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Omicron boosters are 84% effective at keeping seniors from being hospitalized with Covid, CDC says
The new COVID-19 booster which includes protection for Omicron at AltaMed Health Services in South Gate on Thursday, October 6,…
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China reports 2 new COVID deaths as some restrictions eased
HONG KONG — China on Sunday reported two additional deaths from COVID-19 as some cities move cautiously to ease anti-pandemic…
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Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport
BEIJING — Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and…
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Biden administration will end monkeypox public health emergency
People line up to get a monkeypox vaccination at a new walk-up monkeypox vaccination site at Barnsdall Art Park on…
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US plans end to mpox public health emergency in January
WASHINGTON — The federal government plans to end in January the public health emergency it declared earlier this year after…
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Top exec at pharmacy in deadly meningitis outbreak sentenced
BOSTON — A former co-owner of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy at the center of a nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak that…
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China eases some virus controls, searches pedestrians
BEIJING — More Chinese cities eased some anti-virus restrictions as police patrolled their streets to head off protests Thursday while…
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Chinese vaccine plans spark hope for end of ‘zero COVID’
BEIJING — A campaign to vaccinate the elderly has sparked hopes China might roll back severe anti-virus controls that prompted…
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China vows crackdown on ‘hostile forces’ as public tests Xi
BEIJING — China’s ruling Communist Party has vowed to “resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces,”…
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Drug overdose deaths among seniors have more than tripled in two decades
Deaths from drug and alcohol use are rising among America’s seniors. Drug overdose deaths more than tripled among people age…
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