Educators may be more central drivers of Covid-19 in schools than students, CDC study finds
A study that found teachers — not students — were the probable source of several school-related Covid-19 outbreaks highlights the need to…
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Almost a third of people with ‘mild’ Covid-19 still battle symptoms months later, study finds
It’s been almost a year since Michael Reagan, 50, came down with Covid-19. “I woke up first thing in the morning and I felt really hot…
Continue Reading FDA advisers to consider EUA recommendation for single-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine this week
Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration will meet Friday to discuss whether to recommend Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19…
Continue Reading ‘We’ve done worse than most any other country,’ Fauci says as US marks grim Covid-19 death toll
The US has now surpassed the devastating milestone of half a million Covid-19 deaths. It’s a staggering figure that experts say did not have to…
Continue Reading Yes, pandemic paranoia is real, experts say
It was like I had asked her to fork over her Social Security number and firstborn child. “What do you need it for? What are you going to do…
Continue Reading Biden honors the half million US lives lost to coronavirus
President Joe Biden honored the 500,000 American lives lost to coronavirus on Monday, speaking of the collective grief of a nation and in personal…
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Vo Medical Center administers vaccines
About 700 people were given the vaccine this past weekend. All vaccines are given by appointment. These 200 vaccines are being given to people on a…
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Albertsons to offer coronavirus vaccines
Albertsons has announced it will offer coronavirus vaccines to the public beginning Tuesday…
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Home Grown: Ag technology used for wastewater COVID detection
The agriculture industry is already doing what it can by supplying the nation with healthy crops to eat during the pandemic, but they are now going…
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Foothills wastewater testing shows rise in COVID-19 cases
Yuma County issued a statement last Friday about a rise in COVID-19 cases in the Del Oro area of the Foothills. Officials were able to alert the…
Continue Reading The new slang teens use to insult boys who are ‘too nice’ to girls
Shannon was used to her socially awkward son being bullied by other boys at the private school he attends in Atlanta. But when she picked him up from…
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Cross country holds first IVL competition
Imperial County on Saturday had its first high school athletic competition since the pandemic at Sunbeam…
Continue Reading The US just suffered 500,000 Covid-19 deaths. Now Americans face a serious crossroads in the pandemic
A nightmare of this magnitude seemed unfathomable just a year ago. Half a million US lives have been lost to Covid-19. That’s more than the…
Continue Reading FDA issues updated guidance on adapting Covid-19 vaccines, tests and therapeutics for coronavirus variants
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued updated guidance for companies that plan to adapt their Covid-19 medical products — including…
Continue Reading As the US nears 500,000 Covid-19 deaths, Americans hold the key to steering the course of the pandemic
On the brink of a devastating milestone — 500,000 US Covid-19 deaths — the US is at a crossroads in the course of this pandemic. While…
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As 500,000th Covid death looms, US reaches pivotal moment
The United States will within hours record its unfathomable 500,000th death from Covid-19 paradoxically at a moment of rare hope in the pandemic. Yet…
Continue Reading UK study finds one dose of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine reduces risk of infection by 72%
New data shows that the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine “provides high levels of protection against infection and…
Continue Reading ‘Absolutely defeated’: Black nurses struggle with mental health support while battling Covid-19
Throughout Olivia Thompson’s 12-hour shift as a cardiac and Covid-19 nurse in Chandler, Arizona, she closely monitors the oxygen levels of…
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Travel restrictions with Canada and Mexico extended until March 21
CBP officials says they continue working with Mexico and Canada to keep essential trade and travel open while also protecting citizens from the…
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U.S. coronavirus death toll approaches milestone of 500,000
The figure compiled by Johns Hopkins University surpasses the number of people who died in 2019 of chronic lower respiratory diseases, stroke,…
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