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Here's how to request free COVID tests starting next week

Coronavirus

Here's how to request free COVID tests starting next week

Business

Business won't be fined for vaccine-or-test mandate after Supreme Court ruling

Fines from OSHA could have ranged from more than $10,000 per violation to more than $100,000 per violation.
Vaccine

Pfizer CEO says omicron COVID vaccine will be ready by March

U.S. officials have held off on saying whether they believe a new omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine will be necessary, instead urging all to get boosters.
Coronavirus

Rising hospitalizations in kids too young for COVID shots worries experts

Experts have emphasized that one of the best ways to protect the youngest children is to vaccinate everyone else.
Vaccine

Appeals court keeps vaccine mandate ban in place for Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee

The mandate requiring employees of federal contractors to get vaccinated against COVID-19 had been set to take effect this week.
Vaccine

CDC recommends Pfizer COVID boosters for younger teens

The CDC has endorsed an extra Pfizer shot for younger teens — those 12 to 15 — and strengthened its recommendation that 16- and 17-year-olds get it, too.
Coronavirus

Hospital officials encourage vaccine booster, N95 mask during omicron surge

Huntsville Hospital CEO Jeff Samz said positivity rates at the hospital are at an all-time high, about 31 percent.
Nation World

CDC urges 'up to date' COVID shots; no change to 'fully vaccinated' definition

The decision to keep the initial definition of 'fully vaccinated' means that federal vaccination mandates for travel or employment won’t require a booster dose.
Coronavirus

The key numbers public health experts are watching amid omicron surge

The number of new cases recorded Monday topped 1 million, a figure that may reflect cases that had been held up by reporting delays over the holiday weekends.
Vaccine

CDC approves Pfizer extra dose measures to increase access

The CDC also recommended kids ages 5 to 11 with moderately or severely weakened immune systems receive an additional dose 28 days after their second Pfizer shot.
Vaccine

Starbucks announces new COVID vaccine policy

Starbucks is enacting a vaccine-or-test policy for workers in response to a federal mandate. Those who opt for the test must pay for it themselves.
Vaccine

FDA expands Pfizer boosters for more teens as omicron surges

The FDA also said Monday that everyone eligible for a COVID-19 booster shot can get one as early as five months after their last dose rather than six months.

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Here's how to request free COVID tests starting next week

Business won't be fined for vaccine-or-test mandate after Supreme Court ruling

Pfizer CEO says omicron COVID vaccine will be ready by March

Rising hospitalizations in kids too young for COVID shots worries experts

Appeals court keeps vaccine mandate ban in place for Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee

CDC recommends Pfizer COVID boosters for younger teens

Hospital officials encourage vaccine booster, N95 mask during omicron surge

CDC urges 'up to date' COVID shots; no change to 'fully vaccinated' definition

The key numbers public health experts are watching amid omicron surge

CDC approves Pfizer extra dose measures to increase access

Starbucks announces new COVID vaccine policy

FDA expands Pfizer boosters for more teens as omicron surges

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