By Michael Nedelman and Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidance for people traveling within the United States. The agency now urges all domestic travelers to “consider getting tested as close to the time of departure as possible (no more than three days) before your trip,” according
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Idaho officials reported 356 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death over the weekend.
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HeyTutor looked at COVID-19 vaccination rates among children in every state in the U.S. and Washington D.C.
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN Business China has reported disappointing economic data for the month of April, underscoring the extensive damage Covid lockdowns have wreaked on the country. The world’s second largest economy reported shocking drops in retail sales and factory production, widely missing market expectations. Retail sales plunged 11.1% in April from a year ago,
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 373 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths Friday.
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At the direction of the President of the United States, Governor Mark Gordon has ordered both the U.S. and State of Wyoming flags be flown at half-staff statewide beginning immediately until sunset on Monday, May 16, 2022 as a mark of respect and remembrance of the one million American lives lost to COVID-19.
Continue Reading By MJ Lee and Deidre McPhillips, CNN It was a stern and startling warning from the White House’s new Covid response coordinator: In the fall and winter, the US could potentially see 100 million new Covid-19 infections if Congress doesn’t approve federal funding to fight the pandemic. That warning from Dr. Ashish Jha, who said
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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has tested positive for COVID-19, his office announced Thursday. The governor took a test after developing a scratchy throat late Wednesday night, officials said in a statement. He plans to isolate for five days and wear a mask for 10 days. Cox said he’s been vaccinated and boosted. “So far, I
Continue Reading By Sam Fossum, Nikki Carvajal, Maegan Vazquez and Deidre McPhillips, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday mourned 1 million American deaths from Covid-19, using the occasion to again urge Congress to pass additional funding to control the pandemic. While other official tallies have placed the figure a bit short of that mark, Biden marked the
Continue Reading By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent This moment in time, like so many during the last two-plus years of the pandemic, is a confusing one for our country. Mixed signals make it hard to accurately gauge risk and act accordingly. On the one hand, with the almost complete lifting of restrictions and mandates
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China’s leaders are struggling to reverse an economic slump without giving up anti-virus tactics that shut down Shanghai and other cities, adding to challenges for President Xi Jinping as he tries to extend his time in power.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 381 new COVID-19 cases and 0 new deaths Wednesday.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians are dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak that has sidelined manager Terry Francona and several of the team’s coaches, leading to the postponement of their series finale against the Chicago White Sox. Shortly after Francona’s positive test became known, Major League Baseball called off the game at Chicago to allow
Continue Reading Bill Gates said he has tested positive for COVID-19.
Continue Reading Since COVID-19 vaccines became widely available, there has been a wide gap in deaths between the vaccinated and unvaccinated.
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Kelly Ripa, co-host of “Live With Kelly and Ryan,” revealed that she recently tested positive for Covid-19, forcing her to miss some upcoming shows. Ripa made the announcement on Instagram late Monday, writing that she was diagnosed with the illness this past weekend. “I am taking all necessary precautions and
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The city of Shanghai is doubling down on pandemic restrictions after a brief period of loosening up, frustrating residents who were hoping a more than monthlong lockdown was finally easing as the number of new cases falls in China’s financial center.
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added one destination — a relaxed Caribbean playground — to its “high” category for Covid-19 risk. The British Virgin Islands moved up to Level 3 on Monday; it previously had been at Level 2. The islands are known for
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 303 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths over the weekend.
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Timetastic used U.S. Census Bureau data to compare which industries health care workers switched to after exiting the health care field between the third quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021.
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in Shanghai have again tightened anti-virus restrictions, just as the city was emerging from a month of strict lockdown due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Notices issued in several districts said residents were ordered to stay home and nonessential deliveries suspended as part of a “quiet period” lasting at least until Wednesday.
Continue Reading The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a recent COVID-19 outbreak on a Carnival cruise ship that docked in Seattle after a two-week voyage.
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN November 10 is a day Kim Ford remembers too well. It was the day last year when her 9-year-old son, Jack, was scheduled to get his Covid-19 vaccine at the school clinic. They were excited that he’d finally have some protection, but on November 9, he had the sniffles. “When he
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 307 new COVID-19 cases and 0 new deaths Friday.
