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Children as young as six months old can now receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The New York Times reports that the CDC recommends parents get their children immunized, with the vaccines available to this age group on Tuesday. Kids from six months through five years old can get Moderna, and kids from six months through four […]
Lil Durk’s Neighborhood Heroes Foundation is helping supply inmates in his home state with hand sanitizer amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Durk’s organization teamed up with the Illinois Department of Corrections and the non-profit Chicago Votes to help supply the prisons with 29,000 bottles of hand sanitizer. “The pandemic has amplified issues that impact our incarcerated community members […]
A Florida federal judge on Monday voided the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national mask mandate covering airplanes and other forms of public transportation. CBS News reports U.S. District Court Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle argues the CDC overstepped its authority in requiring, calling it “unlawful” that travelers must wear masks on airplanes, buses, and trains. Mizelle argued […]
An emergency use authorization has been issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first COVID-19 test that uses breath samples to detect infection. The authorization came Thursday, per a report from the Associated Press, and is of particular interest at the phase in the pandemic due to its reported swiftness at […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has tested positive for COVID-19, CNN reports. Press secretary Fabien Levy shared in a statement that Adams woke up Sunday with a “raspy voice,” which prompted him to take a PCR test. The test came back positive Sunday. “At this time, the mayor has no other symptoms, but he is already isolating […]
A 60-year-old man in Germany allegedly received roughly 90 COVID-19 vaccines just to sell vaccination cards. The man, whose name has not been released, reportedly got his COVID-19 vaccination shots in the eastern state of Saxony, CBS News writes. This transpired “for months” until he was confronted by police over his ploy to sell the cards, which included authentic vaccine batch […]
The United Kingdom has reached an unsettling milestone. According to the Associated Press, the UK reported a total of 4.9 million COVID infections in the week ending March 26—marking the highest infection rate since the pandemic was declared more than two years ago. Britains’ Office for National Statistics estimates about 1 in 13 people were infected with the disease […]
The Metropolitan Police has announced that they will be issuing 20 fines for the people who attended parties held at No. 10 Downing Street and Whitehall during the COVID-19 restrictions. Confirming the fixed penalty notices in a statement today, the Met stated that “the investigations into allegations of breaches of COVID-19 regulations in Whitehall and Downing Street […]
Hillary Clinton has tested positive for COVID-19. The two-time presidential candidate confirmed her diagnosis via Twitter on Tuesday, saying she’s experiencing mild cold-like symptoms, but is otherwise “feeling fine.” Clinton credited her condition to the COVID vaccine, and urged others to get the jab and a booster if they’ve yet to do so. “I’m more grateful than ever […]
China’s national health authorities have reported the first two COVID-19 deaths in the country since January 2021, NBC News shares. The deaths were reported Saturday, in the northeastern Jilin province, amid an omicron-related surge in COVID cases. Now, China’s COVID death toll sits at 4,638. Jilin has issued a travel ban as China reported 2,157 total new COVID cases […]
