Pfizer asked the U.S. government this morning to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 — and if regulators agree, shots could begin within a matter of weeks. Many parents and pediatricians are clamoring for protection for children younger than 12, today's age cutoff ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is trying to prevent evictions from public housing for nonpayment of rent, seeking to shore up protections following the end of the nationwide eviction moratorium. Under a new rule from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, tenants in ...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's daily coronavirus death toll surpassed 900 today for the first time in the pandemic, a record that comes amid the country's low vaccination rate and the government's reluctance to impose tough restrictions to control new cases. Russia's state coronavirus task force ...
Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, director of the Ohio Department of Health, urged Ohoians to get vaccinated while also saying Monday it appears COVID-19 cases are slowly beginning to decline across the state and across the nation. “I know it has been a very long journey. We’re all tired of dealing with COVID-19, but I’d ask everyone to hang in there,” Vanderhoff said during a news conference. “Although our cases of COVID-19 remain extremely high, it is clear that our collective efforts really are paying off.” Vanderhoff said he found “a little ray of sunshine” in that daily case ...
The state will double its Vax-2-School scholarship drawings — offering $2 million in awards instead of $1 million — but doesn’t have a start date for the program. Those between the ages of 12 and 25 can start signing up for the drawings starting Monday online through ...
With 193,072 cases reported in September, the month ranks fourth for total COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020. Only November, December and January rank higher — the latter just edging September by a 2,340-case margin. Cases reported Thursday add 6,530 to the ...
