Pharmacies are offering the updated COVID-19 vaccine. Some will need a prescription -- and could pay out of pocket.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/09/08/bay-area-sees-covid-19-wave-and-tremendous-confusion-about-vaccines/

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Alberta's minister in charge of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is defending the government's plan, despite criticism from some in the health-care sector about the...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-lagrange-covid-vaccines-1.7626426?cmp=rss

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Health Department took the decision on the basis of a recommendation by the expert committee that was set up to study the link between COVID-19 vaccination and sudden cardiovascular events

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/sudden-heart-attack-deaths-among-people-under-age-of-45-declared-notifiable-in-karnataka/article69783397.ece

Moderna's new flu vaccine, based on the same mRNA technology used in its COVID-19 shot, showed promising results in a major trial, the company announced.

https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2025/07/01/flu-vaccine-moderna-seniors/4961751389440/

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Country singer John Rich has been banging on about the Covid 19 vaccine almost as long as it’s existed, and we suspect no amount of scientific reports are going to sway him when he could simply read horror stories from jimbo-bunch-o-numbers on the internet, or watch a YouTube video about 5G masts. One of his […]The post An anti-vaxxer said he had ‘yet to meet someone who regrets being unvaccinated’, and everybody made the same unfortunate point appeared first on The Poke.

https://www.thepoke.com/2025/07/07/anti-vaxxer-said-he-hadnt-met-someone-who-regrets-being-unvaccinated/

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The rollback of vaccine record retention requirements was announced by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in a memo to all federal department and agency heads. 

https://nypost.com/2025/08/09/us-news/trump-admin-directs-federal-agencies-to-delete-employee-covid-vaccination-records/

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The United States is to blame for COVID-19, Chinese officials wrote in a paper published Wednesday after the White House blamed the disease on a leak.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-blames-us-origin-covid-19-turning-deaf-ear-numerous-questions-over-its-conduct

FTSE100 suffers worst losses since Covid-19 as Starmer weighs British response to fees on imports

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/markets-ftse100-china-tariffs-federal-reserve-inflation-b2727675.html

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Nacionalinio visuomenės sveikatos centro (NVSC) duomenimis, sergančiųjų gripu, ūminėmis viršutinių kvėpavimo takų infekcijomis (ŪVKTI) ir COVID-19 praėjusią savaitę sumažėjo. Taip pat mažėjo ir savivaldybių, pasiekusių epideminį sergamumo lygį. Vis dėlto, didieji miestai išlieka pavojingomis zonomis, kuriose apsikrėsti šiomis ligomis išlieka didelė tikimybė. Dalis tėvų nuogąstauja, kad dažnai į darželius vedami kosėjantys ir sloguojantys vaikai.

https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/i-darzelius-ir-su-sloga-ir-su-temperatura-savivaldybe-atsako-kada-planuotu-uzdaryti-ugdymo-istaigas-120085585

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The outgoing U.S. president listed a range of issues that he and Trudeau worked on together, 'from the COVID-19 pandemic, to climate change, to the scourge of fentanyl.’

https://globalnews.ca/news/10946188/justin-trudeau-resignation-joe-biden/

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Authorities in Beijing have downplayed surge in cases, which comes five years after world was first alerted to emergence of Covid-19

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/what-is-hmpv-china-india-human-metapneumovirus-symptoms-b2674844.html

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For the first time since its inception in 2012 — excluding 2020 due to COVID — the Paradise on Ice skating rink did not open this year. Much deliberation went into the Paradise Recreation and Park District’s decision not to have an ice rink this holiday season. Leading up to this decision, two controversies surrounded […]

https://www.orovillemr.com/2024/12/09/a-tradition-on-ice-why-paradises-rink-didnt-open-this-year/

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The 2025 budget is the city's most conservative when it comes to spending growth in any year not impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic since 2011.

https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/12/denver-2025-budget-rental-assistance-business-support-housing/

The allegations relate to procurement of 3 lakh PPE kits from China in April 2020

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/covid-19-scam-dcunha-report-recommends-prosecution-of-former-cm-yediyurappa-and-then-health-minister-sriramulu/article68846583.ece

Those hoping to lay blame for the cultural decline of the Cup solely on animal protesters or COVID-19 aren’t paying attention.

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/racing/how-the-melbourne-cup-became-the-race-that-bores-the-nation-20241103-p5kngo.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

Some Alberta pharmacies won't get their COVID-19 vaccine shipments in time for the kickoff of the fall immunization campaign on Tuesday, creating yet another ...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/covid-vaccine-delays-plague-alberta-pharmacies-1.7350767?cmp=rss

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Andrew Cuomo is set to be grilled over his administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic — including an infamous mandate that forced infected patients into nursing homes. The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic is going to to question the ex-New York governor on Sept. 10 about the “unscientific guidance” that led to the...

https://nypost.com/2024/09/10/us-news/andrew-cuomo-testifies-over-nursing-home-covid-deaths-live-updates/

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For those who have recently been infected with COVID-19, the CDC recommendations waiting three months after recovery to receive the new vaccine.

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/09/01/an-updated-covid-vaccine-has-been-approved-when-can-santa-cruz-county-residents-get-their-shot/

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Track legend Carl Lewis has a heartfelt message for US sprinting star Noah Lyles. Lyles, who had an impressive outing in the 100m and won the gold, was aiming for a sprint double in the 200m. Unfortunately, that dream suffered a jolting setback as Noah Lyles was found infected by the COVID-19 virus and was […]The post Robbed by Covid Noah Lyles Recieves Heartwarming Sendoff at Paris Olympics By Track and Field Legend appeared first on EssentiallySports.

https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news-olympics-news-track-and-field-news-robbed-by-covid-noah-lyles-recieves-heartwarming-sendoff-at-paris-olympics-by-track-and-field-legend/

I do not miss COVID-19 lockdowns, apart from the way people behaved about matters of personal hygiene.

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/why-i-hang-around-public-toilets-watching-what-you-do-with-your-hands-20240806-p5jzus.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national

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The level detected mirrors the amount of virus found in late January 2024, as a spike of winter cases fell.

https://www.twincities.com/2024/07/28/cases-of-covid-19-in-minnesota-are-ticking-up-heres-what-to-know/

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As international airfares continue falling from the highs reached after COVID-19, aviation profits should settle to more normal sustainable levels.

https://www.watoday.com.au/business/companies/how-flight-centre-s-news-on-falling-airfares-became-qantas-problem-20240724-p5jw5x.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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The infamous invisible enemy (COVID19) that allowed governments to cause so much death and destruction was actually the fruit of U.S. government-funded “gain of function” research—much of it in Communist China—that must be exposed and punished to save humanity, explained physicist and attorney Dr. Richard Fleming​ in this interview on Conversations That Matter. Speaking with ...The post Fauci & Co. Just Low-level Street Pushers, Explains Dr. Fleming appeared first on The New American.

https://thenewamerican.com/video/fauci-co-just-low-level-street-pushers-explains-dr-fleming/

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Reginald Foster Jr., 37, of the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles, is accused of obtaining jobless benefits through ATM withdrawals and transfers to his non-profit, Champs Up! LLC

https://www.dailynews.com/2024/06/26/la-area-nonprofit-founder-accused-of-fraud-in-seeking-covid-19-jobless-benefits/

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Marin County’s public health officer, who guided the county through the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic and helped establish one of the highest vaccination levels in the state, will retire in September.

https://www.marinij.com/2024/06/15/george-russell-marins-heroic-doc-gets-his-due/

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