PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — After spending a majority of the pandemic under statewide indoor face covering requirements, Washington and Oregon will be lifting their mask mandates Saturday — marking a significant step in restoring normalcy. The milestone, which comes two years after the World ...
BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday ordered a lockdown of the 9 million residents of the northeastern city of Changchun amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases in the area attributed to the highly contagious omicron variant. Residents are required to remain at home, with one family member permitted ...
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (AP) — A priest who balked at some of the Vermont Roman Catholic diocese's COVID-19-related precautions has been removed from his parish. Bishop Christopher Coyne announced the decision about the Rev. Peter Williams in a letter to the Holy Family Parish of Springfield and ...
On the day the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic, Koloud "Kay" Tarapolsi reflected the views of many people when she told an Associated Press reporter: "If we avoid each other and listen to the scientists, maybe in a few weeks it will be better." If only she ...
BOSTON (AP) — The number of deaths in Massachusetts attributed to COVID-19 is expected to decline by nearly 4,000 because the state is adopting a new method of counting deaths that public health officials said more accurately reflects the pandemic's impact. The state's current COVID-19 ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's emergency regulation that required health care workers to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus expires Saturday. The state will now require unvaccinated health care workers to wear N95 masks when they're working and transmission rates are ...
