Kansas City-area CVS, Hy-Vee, Target, Walgreens, Walmart pharmacy locations, along with county health departments, begin offering updated COVID-19 vaccines.
U.S. officials released an intelligence report Friday that rejected several points raised by those who argue COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab, instead reiterating that American spy agencies remain divided over how the pandemic began.
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The platform is no longer labeling state-controlled media and propaganda agencies, and will no longer prohibit their content from being automatically promoted or recommended to users.
This approval follows the emergency authorization of the boosters by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory board last week.
New COVID-19 boosters that target today’s most common omicron strains are set to begin soon after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the updated shots Thursday.
While COVID-19 cases continue to trend downward, the lack of open beds and available staff have doctors in Northeast Kansas worried about the fall and winter seasons.
Government advisers debated Tuesday if Americans should get a modified COVID-19 booster shot this fall, and exactly how best to update it to fight a virus that surely will change even more by then.
With the FDA finally giving emergency use authorization to COVID vaccines for children under the age of 5, many in the medical community are expecting a surge in demand and hopefully a decrease in hospitalizations.
A senior administration official said the mandate expires Sunday at 12:01 a.m. ET, saying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined that it’s no longer necessary.
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Update: The Shawnee Mission Board of Education has voted for an option that will require temporary masking if a school has at least 5% COVID-related absences.
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt have joined a 21-state effort to end the mask mandate in place on public transportation.
