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Covid tests for China travellers to England ending

Covid tests for China travellers to England ending

While the decision only affected English airports, the government said that despite their being no direct flights from China to Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, that it was working with the devolved administrations to ensure the policy was applied UK-wide. Source link

US pregnancy deaths dropped in 2022, after COVID spike

US pregnancy deaths dropped in 2022, after COVID spike

NEW YORK (AP) — Deaths of pregnant women in the U.S. fell in 2022, dropping significantly from a six-decade high during the pandemic, new data suggests. More than 1,200 U.S. women died in 2021 during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth, according to a final tally released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. […]

Multiple COVID variants found in New York rats: study

Multiple COVID variants found in New York rats: study

Three different coronavirus variants were discovered in New York City’s rat population, according to a new study.  A release from EurekAlert on Thursday states that rats were found to be infected with the alpha, delta and omicron COVID-19 variants.  Henry Wan, the principal investigator for the study and the director of the Center for Influenza […]

COVID and health policy press aide to leave White House

COVID and health policy press aide to leave White House

Assistant White House press secretary Kevin Munoz, who worked on messaging on the coronavirus pandemic and other health policy issues, is set to leave his post. Munoz will leave later this month, a White House official confirmed to The Hill. In his role, he worked on COVID-19 issues from vaccinations and boosters to mask mandates […]

Fauci says Redfield’s testimony of COVID call was 'unequivocally incorrect’

Fauci says Redfield’s testimony of COVID call was 'unequivocally incorrect’

Anthony Fauci, who led much of the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic, said testimony from former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield that he was excluded from a conference call about the possible origins of the virus was “unequivocally incorrect.”  Fauci told Fox News Channel’s Neil Cavuto in an interview […]

House Democrats denounce GOP COVID witness as having racist views

House Democrats denounce GOP COVID witness as having racist views

A British author and former science editor of The New York Times was the subject of Democratic ire Wednesday when he testified during a congressional hearing on the origins of COVID-19. Nicholas Wade, who said he believes the virus originated in a research lab in Wuhan, China, came under fire by Democrats on the House […]