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Thu. 9:21 a.m.: US making COVID antiviral drug more available at test sites

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House this morning announced more steps to make the antiviral treatment Paxlovid more accessible across the U.S. as it projects COVID-19 infections will continue to spread over the summer travel season. The nation's first federally backed test-to-treat site is ...

Tue. 8:20 a.m.: China’s bet on homegrown mRNA vaccines holds back nation

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is trying to navigate its biggest coronavirus outbreak without a tool it could have adopted many months ago, the kind of vaccines that have proven to offer the best protection against the worst outcomes from COVID-19. As early as the spring of 2020 a Chinese ...

Mon. 8:54 a.m.: Pfizer says 3 COVID shots protect children under 5

Three doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced this morning. Pfizer plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week in a step toward letting the littlest kids get the shots. The news comes after months of anxious ...

COVID-19 cases see fast rise

COVID-19 cases in Ohio are continuing a rapid rise to numbers that haven’t been seen in more than three months. This was the seventh straight week with an increase in COVID-19 cases per 100,000 Ohioans. During those seven weeks, COVID-19 cases per 100,000 Ohioans has increased by 723 percent. Ohio had a 31 percent increase in COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents this week compared with last week. The seven weeks of increases came after 10 consecutive weeks of declines. Before that, 11 straight weeks of increases were recorded. There were 269 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 ...