Tag: Health

The new UK coronavirus variant is now stateside: Here’s what you need to know

Cassidy Morrison · December 31, 2020 7:49 pm

Rambo Islas, 8 months, is held by his mother Maria Islas, as he gets a shot for a vaccine administered by RN, Nicole Ives at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas on Friday, March 8, 2019.

Wisconsin healthcare worker fired after allegedly spoiling 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Spencer Neale · December 31, 2020 5:52 pm

FILE - In this July 5, 2014, file photo, dealer Omar Abu-Eid adjusts a stack of chips before the first day of the World Series of Poker main event at at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Caesars Entertainment Corp. is selling the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino to an Imperial affiliate for $516.3 million.

World Series of Poker player booted from final table after positive COVID-19 test

Spencer Neale · December 30, 2020 6:50 pm

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Americans are getting a good return on their healthcare spending

Sally Pipes · December 29, 2020 12:00 pm

Spain to create registry of people who refuse COVID-19 vaccine

Spencer Neale · December 29, 2020 2:41 am

HHS official suspects new UK COVID-19 strain is 'likely' already in US

Zach Halaschak · December 28, 2020 4:27 pm

A lab technician working a bottle containing for COVID-19 vaccine testing at Chula Vaccine Research Center, run by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 25, 2020. Thai health officials said that scientists in Thailand have had promising results in testing a COVID-19 vaccine candidate on mice, and have begun testing on monkeys.

Brooklyn healthcare provider under investigation regarding COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Tyler Van Dyke · December 27, 2020 8:29 pm

Rambo Islas, 8 months, is held by his mother Maria Islas, as he gets a shot for a vaccine administered by RN, Nicole Ives at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas on Friday, March 8, 2019.

‘This time feels like it should’ve been different’: Travel nurses skipped in early vaccine rollout

Cassidy Morrison · December 25, 2020 11:29 am

The New York City skyline is seen at a distance as United Airlines jets sit at gates at Newark Liberty International Airport, Wednesday, May 2, 2018, in Newark, N.J.

United will require proof of negative COVID-19 test for UK passengers entering US

Spencer Neale · December 25, 2020 12:52 am

Tennessee’s largest county implements safer-at-home order

Washington Examiner · December 22, 2020 1:30 pm

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COVID mutation: It may be time to shut down all entry into the US until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on

Timothy P. Carney · December 22, 2020 5:13 am

This April 26, 2017, photo shows the Google mobile phone icon in Philadelphia.

Google offers free, weekly COVID-19 tests to employees

Spencer Neale · December 19, 2020 3:24 am