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CDC director encourages kids to go outside on Halloween and ‘enjoy your trick-or-treating’
It's time to prepare your Halloween ensembles. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky encouraged Americans to get outside and relish the holiday.
Moderna COVID-19 shot for younger kids shows strong results
Moderna said that it plans to submit the data to the Food and Drug Administration, as well as the European Medicines Agency and other global regulators, in the near term.
Arizona’s pandemic outlook worries experts as mask and vaccine mandate battles rage
Arizona has caught up to New York when it comes to reported deaths per capita - even though the latter was ravaged by the coronavirus early in the pandemic before treatments or vaccines were developed.
Seven jobs that will never be the same after the pandemic
From restaurants to retail to warehouses, some types of work have fallen out of favor, worsening the labor shortage.
Coronavirus vaccines should begin soon for children ages 5-11, Fauci says
Children ages 5 to 11 may be eligible for COVID vaccines by early next month, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert.
Americans abroad search for a first vaccine dose as millions at home get their third one
US Army veteran Leighton Slattery, 83, who lives with his daughter outside of Jakarta, Indonesia, says the two have spent much of the year housebound as they implored officials to share coronavirus vaccines donated by the US government.
Ed Sheeran has COVID, will do performances from home
British pop star Ed Sheeran said Sunday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and will do interviews and performances from his house while he self-isolates.
US and Israel were early world leaders on vaccinations. Now they are trailing
The United States was one of the first countries to begin vaccinating its population, but only has fully vaccinated only 57 percent of its population. Israel, another country that began its vaccination efforts early, is at 63 percent. Many other countries are higher.