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Website for Free COVID Tests From Government Launches Early at ‘Limited
Free at-home rapid COVID test kits were slated to be available for order through a government website starting Wednesday, but many users reported being able to place their orders late Tuesday morning.
A White House…
Latest on Omicron and Covid Testing: Coronavirus Live Updates
A line earlier this month to collect coronavirus antigen test kits at the Rideau Centre mall in Ottawa.Credit...Patrick Doyle/ReutersCanada approved on Monday the nation’s first antiviral pill to be used at home to fight Covid-19…
Scientists Identify Specific Gene Variant That Protects Against Severe COVID-19
Researchers have discovered a protective gene variant that seems to shield people from severe cases of COVID-19, and the finding could lead to new breakthroughs in fighting the coronavirus.
Since much earlier in the pandemic,…
COVID testing crunch strains essential workers : Shots
As demand for testing ramps up, community clinics and nonprofits struggle to keep up with the need. These…
The Latest News on Omicron, Hospitals and Covid-19: Live Updates
Mark Uriu and Beverly O’Mara in their renovated apartment in the former Wells Fargo building in Jersey City, N.J.Credit...Francis Dzikowski for The New York TimesWhen Beverly O’Mara and Mark Uriu converted their loft in Jersey City,…
Covid testing company with 300 pop-up sites across U.S. faces multiple probes
A company that operates more than 300 Covid-19 pop-up testing sites around the country is under investigation in multiple states and by a federal agency after drawing dozens of consumer complaints ranging from late test results to…
UK PM faces more COVID lockdown party revelations: Live | Coronavirus pandemic
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing yet more allegations of his office holding “boozy parties” while everyone else in the country was unable to mix because of strict rules on social distancing.
US President Joe Biden says his…
NY, NJ Hospitals Getting Federal Surge Teams to Handle Load – NBC New York
President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that fresh federal surge teams are being sent to hospitals in New York and New Jersey, part of an effort to shore up the country's medical system as COVID hospitalizations rise to…
US infections decline for first time since Christmas: COVID updates
America's tally of new cases ticked down slightly for the first time since Christmas, a USA TODAY analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows.The country reported 5.23 million cases in the week ending Tuesday, down from 5.28 million…
US coronavirus: Omicron variant will ‘find just about everybody,’ Fauci says,
"Omicron, with its extraordinary, unprecedented degree of efficiency of transmissibility, will ultimately find just about everybody," Dr. Anthony Fauci told J. Stephen Morrison, senior vice president of the Center for Strategic and…