U.S. officials released an intelligence report Friday that rejected several points raised by those who argue COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab, instead reiterating that American spy agencies remain divided over how the pandemic began.
By The Associated Press and DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press
The platform is no longer labeling state-controlled media and propaganda agencies, and will no longer prohibit their content from being automatically promoted or recommended to users.
If the Food and Drug Administration agrees, they would start getting a kid-sized dose of the new omicron-targeted formula when it was time for their booster.
A senior administration official said the mandate expires Sunday at 12:01 a.m. ET, saying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined that it’s no longer necessary.
The Tuscola County Health Department is recommending residents wear a mask when in public settings as the county’s COVID-19 positivity rate is increasing.
New findings from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention estimate three out of every four United States children were infected with the Coronavirus.
Findings from two recent studies reveal omicron survived about three times as long on surfaces like plastic and skin compared to the original COVID-19 variant.
The study is consistent with data from a trial used by the Food and Drug Administration to issue emergency-use authorization for the vaccine in late February 2021.
As COVID-19 cases continue to decline across the state, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is updating its isolation and quarantine guidelines.
By GILLIAN FLACCUS, CHRISTOPHER WEBER and TERRY TANG
Two years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, changing the world overnight, relief and hope are creeping back in after a long, dark period of loss, fear and deep uncertainty about the future.
In a statement, WHO said its expert group concluded that immunization with authorized COVID-19 vaccines provide high levels of protection against severe disease and death amid the global circulation of the hugely contagious omicron variant.
Officials in many large cities, such as Boston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., have said they'll keep mask rules for now, either until vaccination rates improve among their students, or they can work out agreements with teachers unions, which have been among those most vocal about keeping the mandates in place.
The first-of-its-kind Michigan Coronavirus Racial Disparities Taskforce released recommendations for collaborative policy, programming and systemic change to protect communities of color from the spread of COVID-19 and create change.
Flint Community Schools announced Monday that it will keep its mask mandate despite new, relaxed guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
While COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to decline in Genesee County and throughout Michigan, the Genesee County Health Department is updating its mask guidance.
While COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are declining in the state, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is updating its mask guidance for public settings.