Continue Reading By Katherine Dillinger, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it is limiting the emergency use authorization of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Covid-19 vaccine to people 18 and older for whom other vaccines aren’t appropriate or accessible and those who opt for J&J because they wouldn’t otherwise get vaccinated. The FDA said
Continue Reading About 14.9 million people around the world died as a direct or indirect result of COVID-19 in the period between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization — nearly three times more deaths than were officially reported.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 322 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death Wednesday.
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement. “Blinken tested positive for COVID-19 this afternoon via a PCR test. The Secretary is fully vaccinated and boosted against the virus and is experiencing only mild symptoms,” Price
Continue Reading US children under 5 are getting closer to authorized COVID-19 vaccines, but most parents may be reluctant to actually get them when they become available, a new survey found.
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China’s capital on Wednesday closed 60 subway stations, more than 10% of its vast system, as an additional measure against the spread of the coronavirus. Forty stations were closed from the morning, and 20 more were added in the afternoon. The Beijing subway authority in a brief message said only that the
Continue Reading The United States might need to update its COVID-19 vaccines each year, according to a trio of top US Food and Drug Administration officials, and “a new normal” may include an annual COVID-19 vaccine alongside a seasonal flu shot.
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By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Tuesday restated their recommendation that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court ruling last month that struck down a national mask mandate on public transportation. Americans age 2 and older should wear a well-fitting masks while on
Continue Reading There’s no denying the numbers: Even with spotty reporting, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising again in the United States.
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While it’s tempting to say much of life is getting back to normal, it’s probably more accurate to say it feels more comfortable and normal living alongside COVID-19.
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Beijing is preparing new hospital facilities to deal with a possible spike in COVID-19 cases, even though the numbers of new cases remain low.
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Coronavirus cases are again edging upward in parts of Idaho, prompting some health care officials to urge renewed caution for big gatherings.
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, CNN Jimmy Kimmel, host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” has Covid-19 and will hand the reins of his late-night show to guest host Mike Birbiglia starting Tuesday, the comedian announced on Twitter. “Our daughter brought us covid (even though we specifically asked her not to),” Kimmel wrote. Kimmel said he and his family
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 187 new COVID-19 cases and 0 new deaths over the weekend.
Continue Reading By Jasmine Wright, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris tested negative for Covid-19 on Monday, the vice president’s spokesperson said in a statement, nearly a week after she tested positive. Harris will return to the White House on Tuesday, her spokesperson Kirsten Allen noted, and wear a “well-fitting mask” while around others for an additional five
Continue Reading By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN The US should prepare for a possible summer surge of Covid-19 cases across Southern states, former White House Coronavirus Response Task Force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx told CBS on Sunday morning. It’s now predictable that the South will see surges in the summer and Northern states will see surges in the
Continue Reading Hazmat suit-clad workers spraying clouds of disinfectant over city streets, building fronts, park benches and even parcels have become a common sight in pandemic-era China.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 219 new COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths Friday.
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Sharon Osbourne is taking some time off from her new job to help her husband through Covid-19. “The Talk UK,” Osbourne’s new talk show, tweeted a video on Thursday in which she tearfully shared the news that Ozzy Osbourne had tested positive. “But I spoke to him and he’s okay,”
Continue Reading COVID-19 vaccines could be authorized for the United States’ youngest children as early as June, according to the US Food and Drug Administration’s latest meeting schedule.
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN China has introduced lockdown measures in its two biggest cities, Beijing and Shanghai — the twin engines that power much of the nation’s economy — in an uncompromising bid to stamp out Covid-19 outbreaks. Shanghai is at the center of the latest outbreak, reporting upwards of 15,000 new cases a day.
Continue Reading Moderna is seeking emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration for its COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months through 5 years of age, the company said Thursday.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 151 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death Wednesday.
Continue Reading By Jasmine Wright, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris does not have Covid-19 symptoms a day after testing positive for the coronavirus, according to a White House official on Wednesday. Harris has been working from the Naval Observatory, where an official said Tuesday she would isolate. “The vice president remains asymptomatic. She is feeling good and
Continue Reading The pink line on Erin Blakeney’s first positive COVID-19 test was so light that she almost didn’t believe it, but there was no denying the fever and sore throat that developed overnight, just a few days after she and her husband attended a large memorial service in late March.
