WHO: Covid emergency is over in world
The World Health Organization announced Friday that it was ending the emergency it declared for covid-19 more than three years ago, a milestone in the fitful e…
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Covid slips to 4th on list of U.S. causes of death
Covid-19 was the fourth leading cause of death in the United States last year, dropping from its place as the third leading cause in 2020 and 2021, when virus …
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Mexico unveils own vaccine for covid-19
Mexican officials celebrated Wednesday the announcement that the country finally developed its own covid-19 vaccine, more than two years after inoculations fro…
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Japan set to lift covid restrictions
Japan will lift most of its coronavirus border controls, including a requirement that entrants show proof of three vaccinations or a pre-departure negative tes…
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Covid-19 retreats but still a concern
Millions of Americans gathered maskless in homes and houses of worship this month for Passover, Easter and Ramadan -- the latest evidence that coronavirus has …
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End of emergency, end of free test kits
WASHINGTON -- When the covid-19 public health emergency ends in the U.S. next month, there will still be access to a multitude of tests but with one big differ…
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Florida officials cut covid data in study
TAMPA, Fla. -- An analysis that was the basis of a recommendation from Florida's surgeon general cautioning young men against getting the covid-19 vaccine omit…
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Covid not a flu, runs deadlier
Covid-19 isn't "just a flu," with a study of hospital patients finding that the virus was still 60% deadlier than influenza last winter.
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Covid death rate differs by state — and by trust
The United States has the dubious distinction of suffering the highest covid-19 mortality rate among the world's high-income countries. But that national avera…
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State ceases daily update of covid cases on website
The Arkansas Department of Health has stopped daily updates on covid-19 data -- two months after Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive directing the …
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New covid origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market
Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of covid-19 were identified show raccoon dog DNA comingled with the virus, sugg…
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Experts approve Paxlovid to treat high-risk adults
Pfizer’s covid-19 pill Paxlovid won another vote of confidence from U.S. health advisers Thursday, clearing the way for its full regulatory approval by the Foo…
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Rotarians reflect on state’s lessons from pandemic
It's been nearly three years since the U.S. began to implement shutdowns on March 15, 2020, in order to prevent the spread of covid-19.
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Bill to declassify intel on covid sent to Biden
The House voted unanimously Friday to declassify U.S. intelligence information about the origins of covid-19, a sweeping show of bipartisan support as today ma…
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Long covid possible cause of surge in disabled women
Long covid may be behind the recent surge in women with a disability, who surpassed their male counterparts in the workforce during the pandemic, reversing his…
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U.S. negative covid-19 test requirement for travelers from China expires
A requirement that travelers to the U.S. from China present a negative covid-19 test before boarding their flights expired Friday after more than two months as…
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Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock closes covid-19 testing site
Citing declining demand, a drive-thru clinic in Central Arkansas that once saw hundreds of people a day recently became the latest covid-19 testing site to shu…
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Arkansas Tyson workers sue over lack of covid-19 protections
Thirty-four Tyson Foods employees, former employees and family members have sued the company, claiming it failed to take appropriate precautions at its meat-pa…
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OPINION | HOLLY DICKSON & BARRY JEFFERSON: To move forward
Name your civil liberty or civil right, and it is in jeopardy in Arkansas. Racially gerrymandered elections have yielded a coordinated attack on Arkansans' rig…
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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…
