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Two new COVID-19 deaths, 64 new cases, seven hospitalizations Tuesday in NH

On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, DHHS announced 62 new positive test results for COVID-19 for Monday, March 28. Today’s results include 26 people who tested positive by PCR test and 36 who tested positive by antigen test. Additionally, DHHS announced an additional 2 new cases from Saturday, March ...

Americans ease up on masks, virus safeguards: AP-NORC poll

Many Americans have taken significant steps back from once-routine coronavirus precautions, with less than half now saying they regularly wear face masks, avoid crowds and skip nonessential travel. Americans are letting down their guard even as experts warn a new wave of COVID-19 cases is ...

Navy barred from acting against religious vaccine refusers

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Texas is barring the Navy from taking action for now against sailors who have objected to being vaccinated against COVID-19 on religious grounds. U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor had in January issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Navy from ...

Georgia push on COVID rules aims at vaccines, school masks

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia public school students are now free of mask mandates for five years, while a one-year ban on letting governments and schools require vaccines against COVID-19 neared Gov. Brian Kemp's desk Tuesday. The measures are cornerstones of the Georgia version of a nationwide ...

EU regulator starts reviewing Spanish COVID vaccine booster

MADRID (AP) — The European Union's drug regulator said Tuesday it has begun an accelerated review process for an experimental coronavirus vaccine booster made by the Spanish company Hipra. The European Medicines Agency said in a statement that its evaluation is based on preliminary data ...

Shanghai lockdown tests ‘zero-COVID’ limits, shakes markets

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities sought to reassure companies and jittery investors on Tuesday as a two-phase lockdown of Shanghai's 26 million people entered its second day, casting an unusual quiet over the normally bustling center of finance, manufacturing and trade. The omicron ...