What the heck is happening with COVID right now?Amid the chaos and controversy that followed a federal judge’s decision to strike down the U.S. mask mandate for travel earlier this week — a decision the Department of Justice...
Is BA.2 about to surge in America the way it’s surging in Europe?There are already some clues that it might not — and the coming days could provide even more reason for cautious optimism.Across the pond, the BA.2...
Public health workers have faced at least 1,499 cases of workplace harassment stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study.Published last week by the American Public Health Association, the study compiled its tally of workplace harassment...
WASHINGTON — It has been two full weeks since the White House pandemic response team has held one of its briefings, which used to be a regular affair during the Delta and Omicron waves of 2021. Now the...
China is by far the world’s biggest COVID powder keg — and it might be on the verge of exploding.Not since the earliest days of the pandemic has the most populous country on the planet ever reported more...
LOS ANGELES — This week, America’s largest public school district — New York City — finally lifted its COVID-19 mask mandate, allowing K-12 students to choose whether they want to cover their faces in class.Meanwhile, America’s second-largest public...
WASHINGTON — Florida’s top health official said Monday that he would recommend healthy children not receive the coronavirus vaccine, contradicting both medical expertise and the recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Dr. Joseph Ladapo, the state’s...
WASHINGTON — For the second time in a week, President Biden on Friday urged for an end to remote work, framing the much-delayed return to the office for millions of white-collar workers as necessary for the United States...
WASHINGTON — Since almost the beginning of the pandemic, states have vied for the status of being the one that got the coronavirus response right. There was New York, with its intense lockdowns, followed by Florida’s edgy disregard...