Continue Reading The United States is out of the COVID-19 pandemic phase, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Continue Reading Nearly 60% of adults and 75% of children have antibodies indicating that they’ve been infected with COVID-19, according to new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Continue Reading By Jasmine Wright, Maegan Vazquez, Betsy Klein, Kevin Liptak and Ted Barrett, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday after returning from a weeklong trip to California. “Today I tested positive for COVID-19. I have no symptoms, and I will continue to isolate and follow CDC guidelines. I’m grateful to be
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Student math and reading scores fell before and after COVID-19 closed schools. Explore factors like chronic absenteeism and earning loss with HeyTutor.
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN Business China is about to embark on a new infrastructure spending spree in a bid to fix an economy nearing breaking point because of Covid lockdowns. President Xi Jinping told a meeting of senior economic officials Tuesday that “all out efforts” must be made to boost construction to increase domestic demand
Continue Reading By Donald Judd and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Biden administration has secured the purchase of 20 million treatment courses of Paxlovid, Pfizer’s antiviral Covid-19 pill, a senior administration official told CNN on Monday. The administration will work with the manufacturer to accelerate production and delivery of the new drug to pharmacies across the country, the
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Beijing has rolled out mass Covid testing for nearly 20 million residents in most of the city, as authorities race to contain a fresh Omicron outbreak that has sparked panic buying amid fears of a Shanghai-style lockdown. The Chinese capital started testing all residents of Chaoyang, a bustling
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN After downgrading the risk level of many of the world’s top destinations last week in conjunction with an overhaul of its travel assessments, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added just one location to its “high” risk category on Monday. The tiny Caribbean island of Saba
Continue Reading The US Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it has expanded approval of the COVID-19 drug remdesivir to treat patients as young as 28 days and weighing about 7 pounds.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 125 new COVID-19 cases and 0 new deaths over the weekend.
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN When thinking of post-traumatic stress disorder, your mind may go to a movie about war. It’s a quiet day at base camp when suddenly the enemy launches an attack. The main character is scrambling to respond to incoming fire, making quick decisions about how to respond to danger that is largely
Continue Reading Now that most US cities and states have dropped masking requirements and other precautions against COVID-19, you may be wondering about your chances of getting infected or, worse, being hospitalized or dying if you happen to get sick.
Continue Reading Rapid antigen COVID-19 tests, better known as home tests, have become more common in households across the country as supplies have increased.
Continue Reading Many states are scaling back on how often they report key COVID-19 statistics, a shift that some experts worry might hinder efforts to mitigate outbreaks and negative effects of the coronavirus.
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy Beijing is racing to track a Covid-19 outbreak that may have been spreading in the capital for a week, city authorities said over the weekend, raising the prospect more stringent restrictions could soon be implemented in line with other Chinese cities. Chaoyang, one of the city’s largest districts, announced Sunday that it
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, CNN The Biden administration will renew its push with lawmakers to secure Covid-19 funding next week when Congress returns from recess, a White House official told CNN, following inaction from the Senate on a $10 billion funding package before the two-week Easter break. Also on top of the agenda: more aid for
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN The US mask mandate for planes and public transportation has been struck down, Venice is introducing an entry fee for tourists, and Chicago O’Hare International Airport is getting an $8.5 billion makeover. Here are the big stories in travel this week. Masks and mayhem Canceled flights. Understaffed airports. Soaring car rental
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A big milestone for Idaho Falls and the surrounding area Friday when it comes to the pandemic.
Continue Reading COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2021, following heart disease and cancer, for the second year in a row, according to provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 195 new COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths Friday.
Continue Reading It’s been more than a year since adults first got COVID-19 vaccines, but about 18 million children under 5 in the US are still waiting — and will probably have to wait until the summer, despite some predictions that shots would be available in the first part of 2022.
Continue Reading By Terry Ward, CNN Jessie Festa was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport waiting to take off for Pasco, Washington, when a flight attendant announced wearing masks during the flight was no longer required. “The reaction around me was jubilation,” Festa, a travel blogger who lives in New York City, wrote
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California workplace regulators have extended mandatory pay for workers affected by the coronavirus through the end of 2022.
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, Paula Reid and Evan Perez, CNN The Justice Department on Wednesday appealed a ruling by a federal judge that struck down the mask mandate for mass transportation, following a recommendation by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “It is CDC’s continuing assessment that at this time an order requiring masking
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The World Health Organization says that the number of reported new COVID-19 cases worldwide decreased by nearly a quarter last week.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 183 new COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths Wednesday.
