Coronavirus Archives

Booster shot rates at an all-time low

February 15, 2022 2:47 PM Marcos Icahuate, Mercedes Martinez

Not as many patients are getting their booster shots while mask mandates are being lifted throughout the nation and some health experts are…

Coachella Music Festival will not require vaccines or masks

February 16, 2022 6:41 AM April Hettinger

After two years, Coachella is back, and organizers say there will be no mask or vaccine…

Companies revert to more normal operations as COVID wanes

February 15, 2022 3:27 PM The Associated Press

For the first time in two years for many people, the American workplace is transforming into something that resembles pre-pandemic…

Scientists questioning reports of taste loss in COVID-19

February 15, 2022 3:03 PM Marcos Icahuate, NBC News

Loss of taste is one symptom of COVID-19 but some scientists question if its reports were…

Getting vaccinated against Covid-19 during pregnancy can help protect baby too, new CDC study suggests

February 15, 2022 11:22 AM CNN

Getting vaccinated against Covid-19 during pregnancy could offer some protection to babies after they’re born,…

Be sure to lock up and prevent theft

February 14, 2022 9:22 PM Vanessa Gongora

The El Centro Police Department wants to keep you safe by suggesting a 9 PM routine to make sure everything is locked and put away securely to…

More than half of all travel destinations are ‘very high’ risk, says CDC

February 14, 2022 4:47 PM CNN

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designated a half dozen new places “very high” risk for travel on Monday, including South Korea and…

California to keep mask mandate in schools as indoor mandate ends

February 14, 2022 4:35 PM CNN

Just one day before California is set to relax a statewide mask mandate for vaccinated people in indoor public spaces, the state’s top health…

Amazon rolls back mask mandate for some vaccinated warehouse workers

February 11, 2022 10:06 AM The Associated Press

Amazon will no longer require its fully vaccinated warehouse employees to wear face masks at work in states that have eased up on mask mandates, the…

Plans in place to roll out millions of Covid vaccines for kids under 5

February 11, 2022 8:15 AM CNN, Cole Johnson

The U.S. is ready to roll out millions of Covid-19 vaccines for children under five-years-old if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration grants…

Here’s why mask mandates are falling across the US

February 10, 2022 1:57 PM The Associated Press

As the omicron wave of the coronavirus subsides, several U.S. states and cities have lifted mask mandates for schools and indoor…

Prince Charles tests positive for Covid for second time

February 10, 2022 6:32 AM CNN

Prince Charles is in isolation having tested positive for Covid-19, Clarence House has…

Federal appeals court denies Biden’s vaccine mandate

February 10, 2022 6:57 AM April Hettinger

A federal appeals court will not reinstate President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal employees as it reviews a lower court’s order putting it…