COVID-19
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PublishedAugust 3, 2023
Yellow’s downfall throws $700 million U.S. covid loan in jeopardy
The fallout is likely to draw significant anger from Capitol Hill, where lawmakers have long scrutinized the decision to prop up a company with a history of financial problems.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2023
Gene variant may be why some test positive for virus with no COVID symptoms
Scientists found a common version of an immunity gene that seems to help some people clear the virus faster.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggests COVID-19 was designed to spare Jews, Chinese people
An Anti-Defamation League spokesperson told The Washington Post that Kennedy's claim the coronavirus may have been manipulated to pose less risk to Jews was a particularly hazardous form of conspiracy theory.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2023
Maine proposes dropping COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers
The state's health department says the requirement achieved the intended benefit of savings lives, protecting health care capacity and limiting the spread of the virus. An industry that struggled with pandemic-era staffing shortages welcomes the change.
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PublishedJune 27, 2023
More than $200 billion in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says
A report by the U.S. Small Business Administration inspector general says at least 17 percent of loans were awarded 'to potentially fraudulent actors.'
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PublishedMay 16, 2023
Sen. King to formally recommend Shah be hired as director of federal CDC
The Maine senator will draft a letter to the White House suggesting that the state's former CDC director replace Rochelle Walensky, who is stepping down in June.
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PublishedMay 10, 2023
End of COVID emergency highlights U.S. weakness in tracking outbreaks
The winding down of the Biden administration’s coronavirus response highlights long-standing vulnerabilities of system that fails to provide reliable information in disease outbreaks, experts warn.
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PublishedMay 5, 2023
Disease experts warn White House of potential omicron-like wave
Senior officials have emphasized the need to implement more public health protections to guard against the next viral threat, even as political will and funding fade along with the threat of the coronavirus.
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PublishedMay 5, 2023
WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it’s no longer global emergency
The pandemic has been on a downward trend for more than a year, and most countries have returned to life before COVID-19.
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PublishedMay 4, 2023
Covid was fourth leading cause of death in 2022, CDC data shows
The report shows an overall drop of 5.3% in the death rate from all causes, a signal that the country last year had exited the worst phase of the pandemic.
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