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Coronavirus

President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies May 11

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared. The move to end the national emergency ...

China virus protests hit Hong Kong after mainland rallies

HONG KONG (AP) — Students in Hong Kong chanted "oppose dictatorship" in a protest of China's COVID-19 rules Monday after demonstrators on the mainland issued an unprecedented call for President Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in ...

Scars of COVID persist for sickest survivors, families

Freddy Fernandez almost wasn’t here, on his couch in his Missouri home, his baby on his lap, gnawing on the pulse oximeter that he uses to check his oxygen levels after a months-long bout with COVID-19. The 41-year-old father of six spent five months hospitalized a four-hour drive away ...

FDA advisers consider Moderna’s COVID shots for older kids

NEW YORK (AP) — A government advisory panel met Tuesday to decide whether to recommend a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children and teens. The Food and Drug Administration’s outside experts will vote on whether Moderna’s vaccine is safe and effective enough to give ...

U.S.: Pfizer COVID-19 shot appears effective for kids under 5

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials said Sunday that kid-sized doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines appear to be safe and effective for kids under 5, a key step toward a long-awaited decision to begin vaccinating the youngest American children. The Food and Drug Administration ...

COVID-19 still evolving

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — COVID-19 has not vanished and, in fact, continues to produce new variants that can be a cause for concern. People from all walks of life continue to contract the virus, and the Belmont County Jail recently had to quarantine a dorm following positive tests. “Nothing ...