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Thu. 9:46 a.m.: Sweden joins others in announcing end of virus restrictions

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden today joined other European nations in saying it will remove coronavirus restrictions. "It is time to open Sweden again," said Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, announcing the restrictions would be removed from Feb. 9. Among the measures and recommendations that ...

Thu. 8:55 a.m.: Olympic spotlight back on China for a COVID-tinged Games

BEIJING (AP) — Long before the global pandemic upended sports and the world in general, the 2022 Winter Olympics faced unsettling problems. It started with the fact that hardly anybody wanted to host them. Beijing ended up solving that problem, but only after four European cities ...

January breaks previous COVID-19 record by 200K

More COVID-19 cases were reported in Ohio in January than in all of February to September of last year combined. The 564,310 cases reported in January also shattered the previous record for most cases in a month during the COVID-19 pandemic, which started in March 2020. The previous record ...

Tue. 8:41 a.m.: AP source: US urges Pfizer to apply for under-5 COVID shots

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators are urging drugmaker Pfizer to apply for emergency authorization for a two-dose regimen of its COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years old while awaiting data on a three-dose course, aiming to clear the way for the shots as soon as late February, a ...

US gives full approval to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators today granted full approval to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, a shot that's already been given to tens of millions of Americans since its emergency authorization over a year ago. The action by the Food and Drug Administration means the agency has ...