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In our news wrap Wednesday, Moderna is reporting that its coronavirus vaccine is effective in children under the age of 6 and will seek approval in the U.S. and Europe, the Supreme Court throws out Wisconsin's state legislative maps, and…
By PBS NewsHour
In our news wrap Tuesday, the CDC reports that half of all eligible adults in the U.S. have not yet received booster shots, a federal judge convicted a New Mexico county commissioner in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol,…
The World Health Organization reported infections are down globally. In the last two weeks, new cases in the U.S. have decreased by more than 60 percent and a number of states and cities have been lifting masking requirements. But experts…
The average number of daily new COVID cases in the U.S. from omicron has finally dropped below the peak of the delta wave. But the nation is still averaging more than 145,000 new cases and 2,400 deaths per day, leaving…
By John Yang, Courtney Norris
By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas
More than two years into this pandemic, the United States death toll is the highest in the world. The country is closing in on 900,000 deaths, and its death rate is alarming -- particularly given that the U.S. was the…
By Jason Kane and Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News
About 72 percent of Americans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. During much of the vaccine rollout, Hispanic and Black Americans have been less likely to get vaccinated. The gap between white and Hispanic Americans has…
By Amna Nawaz, Karina Cuevas
The number of new COVID-19 infections in the United States is rising once again despite booster shot rollouts, a new vaccine for children and a promising pill that can reduce hospitalizations and deaths. Experts disagree on whether we can expect…
COVID-19 has claimed the lives of over 5 million people globally and nearly 750,000 Americans. While questions about its origins still exist, the world has learned a lot about how it evolves, and gained insight into preparing for future pandemics.
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
Efforts by states and the private health plans that many states pay to cover low-income Americans has been scattershot and hampered by a lack of data.
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