Using COVID relief funds, Arizona canceled massive medical debt for one million residents
Next City investigates how medical debt will be canceled for up to 1 million Arizona residents under the American Rescue Plan…
Continue ReadingNext City investigates how medical debt will be canceled for up to 1 million Arizona residents under the American Rescue Plan…
Continue ReadingWith the arrival of spring, the United States is easing out of respiratory virus season, a familiar pattern that has been challenged by Covid-19 for…
Continue ReadingThis week marks the four year anniversary of when COVID-19 was officially declared a…
Continue ReadingMarch 11 marks the infamous anniversary of when the outbreak of COVID-19 became a worldwide pandemic, according to the World Health…
Continue ReadingOne German man has redefined “man on a…
Continue ReadingThe US government’s free at-home Covid-19 test program will be suspended Friday, according to the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and…
Continue ReadingFor 10 years, Americans have had access to flu shots that protect against four strains of the virus: two A strains and two B…
Continue ReadingNew Year’s Eve 2020 was peculiar for many of…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — People who test positive for Covid-19 no longer need to routinely stay away from others for at least five days,…
Continue ReadingWhile dry January and damp lifestyles have taken off on TikTok, the United States has already experienced a spike in deaths related to excessive…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — People age 65 and older should get an additional dose of the current Covid-19 vaccine, the US Centers for…
Continue ReadingThree-time Olympic champion Gabby Douglas’ return to competitive gymnastics – originally set for this weekend – will have to wait, after the…
Continue ReadingCalifornia and Oregon recently became the first states to break with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how long a person…
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to shift its Covid-19…
Continue ReadingA shot of the latest COVID-19 vaccine can help cut the chances of getting a symptomatic infection by half, early data from the US Centers for Disease…
Continue ReadingPeople who test positive for Covid-19 in California and Oregon are no longer expected to isolate for a set period of time — and those without…
Continue ReadingIt’s been nearly a month since the winter holidays, and seasonal virus activity continues to rise across the United States, according to data from…
Continue ReadingThe genetic sequence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, was submitted to a National Institutes of Health database two weeks before its…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The United States started the new year awash in respiratory illness, with high levels of flu, Covid-19 and…
Continue ReadingHeyTutor looked at a 2023 NWEA report to determine how the pandemic affected test score outcomes for students by comparing 2019 and 2022 test…
Continue ReadingThe 74 takes a closer look at a USC paper that claims that grade inflation and pandemic leniency are shielding the true extent to which children have…
Continue ReadingThe first look at trends following most of the winter holidays shows that seasonal virus activity remains elevated and continues to rise across the…
Continue ReadingMore U.S. hospitals are requiring masks and limiting visitors as health officials face a post-holiday spike in flu and other…
Continue ReadingCNN By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The virus that causes Covid-19 has more letters to describe its many derivatives than a bowl of alphabet…
Continue ReadingThe coronavirus subvariant JN.1 is now the fastest growing strain of the virus in the United States. The strain now constitutes about 20% of new…
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court on Monday threw out several cases challenging the federal government’s now-defunct Covid-19 vaccine mandates for executive branch…
Continue ReadingLast year, days after the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines were authorized for emergency use in children as young as 6 months, Laura…
Continue ReadingWith holiday season underway, you may be realizing that you forgot to get your Covid-19 and flu vaccines, and now you’ll be sitting across the…
Continue ReadingUS households are now eligible to order an additional four at-home Covid-19 tests — free of cost — through the…
Continue ReadingMost adults in the United States are not worried about getting sick with Covid-19 or spreading it over the holidays, a new survey from KFF…
Continue ReadingA federal jury in Boise convicted a Georgia woman Thursday for fraudulently obtaining and misusing a $338,958 Paycheck Protection Program loan that…
Continue ReadingWomen in the United States can expect to live nearly six years longer than men, as disparities in deaths from Covid-19 and drug overdoses drive the…
Continue ReadingBrain fog, fatigue, heart palpitations, post-exertional malaise and dizziness are a handful of the symptoms associated people with long Covid in…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 hasn’t gone away, and it won’t any time soon. It’s now part of the landscape of health threats. Although the coronavirus continues to…
