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News Articles: COVID-19

Kemp at State Capitol while signing bill on mask mandates

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  • Politics

Is banning school mask mandates and vaccine ‘passports’ premature, or justified?

 

Georgia took two big steps toward ending pandemic restrictions Tuesday as Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill allowing a parental veto for school mask mandates and the state House passed a bill banning so-called vaccine passports for public facilities, including colleges and universities.

March 30, 2022
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By:
  • Ross Williams and
  • Stanley Dunlap
James Perkinson of Greenbriar, Tenn., underwent ECMO for nearly two months while he was sedated. He says without the "miracle" therapy, he "wouldn't be here right now."

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  • Medical Treatments

Even with risky survival rate, shortages of ECMO machines cost lives, study finds

For COVID patients, ECMO is a last-ditch respiratory treatment in which only about half survive. Yet a new small study suggests many lives would still have been saved if there had been more machines.

March 29, 2022
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By:
  • Blake Farmer
White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre arrives for a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on May 26, 2021.

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  • Politics

White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre tests positive for COVID-19

Jean-Pierre said she saw President Biden at a meeting Saturday, but they were socially distanced, and he would not be considered a close contact by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.

March 28, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
The CEOs of the major U.S. airlines have called on President Biden to end the federal mask mandate for public transportation. Here, a traveler works on a laptop computer at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on Dec. 3.

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  • National

U.S. airline CEOs call on President Biden to end the federal mask mandate on planes

The CEOs argue that the increase in vaccinations and the lifting of restrictions in other countries should make the Biden administration reconsider the policy for travelers.

March 24, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving, number 11, is shown playing March 15, 2022, in Orlando, Fla.

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  • Sports

New York City to end vaccine mandates for performers and athletes

Mayor Eric Adams previously said it was unfair that a loophole in the vaccine rule allowed unvaccinated, visiting players and performers who don't work in New York to still play or perform.

March 24, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Steve Wilhite, inventor of the GIF file format, poses in 2013 at the Webby Awards in New York City. That year, the Webby Awards honored Wilhite with a lifetime achievement award. He played a GIF as his acceptance speech, which iterated the pronunciation as "jif," not "gif."

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  • Technology

Beloved creator of the GIF dies following complications from COVID, wife confirms

Steve Wilhite, the creator of the GIF, died at age 74 due to complications from COVID-19.

March 23, 2022
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By:
  • Halisia Hubbard
A Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is prepared during a pop-up vaccine clinic at Cristo Rey Church in East Austin on July 24, 2021.

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  • Health

Moderna wants the FDA to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 6

No deaths were reported in tests, and there were no signs of myocarditis, or heart inflammation, as a side effect.

March 23, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, shown here at the 2022 New York State Democratic Convention in February, says she has tested positive for COVID-19.

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  • Politics

Hillary Clinton says she's tested positive for COVID-19

The former secretary of state said Tuesday that she is experiencing "some mild cold symptoms but am feeling fine."

March 22, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House on March 17, 2022, in Washington. Psaki announced she recently tested positive for COVID-19.

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  • Politics

White House press secretary Jen Psaki tests positive (again) for COVID-19

In a statement posted to Twitter, Psaki says she had two "socially-distanced meetings" with President Biden on Monday and said he was not considered a close contact. His most recent test was negative.

March 22, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
A Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is prepared during a pop-up vaccine clinic at Cristo Rey Church in East Austin last summer.

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  • Health

Moderna seeks approval for a 2nd COVID-19 booster shot for adults

If approved, this would be the second booster shot Moderna has issued for people ages 18 and up.

March 18, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
This photo taken on Feb. 20 shows a foreign worker in Hong Kong sheltering with her belongings during the city's current coronavirus surge.

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  • Global Health

Seen as heroes at home, Filipino workers feel 'abandoned' amid Hong Kong's COVID surge

Many of the domestic workers say they were banished from their employers' homes after getting sick — and fired — even though terminating an employee for falling ill is against Hong Kong law.

March 18, 2022
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By:
  • Julie McCarthy
The Tupua Tamasese Meaule Hospital is pictured in Apia, Samoa, on July 10, 2015. Samoa will go into lockdown beginning Saturday as it faces its first outbreak of the coronavirus after a woman who was about to leave the country tested positive.

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  • World

Samoa locks down after recording its first community COVID-19 case

A 29-year-old woman tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday during routine testing before boarding an international flight.

March 18, 2022
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By:
  • Ashley Westerman
Passengers arrive at Auckland's International Airport, in Auckland, New Zealand, on Wednesday.

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  • World

New Zealand will open its borders to some tourists much earlier than expected

The move is meant to speed up the recovery of the island nation's pandemic-battered economy, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Wednesday.

March 16, 2022
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By:
  • Ashley Westerman
A staff member poses with a vial of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination health center.

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  • Health

Pfizer-BioNTech will seek authorization for second COVID booster for older adults

Pfizer and BioNTech are planning to ask the Food and Drug Administration to authorize a second COVID-19 booster shot for people age 65 and older.

March 15, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Hensley
Residents queue to undergo tests for the coronavirus in China's northeastern Jilin province on Saturday.

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  • Asia

A surge in COVID-19 spurs new lockdowns in China's cities

In the latest wave, the highly transmissible omicron variant has moved more quickly than contact tracing allows.

March 15, 2022
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  • Emily Feng and
  • Aowen Cao
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