Category : Health

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The world-famous Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro will be held in late April rather than the final weekend of February, as the number of coronavirus cases in Brazil spikes and the omicron variant spreads across the country. “The decision was made respecting for the current situation of the COVID-19 […]Read More

A federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked the Biden administration from enforcing its vaccine mandate for federal employees on Friday, calling the requirement “a bridge too far” in light of recent actions by the Supreme Court. The ruling marks another judicial setback for the White House, which saw a separate vaccine-or-test rule halted by the […]Read More

American surf champ Kelly Slater has been warned he can’t compete in Australia without a COVID jab after he slammed the “virtuous vaccinated” in a post on social media. Australian Federal Sports Minister Richard Colbeck quickly pointed out that there’s “no chance” Slater, 49, can come into the country to compete in two World Surf […]Read More

COVID-19 cases are soaring through California’s prisons, where a significant number of staff members are refusing to get vaccinated. Justin Sullivan via Getty Images As the omicron variant spreads across the country, COVID-19 cases are again soaring throughout the California’s crowded prisons. The week of Dec. 12, the state prison system had 52 new confirmed […]Read More

The Biden administration’s decision to send COVID tests to each American household has been a long time coming, but the program is testing the patience of many Twitter users. The White House plans to initially send out only four rapid tests to each household, but is requiring private insurers to cover the cost of up […]Read More

In news sure to cheer the exhausted parents of toddlers everywhere, the Food and Drug Administration could approve a COVID-19 vaccine for kids under the age of 5 as soon as next month. White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday the FDA is awaiting data from a trial determining the adequate dosage […]Read More

Cynthia Nixon and David Eigenberg are seen filming “And Just Like That…,” the follow-up series to “Sex and the City.” Eigenberg’s character, Steve, wears hearing aids in the revival series. MediaPunch/Bauer-Griffin via Getty Images “Sex and the City” was one of my favorite shows when it first came out, so I eagerly awaited its revival […]Read More

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is the first state in the nation to ask National Guard troops to serve as substitute teachers as preschools and K-12 public schools struggle to keep classrooms open amid surging COVID-19 infections. Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Wednesday the unprecedented effort to reopen classrooms in the capital […]Read More

CHICAGO (AP) — The state’s top officials in the battle against COVID-19 on Wednesday reported that the vicious surge in the disease fueled by the omicron variant is slowing statewide and in Chicago, the nation’s third-largest city. But even as record numbers of hospitalizations decline, authorities said health care resources are still stretched to the […]Read More

LONDON (AP) — Face masks will no longer be mandatory in public places and schools in England and COVID-19 passports will be dropped for large events as infections level off in large parts of the country, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday. Johnson told lawmakers that the restrictions were being eased because government scientists […]Read More