Tag: COVID-19

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers moved to the brink Thursday of shaking hands on a bipartisan compromise to provide a fresh $10 billion to combat COVID-19, a deal that could set up final congressional approval next…

Earlier this month, Congress cut the purse strings to funding Covid-19 relief and response. The decision means money that provides free Covid tests, treatments and vaccines will quickly dry up. Already, states are shutting down…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass billions of dollars in additional funding to fight the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, as he received a second booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine…

BOSTON (AP) — After her home flooded five times in the past year, Tilicia Owens was on edge with every impending storm and ready to leave her Detroit neighborhood behind. But then the 40-year-old quality…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor exempted athletes and performers — including Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving — from the city’s vaccine mandate Thursday, while keeping in place the rule for countless other…

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine works in babies, toddlers and preschoolers, the company announced Wednesday —and if regulators agree it could mean a chance to finally start vaccinating the littlest kids by summer. Moderna said in the…

A mobile testing site for COVID-19 infections will be available in Humboldt through the rest of this week and perhaps for the next two weeks. The testing trailer is set up near the downtown park…

With coronavirus cases rising in parts of Europe and Asia, scientists worry that an extra-contagious version of the omicron variant may soon push cases up in the United States too. Experts are also keeping their…

The past two years have been “a bit of a whirlwind” for Moran native Molly McEwan. She experienced the COVID-19 pandemic earlier than her friends and family in Allen County, as she was living and…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday is set to sign a bill providing $13.6 billion in additional military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine as part of a $1.5 trillion government spending measure that…