The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is opening a new COVID-19 community testing location in the Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul and closing two existing testing sites as part of the state’s ongoing work to adjust testing resources to meet demand and need.
An uptick in COVID spread and hospitalizations has preempted the Minneapolis Health Department’s recent recommendation that everyone — vaccinated or not — wear masks in indoor public settings and businesses such as stores, restaurants, theaters, family entertainment centers, schools, meetings and state and local government offices serving the public.
The City of Minneapolis is rescinding emergency regulations requiring people entering food and drink establishments to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test. The end of the mandate comes as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are trending downward.
Lata Mangeshkar, India’s most renowned and celebrated singer, passed away on Sunday February 6 in Mumbai. She was affectionately given such titles as the Nightingale of India, Voice of the Millennium, and Queen of Melody. She is also often referred to as India’s “Didi,” or sister.
On Thursday, the US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Biden administration cannot move forward with its COVID-19 vaccine-or-test requirement for large workplaces. The court will allow, however, a vaccine mandate for workers at federally funded health care facilities to take effect nationwide.
President Biden announced Thursday that his administration will buy another 500 million at-home COVID-19 tests for Americans, in addition to the 500 million already being acquired.
A standoff between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools ended on Wednesday after schools had been closed for five days.
Starting Jan. 19, everyone entering an establishment that serves food or drink in Minneapolis and St. Paul must show identification and proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or having a negative PCR or antigen test taken within three days.
Experts said Monday that an alleged hybrid coronavirus mutation dubbed “Deltacron” reportedly discovered in a Cyprus lab is most likely the result of a lab contamination, and not a new worrying variant.
Only people who are vaccinated against COVID-19, or have recovered, will be allowed to go to restaurants, pubs, cinemas, gyms, cultural events, and non-essential shops.
DC’s Super Heroes including Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and more will be supporting childhood COVID-19 vaccination as part of an ongoing collaboration between WarnerMedia and the Biden-Harris Administration.
Center for Disease Control (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky endorsed on Tuesday the recommendations from a panel of advisors that voted unanimously to recommend Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shots for the approximately 28 million children in this age group.
The Food and Drug Association (FDA) authorized the Pfizer vaccine for elementary school-aged children aged 5 to 11 on Tuesday. The decision comes after the agency reviewed data released by Pfizer on Friday, October 22, that showed a kid-sized, two-dose regimen of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine is safe and 90.7 percent effective against symptomatic illness from the virus in children ages 5 to 11 years of age.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved certain members of the population to get booster shots from either Johnson & Johnson and Moderna on Wednesday.
An assessment released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday shows that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine booster shot proved effective in increasing study subjects’ immune defenses.
