Shoppers rush for the exits as Shanghai Ikea goes into lockdown
By Kathleen Magramo and CNN’s Beijing bureau Panicked shoppers rushed for the exits at an Ikea branch in Shanghai on Saturday after city health…
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CDC ends recommendations for social distancing and quarantine for Covid-19 control, no longer recommends test-to-stay in schools
By Brenda Goodman and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the nation should move away from restrictive…
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Reported COVID-19 cases plateau in Deschutes County, similar to trend seen across U.S.
Some experts say the country has hit a COVID-19 plateau, and the trends in Deschutes County’s reported cases support that…
Continue Reading The US is on a Covid plateau, and no one’s sure what will happen next
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The United States seems to have hit a Covid-19 plateau, with more than 40,000 people hospitalized and more than 400 deaths…
Continue Reading Covid lockdown strands 80,000 tourists in ‘China’s Hawaii’
By Simone McCarthy and CNN’s Beijing bureau Around 80,000 tourists are stranded in the popular resort city of Sanya on China’s tropical…
Continue Reading President Joe Biden officially cleared to emerge from isolation following rebound Covid-19 case
By Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden was officially cleared to emerge from isolation Sunday after a second negative Covid-19 test, his physician…
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Oregon Health Authority releases July COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough report
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon Health Authority’s most recent update on COVID-19 breakthrough cases, released Thursday, reported 40,013 cases of…
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Seattle ends COVID hazard pay for grocery store workers
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle City Council has voted to end COVID-19 hazard pay for grocery store workers. The Seattle Times reports the council voted…
Continue Reading President Joe Biden tests positive for Covid-19 again
By Kevin Liptak and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 again Saturday morning, per a letter from presidential…
Continue Reading Updated Covid-19 booster shots could be available in September
By Naomi Thomas, CNN Moderna and Pfizer booster shots updated to target Omicron coronavirus subvariants could be available in early fall, pending…
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OHA’s biweekly COVID-19 report finds fewer deaths, hospitalizations, rise in cases
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The COVID-19 Biweekly Data Report, released Wednesday by the Oregon Health Authority, shows an increase in COVID-19-related…
Continue Reading New studies agree that animals sold at Wuhan market are most likely what started Covid-19 pandemic
CNN By Jen Christensen, CNN In June, the World Health Organization recommended that scientists continue to research all possible origins of the…
Continue Reading Biden ‘feeling great’ and back to work in person after testing negative for Covid-19
By Kevin Liptak, Betsy Klein and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden said Wednesday he’s “feeling great” and is back to working…
Continue Reading Millions of US children remain unvaccinated as BA.5 spreads and new school year looms
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Millions of school-age children in the United States are still unvaccinated against Covid-19 as many prepare for a return…
Continue Reading China’s Wuhan shuts down district of 1 million people over 4 asymptomatic Covid cases
By Nectar Gan, CNN The Chinese metropolis of Wuhan has shut down a district of almost a million people after detecting four asymptomatic Covid cases,…
Continue Reading Biden’s Covid-19 symptoms ‘almost completely resolved,’ doctor says
CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 symptoms have “almost completely resolved,” his physician said in an update…
Continue Reading Biden tests positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms
By Maegan Vazquez, Betsy Klein and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden said Thursday that he’s tested positive for Covid-19 but will…
Continue Reading BA.5 is causing more Covid-19 reinfections, data suggests, but they don’t appear to be more frequent
By Brenda Goodman, CNN It’s not your imagination: As the rapidly spreading BA.5 coronavirus subvariant causes a surge in infections across the…
Continue Reading Should you get your booster now or wait until the fall? An expert weighs in
By Deblina Chakraborty, CNN Covid-19 cases are increasing across the United States once again, driven by the most contagious strain of the…
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Oregon Health Authority gives update on COVID-19, Novavax vaccine, monkeypox virus
The fight against COVID-19 continues as new variants appear and hospitals still struggle with staffing shortages. The Oregon Health Authority held a…
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