UK and France say no plans currently to follow Italy with Covid tests for China arrivals
People are seen waiting at the arrivals area of terminal 5 at Heathrow International airport. Carlos Barria | Reuters LONDON — The U.K. and France...
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U.S. will require airline passengers traveling from China to test negative for Covid
The Biden administration will require airline passengers traveling from China to test negative for Covid before entering the U.S. as concern grows that widespread transmission...
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Supreme Court extends Trump-era pandemic immigration rule to allow quicker deportations
Asylum seeking migrants from Central America sit next to a vehicle that was stopped by police after crossing the Rio Grande into Eagle Pass, Texas...
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Walgreens, CVS limit sales of children’s medications amid ‘tripledemic’
A sign is placed near the section for children’s medicine, Monday, Dec.19, 2022 at a Walgreens, in New York, United States. Fatih Aktas | Anadolu...
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Drug overdose deaths among teenagers surged during the pandemic driven by illicit fentanyl
Drug overdose deaths among adolescents surged during the Covid-19 pandemic, driven overwhelmingly by illicit fentanyl, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control...
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How this millennial CEO steered the world’s largest vaccine maker during the pandemic
Adar Poonawalla became the CEO of the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, Serum Institute of India, when he was 30 years old. | Bloomberg | Getty...
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Less than 50% of nursing home residents have received omicron booster ahead of expected winter Covid wave
Less than 50% of nursing home residents, one of the country’s most vulnerable populations to severe illness from Covid-19, have received an omicron booster ahead...
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Biden administration makes at-home Covid tests available for free again this winter
Take home COVID-19 self testing kits provided by the District of Columbia government, which provides city residents four free take home tests per day, are...
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Omicron BQ, XBB subvariants are a serious threat to boosters and knock out antibody treatments, study finds
Evusheld injection, a new COVID treatment that people can take before becoming symptomatic, in Chicago on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. Chris Sweda | Tribune News...
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Antibiotics prices surge in UK amid Strep A outbreak, leaving drugstores ‘footing the bill’
Drugstores are warning of major shortages of key antibiotics used to treat Strep A, as cases rise in the U.K. Marko Geber | Digitalvision |...
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Covid and flu hospitalizations increase as holidays approach, while RSV retreats in some states
Healthcare workers treat a Covid-19 patient on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) floor at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022....
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Children as young as 6 months old are now eligible for omicron Covid vaccines
Luca Moore, 11 months, receives a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while his mother Dr. Danielle Smith holds him at Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s...