[ad_1] The director of the World Health Organization’s Europe office said Thursday that coronavirus deaths are starting to plateau and the continent faces a “plausible endgame” to the pandemic. Dr. Hans Kluge said there is a “singular opportunity” for countries across Europe to take control of COVID-19 transmission as a result of three factors: high […]
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[ad_1] Thursday, February 3, 2022 In late January, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he and the legislature had reached an agreement on a framework to revive COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (SPSL), which expired in September 2021. However, there was no bill and only speculation on what coverage would look like. On February 2, 2022, Assembly Bill 84, […]
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[ad_1] How worried should we about this “stealth” Omicron? Are vaccinated people still protected? What about those who recently had Covid-19—could they be reinfected? And can tests pick up this subvariant? For answers to these and other questions, I spoke with CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen. Wen is an emergency physician and professor of […]
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[ad_1] NBC10 is one of dozens of news organizations producing BROKE in Philly, a collaborative reporting project on solutions to poverty and the city’s push toward economic justice. Follow us at @BrokeInPhilly. The School District of Philadelphia is updating its mask guidance to provide for more protection against the coronavirus. The change, the district said, is in […]
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[ad_1] COVID-19 vaccines are saving an untold number of lives, but they can’t stop the chaos when a hugely contagious new mutant bursts on the scene, leading people to wonder: Will we need boosters every few months? A new vaccine recipe? A new type of shot altogether? That’s far from settled, but with the shots […]
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[ad_1] Monovalent development welcome if it is the fastest option-EMA EMA continues to prefer research into several vaccine upgrades Approval of Valneva, Sanofi vaccines before easter not certain Feb 3 (Reuters) – The European Union’s drug regulator said on Thursday it would support a filing for approval of an upgraded COVID-19 vaccine targeting only the […]
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[ad_1] GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb 3, 2022– Food solutions company SpartanNash (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: SPTN) today announced that starting Monday, Feb. 7, guests will be able to pick up three complimentary N95 masks at pharmacies inside SpartanNash’s corporate-owned grocery stores. In addition, the Company is distributing nearly 400,000 masks to support non-profit partners in high-transmission […]
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[ad_1] Posted: Feb 3, 2022 / 09:05 AM EST / Updated: Feb 3, 2022 / 09:05 AM EST WASHINGTON, D.C. (WSPA) – Congressman Jeff Duncan issued the following statement on co-sponsoring the SAVE Act, which would prohibit discrimination based on COVID-19 vaccination status against individuals seeking to donate or receive an organ. “Many employees were […]
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[ad_1] The numbers: New requests for U.S. unemployment benefits fell for the second week in a row to 238,000, as the record omicron wave receded and more people were able to go back to work. Initial jobless claims declined by 23,000 from a revised 261,000 in the prior week, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists […]
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[ad_1] The high school spirit games are on next week at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena and the crowds are expected to be large, boisterous and fun. But to get into the boys and girls basketball games, fans will need to be ready to show proof of being fully vaccinated or produce an acceptable 72-hour negative […]
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