Creeping COVID-19 cases result in few schools mask mandates
Posted on Wednesday May 11, 2022

The return of masking in schools is not nearly as widespread as earlier in the pandemic, particularly as the public's worries over the virus have ebbed.

EU lifts mask recommendation for air travel as pandemic ebbs
Posted on Wednesday May 11, 2022

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said it hoped the joint decision, made with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, would mark “a big step forward in the normalization of air travel" for passengers and crews.

Los Angeles schools postpone student vaccination mandate
Posted on Wednesday May 11, 2022

The Board of Education voted Tuesday to delay the effective date of the mandate to no sooner than July 1, 2023, aligning the district with the state.

AHA, AMA ask HHS for COVID-19 emergency extension
Posted on Wednesday May 11, 2022

The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration could be announced within days.

Shanghai re-tightens on COVID, frustrating trapped residents
Posted on Tuesday May 10, 2022

China's adherence to a “zero-COVID� strategy, as many other countries loosen restrictions and try to live with the virus, is exacting a growing economic and human cost. Evermore extreme measures have been required to bring outbreaks under control because the omicron variant spreads so easily.