WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer on Tuesday asked the U.S. to authorize extra-low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5, potentially opening the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving shots as early as March. In an extraordinary move, the Food and Drug Administration ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Ohio Department of Health issued a memorandum late last week signifying a change in COVID-19 management tactics – and that decision prompted the Belmont County Health Department to do the same. In light of the enormous surge in reported outbreaks, local health ...

The Biden administration has officially withdrawn a rule that would have required workers at big companies to get vaccinated or face regular COVID testing requirements. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration confirmed the withdrawal Tuesday. But the agency said it still strongly ...

The fast-moving omicron variant may cause less severe disease on average, but COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are climbing and modelers forecast 50,000 to 300,000 more Americans could die by the time the wave subsides in mid-March. The seven-day rolling average for daily new COVID-19 deaths in ...

Teachers around the U.S. are confronting classrooms where as many as half of students are absent because they have been exposed to COVID-19 or their families kept them at home out of concern about the surging coronavirus. The widespread absences have only added to the difficulty of keeping ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Belmont County Auditor Cindi Henry closed her office to the public and limited visitors after several staff members came down with COVID-19 at the same time. “The budgetary office had an employee that tested positive last week, and since then there’s been a total of ...