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in …
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JERUSALEM -Israel is to offer a fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to people older than 60 or with compromised immune systems, and to health workers, as part of a …
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By Frank Pingue -The National Hockey League will not send its players to compete in the men’s ice hockey tournament at the Beijing Winter Olympics due to COVID-19 concerns as …
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President Joe Biden deflected blame for the COVID-19 rapid test shortage amid a surge of cases from the Omicron variant, arguing the new strain was too unexpected to prepare for. …
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By Kanishka Singh – The United States’ population grew at a slower rate in 2021 than in any other year on record as the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the more subdued …
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– Novavax said on Tuesday the World Health Organization’s (WHO) panel of experts had recommended a third dose of its vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, for immunocompromised persons. The WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group …
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By Hyunjoo Jin San Francisco – Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company has reported 132 COVID-19 cases at its California headquarters, a fourth of the total number of cases in non-residential …
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By Brendan Pierson – A California candymaker must face a lawsuit by an employee who says she caught COVID-19 at work and gave it to her husband, resulting in his …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -Delta Air Lines Inc’s chief executive asked the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday to shrink quarantine guidelines for fully …
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By David Shepardson and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON -U.S. health authorities are considering reducing the 10-day recommended quarantine period for Americans who test positive for COVID-19 as the Omicron variant tears …