COVID-19

Pennsylvania's acting Secretary of Health Keara Klinepeter walks from a news conference at Grandview Health in Sellersville, Pa., on Jan. 24.

900,000 Americans have died of COVID in 2 years of the global pandemic

9:26pm February 04, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The U.S. death rate from COVID-19 continues to increase daily, as the rolling seven-day average for daily COVID-19 deaths has been above 2,000 since Jan. 23.

Demonstrators rally against provincial and federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates and in support of Ottawa protestors on Friday outside the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg.

Ontario premier calls on COVID restriction protesters to end their 'occupation'

8:42pm February 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

Crowdfunding site GoFundMe said it would refund or redirect to charities the vast majority of millions raised by demonstrators protesting COVID-19 measures in the Canadian capital.

Antibody tests are becoming more available at drugstores, but what do the results really tell you? Above: A Paris pharmacist deposits a blood sample for a COVID-19 antibody test.

Coronavirus FAQ: My drugstore now offers antibody tests. Is it worth getting one?

4:35pm February 04, 2022

by Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

Antibody tests may be coming soon to a pharmacy near you. Here's what the tests reveal — and don't reveal — about you and COVID-19.

This photo shows the Australian Navy's HMAS Adelaide docked at Vuna Wharf in Tonga's capital Nukualofa on Jan. 26 to deliver aid following the Jan. 15 eruption of the nearby Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai underwater volcano. Tonga's deputy chief of mission in A

World News

Tonga enters lockdown after first community transmitted COVID-19 cases detected

6:27am February 02, 2022

by Peter Granitz

Two wharf workers tested positive Tuesday. The Ministry of Health has been testing workers there amid international aid shipments after last month's volcanic eruption.

Shown above are rapid at-home COVID-19 test kits ready to be distributed by the GreenRoots environmental protection organization and Chelsea Community Connections in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

A shot and a swab: New Hampshire to sell at-home COVID tests in liquor outlets

10:38pm January 28, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

New Hampshire Gov. Christopher Sununu says he expects the at-home tests to be available at statewide liquor stores within the next two weeks.

A student washes her hands before entering a classroom at a school in Blantyre, Malawi, in March 2021. Top scientists say that many African countries, including Malawi, appear to have already arrived at a substantially less threatening stage of the corona

Health & Safety

Africa may have reached the pandemic's holy grail

6:23pm January 28, 2022

by Nurith Aizenman

New findings from Malawi suggest the country has entered something akin to the endemic stage of the pandemic — along with many other African nations.

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A worker hands a nasal swab to a motorist at a drive-up COVID-19 testing site in Denver on Jan. 13.

Denver children's museum closes temporarily after anger at its mask policy

1:14pm January 27, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

The Children's Museum of Denver said that "regrettably, some guests who object to the Museum's mask policy have been inappropriately directing their anger toward our staff."