Coronavirus

  • Conspiracy theories soar after covid origin report

    WASHINGTON -- Covid-19's origins remain hazy. Three years after the start of the pandemic, it's still unclear whether the coronavirus that causes the disease l…

    by DAVID KLEPPER The Associated Press March 5, 2023

  • U.S. seeks $1.6B for covid-aid fraud fight

    President Joe Biden's administration is asking Congress to approve more than $1.6 billion to help clean up the mess of fraud against the massive government cor…

    by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports March 3, 2023

  • Florida man sentenced for covid-fraud attempt

    A South Florida man was sentenced Wednesday to six years and two months in federal prison for trying to obtain more than $4.2 million in covid-19 relief funds …

    by The Associated Press March 3, 2023

  • Targeting covid aid fraudsters demanded

    WASHINGTON -- Just a small percentage of the at least $60 billion in unemployment payments estimated to be lost to fraud during the pandemic has been recovered…

    by SARAH D. WIRE Los Angeles Times (TNS) February 26, 2023

  • China says it’s beaten covid-19 pandemic

    China says more than 200 million of its citizens have been diagnosed and treated for covid-19 since it lifted strict containment measures beginning in November.

    by The Associated Press February 17, 2023

  • Tab rises for misused covid jobless benefits

    The inspector general of the Labor Department said Wednesday that as much as $191 billion in pandemic-related unemployment benefits has been improperly used, u…

    by Tony Romm The Washington Post February 9, 2023

  • Thousands face Medicaid exodus

    Officials are preparing for Medicaid coverage to end this spring for thousands of Americans who no longer qualify, because the federal government reinstated a …

    by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports February 6, 2023

  • China reports covid-death decrease

    China reported a sharp drop in new covid-related deaths during the Lunar New Year holiday, even as a spike in travel increased the likelihood of more infection…

    by PHOEBE SEDGMAN Bloomberg News (TNS) January 29, 2023

  • FDA suggests annual covid shot strategy

    The Food and Drug Administration is proposing switching to a once-a-year coronavirus shot that targets the strain expected to pose the greatest threat during t…

    by Laurie McGinley The Washington Post January 24, 2023

  • Sanders enters lawsuit over anti-masking law

    Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Wednesday her official support for the constitutionality of a state ban on mask mandates, reversing a stance held by her …

    by Will Langhorne January 19, 2023

  • High court refuses covid funds case

    WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a Missouri appeal that sought to ensure states can cut taxes even as they receive $195 billion in federal pand…

    by GREG STOHR Bloomberg News (TNS) January 18, 2023

  • China reports covid-19 deaths

    BEIJING -- China reported Saturday nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had covid-19 since early December following complaints it was failing to release data, an…

    by JOE McDONALD The Associated Press January 15, 2023

  • U.S. kids’ shots rate declines again

    Vaccination rates for U.S. kindergartners dropped again last year and federal officials are starting a new campaign to try to bring them up.

    by MIKE STOBBE The Associated Press January 14, 2023

  • Booster probe finds no stroke link

    A vaccine safety monitoring system in late November picked up a signal that the updated Pfizer coronavirus vaccine booster was possibly linked to an increased …

    by LAURIE MCGINLEY and LENA H. SUN The Washington Post January 14, 2023

  • Biden covid-19 adviser leaving administration

    WASHINGTON -- David Kessler, who helped steer President Joe Biden's covid-19 policy, will leave the administration -- as the government's response continues to…

    by JOSH WINGROVE and JEANNIE BAUMANN Bloomberg News (TNS) January 14, 2023

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