coronavirus

How COVID Vaccines Stand Up to New FLiRT Variants

Health
Rachel Carter

Scientists have warned of a “summer wave” of COVID-19 infections after a highly transmissible new group of omicron subvariants was detected in ...

COVID “likely growing” in D.C. and 12 states, CDC estimates

Health
Rachel Carter

COVID-19 infections are now likely growing in at least 12 states and the District of Columbia, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Kensington Metropark police warn of alligator sighting in Kent Lake

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Sarah Wilson

MILFORD — An alligator may still be loose in a Kensington Metropark lake, despite a massive search effort. After an initial reported ...

Bill to ban most public mask wearing, including for health reasons, advances in North Carolina

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are pushing forward with their plan to repeal a pandemic-era law that allowed the wearing of masks ...

FLiRT COVID Variants: What Are the Symptoms?

Health
Rachel Carter

Scientists are warning of a “summer wave” of COVID-19 cases after a new group of Omicron subvariants was detected circulating in the ...

What to know about spread, symptoms

Health
Rachel Carter

CDC director Mandy Cohen on COVID response Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talks about their role ...

Landmark WHO paper suggests sharing your glass with a sick person WON’T always give you a cold or Covid

Health
Rachel Carter

New WHO report said cold and flu viruses spread through air, not on surfaces The guidance means mitigation measures like handwashing are ...

First cancer vaccine trial finds jabs ‘weaponise immune system to attack killer tumours in 48 hours’

Health
Rachel Carter

A NEW mRNA cancer vaccine can reprogram the immune system to attack tumours within 48 hours, a study shows. The first-ever human ...

Pacers lead Bucks 98-85 after three quarters, Bobby Portis ejected

Sports
Daniel Miller

Insiders: Pacers defeat Bucks 121-118 in OT, take 2-1 series lead Insiders Dustin Dopriak and Jim Owczarski recap the Indiana Pacers 121-118 ...

Man had rare Covid infection that lasted 613 days, showed extensive mutations

Health
Rachel Carter

Researchers from the Netherlands have reported an extremely long Covid-19 infection in a man who died last year – and warn of ...