Continue Reading Arguably the most successful version of the Omicron coronavirus variant to date has been BA.2 — but it hasn’t been resting on its laurels.
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During the height of the coronavirus pandemic, many Americans added dogs and cats to their households. ManyPets offers takeaways from a 2021 American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals survey on pet ownership in the pandemic.
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez, Kevin Liptak and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department said Tuesday it will appeal a court ruling that struck down the federal government’s mask mandate for travelers — but only if the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determines the mandate is still necessary to protect public health. “The Department of
Continue Reading The Biden administration’s mask requirements for airplanes and other mass transit are no longer in effect during a review of a ruling by a federal judge in Florida that struck down the order.
Continue Reading By Katia Hetter, CNN On Monday, a federal judge in Florida struck down the Biden administration’s mask mandate for airplanes, trains and other public transport. Within hours, several major airlines announced that they would no longer be enforcing mask requirements, and mask-wearing is optional. How can people continue to keep safe on planes now that
Continue Reading Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Air passengers in the US have been removing their Covid-19 face coverings after a federal judge ruled that the government’s mask mandate on commercial planes was unlawful. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had previously insisted mask rules remain in place until May 3, but the judge in Florida struck down
Continue Reading Face masks are now optional for Uber and Lyft riders and drivers in the United States, the ride-hailing companies said Tuesday, shortly after several major airlines announced a similar change in policy.
Continue Reading By Terry Ward, CNN Jessie Festa was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport waiting to take off for Pasco, Washington, when a flight attendant announced wearing masks during the flight was no longer required. “The reaction around me was jubilation,” Festa, a travel blogger who lives in New York City, wrote
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveiled its new system for travel risk assessments on Monday. Many European nations are now considered at “high” risk for Covid-19, along with other marquee destinations around the world. The new system places destinations into the following categories: • Level 3: High risk
Continue Reading federal judge in Florida struck down on Monday the Biden administration’s mask mandate for airplanes and other public transport methods.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 127 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death over the weekend.
Continue Reading Testing yourself for coronavirus infection can be more convenient than getting a clinic or lab test, but from a public health standpoint, experts say there’s at least one key downside.
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As the U.S. dealt with various changes in response to the COVID-19 virus, there were also significant changes in the cannabis landscape. Stacker collected information from official studies, news reports, and scientific research to understand how marijuana use changed during the pandemic.
Continue Reading As the number of COVID-19 cases grows in the United States, experts wonder if the country fully understands the current threat from the pandemic.
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN Shanghai reported three Covid-19 deaths Monday, the first officially announced fatalities from a raging Omicron outbreak that has infected hundreds of thousands of people despite a government-enforced city-wide lockdown. Three elderly people aged between 89 and 91 died from Covid on Sunday, after their condition deteriorated in hospital, the Shanghai Municipal
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 33 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths Friday.
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman, Deidre McPhillips and Tasnim Ahmed, CNN New York State health officials are alerting the public to two new viral subvariants — offshoots of Omicron’s BA.2 virus — that are spreading more quickly through the central part of that state. The new branches of BA.2’s family tree are BA.2.12 and BA.2.12.1. They are
Continue Reading This time last year, the brand new, stunningly effective COVID-19 vaccines were rolling out across the country, injecting a strong note of optimism into the United States’ once fumbling pandemic response.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 100 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths Thursday.
Continue Reading A third shot of the children’s dose of Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine raised Omicron-fighting antibodies by 36 times in kids 5 through 11 years of age, the companies said in a news release Thursday.
Continue Reading Idaho officials reported 43 new COVID-19 cases and 0 new deaths Wednesday.
Continue Reading The federal transportation mask mandate is being extended for another 15 days, meaning individuals traveling aboard airplanes, trains and on public transportation in the United States will be required to wear a mask until at least early May.
Continue Reading Coronavirus restrictions are disappearing by the week in much of the world, as more Western countries scale back their remaining restrictions and inch toward a policy of living with COVID-19.
Continue Reading As the United States navigates a third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, cases are rising modestly in the Northeast, Philadelphia has reinstituted an indoor mask mandate and some colleges are requiring masks during the final days of the spring semester.
Continue Reading A recent outbreak of COVID-19 cases among officials in Washington, with dozens testing positive after attending the Gridiron Club Dinner, has put the concept of COVID-19 superspreading back in the spotlight.
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