March 9, 2022 Hong Kong delays mass COVID-19 testing plan as deaths rise Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Wednesday that reducing the skyrocketing number of deaths in the latest coronavirus surge is the city’s priority, putting a plan to test the entire population on hold in the latest flip-flop in the government’s pandemic response.
March 8, 2022 Florida recommendation against vaccinating healthy children draws scathing media response Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo's announcement that the state would recommend healthy children not get the coronavirus vaccine generated a scathing response in the media.
March 8, 2022 Chicago teachers vow to fight order to drop mask mandates, Puerto Rico lifts restrictions With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continuing to fall significantly across the U.S., local, state and territory governments and schools have begun to remove mask mandates.Â
March 8, 2022 CDC director expects COVID-19 to become a 'seasonal virus' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said she anticipates COVID-19 will become a seasonal virus.Â
March 8, 2022 COVID-19 can cause memory loss, brain shrinkage: study COVID-19 can cause the brain to shrink, reduce grey matter in the regions that control emotion and memory, and damage areas that control the sense of smell, an Oxford University study has found.
March 7, 2022 Pentagon asks Supreme Court to block injunction allowing deployment of unvaccinated Navy SEALs The Pentagon asked the Supreme Court on Monday to partially block a lower court injunction on unvaccinated Navy SEALs, who had sued President Biden because they were seeking a religious exemption.
March 7, 2022 House Republicans call for end to vaccine mandates for foreign truckers, agricultural workers at the border 36 House Republicans are calling on the Biden administration to end vaccine mandates for truckers and H-2A agricultural workers.
March 7, 2022 NYC parents plan to sue the mayor over mask mandates for young kids A group of New York City parents plan to sue Mayor Eric Adams over his continuing mask mandates for children four and under in schools.
March 4, 2022 More COVID-19 regulations fall as CDC data shows more than 90% of US can go without masks As cases continue to fall around the U.S., more local and state governments have moved to roll back mask and vaccine regulations.Â
March 4, 2022 COVID-19 spread during Russia-Ukraine war worries WHO officials The World Health Organization (WHO) warned this week that the conflict in Ukraine could lead to increased COVID-19 transmission.Â