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Published
November 28, 2022

China eases some COVID rules after widespread protests, demands for president to resign

Chinese authorities have eased some anti-virus rules but affirmed their severe 'zero COVID' strategy after protesters demanded President Xi Jinping resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades
Published
November 28, 2022

COVID deaths skew older, reviving questions about ‘acceptable loss’

The pandemic has become a plague of the elderly, with nearly 9 out of 10 deaths in people 65 or older.
Published
November 25, 2022

After a year, omicron still driving COVID surges and worries

Nationally, new COVID cases averaged around 39,300 a day as of Tuesday – far lower than last winter but a vast undercount because of reduced testing and reporting.
Published
November 23, 2022

Unlike last two falls, COVID infections decline in Maine

The drop comes as hospitals are packed with RSV patients and facing a difficult influenza season.
Published
November 22, 2022

CDC study: Omicron-specific boosters show modest benefit compared to earlier vaccines

The Biden administration's campaign to boost Americans ahead of an expected winter wave is lagging, with about 11 percent of people having gotten a bivalent booster.

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Published
November 18, 2022

State’s top health officials encourage Mainers to stock up on at-home COVID tests ahead of holidays

Every Maine household is eligible to receive a free, at-home COVID-19 test kit every month. Each kit contains five rapid tests.
Published
November 12, 2022

China says it’s refining COVID-19 rules, not relaxing controls

The nation's assets surged Friday as investors cheered a potential shift away from the virus approach that’s exacting a growing social and economic toll.
Published
November 10, 2022

COVID hospitalizations are rising in kids under 6 months, CDC Director says

COVID isn’t the only threat young children face this fall and winter. U.S. health systems and children’s hospitals are currently grappling with a wave of respiratory viruses.
Published
November 4, 2022

U.S. flu season off to a fast start as other viruses spread

Reports of flu are already high in 17 states, and the hospitalization rate hasn’t been this high this early since the 2009 swine flu pandemic.
Published
November 4, 2022

Pfizer says new booster shot increases omicron-fighting antibodies

Questions persist about the vaccine's continued effectiveness against a swarm of later-generation versions of omicron.