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Fairfax Co. health official shares what to do as the COVID-19 public health emergency ends
05/10/2023 04:28am • At-home COVID-19 tests. (WTOP/Anne Kramer) For many people, spring is the time of year to go through homes, removing anything old and outdated. And with the COVID-19 public health emergency coming to an official end Thursday, it is also a good time to check the status of pandemic supplies. Th
White House eases COVID protocols as emergency lifts
05/09/2023 06:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Pandemic-era rules on COVID-19 testing for White House journalists are being loosened as the public health emergency declaration expires Thursday. It’s another sign of how a vast web of policies designed to limit the spread of the
virus
is dissipating. As part of the shift,
What the end of the COVID public health emergency could mean for you
05/08/2023 10:27am • The U.S. will no longer consider COVID-19 a public health emergency, beginning Thursday. Here's what that means for how you can get vaccinated or tested for the
virus
in the future. The emergency declaration has been in place since 2020, and as it comes to an end on May 11, the biggest change you
WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it's no longer emergency
05/07/2023 08:48pm • GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating corona
virus
pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions of people worldwide. The announcement,
CDC's Rochelle Walensky resigns, citing pandemic transition
05/05/2023 03:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, submitted her resignation Friday, saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a transition. Walensky's last day will be June 30, CDC officials said, and an interim director was
WHO says COVID emergency is over. So what does that mean?
05/05/2023 02:52pm • LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization downgraded its assessment of the corona
virus
pandemic on Friday, saying it no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The action reverses a declaration that was first made on January 30, 2020, when the disease had not even been named COVID-19 and when th
LOCALIZE IT: Attendance falls at Black Protestant churches
05/04/2023 02:44pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: As most Americans try to return to normalcy more than three years after the COVID-19 pandemic, emptier pews have become a common reality among many Black Protestant churches across the nation. Attendance fell 15 percentage points at Black Protestant ch
COVID dropped to 4th leading cause of death in US last year
05/04/2023 02:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. deaths fell last year, and COVID-19 dropped to the nation's No. 4 cause, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. COVID-19 deaths trailed those caused by heart disease, cancer and injuries such as drug overdoses, motor vehicle fatalities and shootings.
COVID fell to fourth leading cause of death for Americans in 2022
05/04/2023 01:00pm • ▶ Watch Video: Latest COVID booster guidance as new Arcturus subvariant spreads The spread of COVID-19 has been slowing, but the
virus
still remained one of the leading causes of death for Americans in 2022, falling from third place to fourth place last year.Among
At CPAC, Hungary's Orban decries LGBTQ+ rights, migration
05/04/2023 10:09am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's populist prime minister likened liberalism to a “
virus
” in an opening speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in the Hungarian capital on Thursday, painting a picture of a global right-wing movement mobilizing to defeat “progressive elites.
WHO fires scientist who led COVID search over sex misconduct
05/04/2023 06:04am • GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says it has fired the scientist who led a high-profile delegation from the U.N. health agency to China two years ago to jointly look into the origins of the corona
virus
pandemic, citing sexual misconduct. Peter Ben Embarek, who led the WHO side of a join
Mexico develops own COVID-19 vaccine, 2 years late
05/03/2023 10:36pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials celebrated Wednesday the announcement that the country finally developed its own COVID-19 vaccine, more than two years after inoculations from the U.S., Europe and China were rolled out. It was unclear what use would be made of the vaccine, named “Patria” o
Business Highlights: Federal Reserve, McDonald's
05/03/2023 04:52pm • ___ Fed raises key rate but hints it may pause amid bank turmoil WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve reinforced its fight against high inflation by raising its key interest rate by a quarter-point to the highest level in 16 years. But the Fed also signaled that it may now pause its streak of 10
Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m.
05/03/2023 03:40pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov
US approves 1st vaccine for RSV after decades of attempts
05/03/2023 01:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. approved the first vaccine for RSV on Wednesday, shots to protect older adults against a respiratory
virus
that’s most notorious for attacking babies but endangers their grandparents, too. The Food and Drug Administration decision makes GSK’s shot, called Arexvy, the
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