Continue ReadingVaccines for Covid-19 and influenza may slightly increase the risk of strokes caused by blood clots in the brains of seniors, particularly when the…
Continue ReadingHeyTutor analyzed NCES data to see how the pandemic affected public school spending, tracking expenditures by state between the 2019-20 and 2021-22…
Continue ReadingThe price of the lifesaving Covid-19 antiviral medication Paxlovid will more than double as the United States transitions out of the emergency phase…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman and Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — As of Thursday, only about 3% of the US population — about 10 million Americans — have…
Continue ReadingThis clinic is open to anyone in need of…
Continue ReadingThe price of the lifesaving Covid-19 medication Paxlovid is likely to rise next year for most patients as the United States continues to transition…
Continue ReadingThis year’s uptake of the updated COVID-19 vaccine appears to be somewhat slower than last year’s, according to data from the US Department of…
Continue ReadingOlder adults have accounted for nearly two-thirds of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States this year, posing “a continued public health…
Continue ReadingFeeling run-down even after you kicked an infection? It could be a case of a “long cold,” according to a new…
Continue ReadingAn altLINE analysis of Census Bureau data reveals Americans are still starting new businesses at higher rates than in pre-pandemic…
Continue ReadingThis clinic is open to anyone in need of…
Continue ReadingIn a Phase 1/2 clinical trial, Moderna’s combination vaccine appeared to elicit “strong” immune responses against both influenza and COVID-19…
Continue ReadingDo you know where your COVID-19 vaccine card is? If not, you may want to track it down, because getting a new one could be…
Continue ReadingThe US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized Novavax’s updated protein-based Covid-19 vaccine for people 12 and…
Continue ReadingFall has arrived, and as people bring out their sweaters, pumpkin spice, and scarves medical experts in the area remind us to be prepared for Cold…
Continue ReadingIn the past 12 months, the Task Force has built a team consisting of federal prosecutors and 11 federal agencies focused on prosecuting cases related…
Continue ReadingLike many people across the US who’ve gone to a pharmacy in the hopes of getting one of the newly updated Covid-19 vaccines, Cynthia Cox walked…
Continue ReadingAutumn is here, school is back in session, and along with the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases, people are experiencing sniffles, coughs and other…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 tests are now available to be ordered for free from the US…
Continue ReadingEstimates of the number of people in the US with lingering COVID-19 symptoms vary widely, but a new survey from the National Center for Health…
Continue ReadingWhen it comes to the updated COVID-19 vaccines, only about 1 in 4 American adults says they definitely plan to get the shot, according to a new…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 hospitalizations have been on the rise in the United States for months, with weekly admissions now more than triple what they were two…
Continue ReadingSoutheastern Idaho Public Health (SIPH) has the added the updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna in limited quantities to its…
Continue ReadingThe US government will relaunch a program to provide free COVID-19 home tests to Americans, US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — It has been just over a week since the US Food and Drug Administration and the US Centers for Disease Control…
Continue ReadingEvery year since 2010, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that everyone in the country ages 6 months and older receive…
Continue ReadingWith COVID-19 cases up across the country, many people are once again relying on home tests to guide decisions about going to work and sending their…
Continue ReadingIt was a meeting that changed their lives…
Continue ReadingA new COVID-19 vaccine is available — and recommended — for everyone ages 6 months and older, and experts say it’s best to take advantage of…
Continue ReadingNow that the US Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have signed off, you won’t have to wait long to get…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Everyone ages 6 months and older should get an updated Covid-19 vaccine, the US Centers for Disease Control and…
Continue ReadingSummer has ended and kids are back in school. However, COVID-19 cases are on the rise, along with key metrics like hospital…
Continue ReadingThe US Food and Drug Administration gave the green light Monday to updated COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech amid rising cases and…
Continue ReadingThe COVID-19 relief funds to schools are coming to a close. HeyTutor cited data from the Department of Education to determine how much states…
Continue ReadingThe US is experiencing an increase of Covid-19, with weekly hospital admissions and test positivity rates on the rise, according to federal…
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, Arlette Saenz, Betsy Klein and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — First lady Dr. Jill Biden has tested negative for Covid-19,…
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