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UK’s Johnson signals early end to COVID isolation rules

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday that laws requiring people in England with COVID-19 to self-isolate could be lifted by the end of the month, bringing an end to all domestic coronavirus restrictions. "Provided the current encouraging trends in the data ...

COVID-19 vaccines, prescriptions fuel strong quarter at CVS

COVID-19 vaccines and the return of customers to stores helped push CVS Health well past fourth-quarter earnings expectations. But the pandemic's unpredictability is making the drugstore chain and pharmacy benefit manager cautious. It did not raise a 2022 forecast it laid out in December, and ...

As case counts fall, WHO chief warns ‘COVID isn’t finished’

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization insisted Wednesday that "COVID isn't finished with us," appealing for more support to fight the pandemic after his agency reported that new infections fell but virus deaths rose worldwide over the past week. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ...

California to soon begin ‘endemic’ approach to pandemic

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California health officials next week will outline a new approach to dealing with the coronavirus that assumes it's here to stay, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday, while condemning organized disinformation efforts that limit vaccinations critical to California ...

COVID-19 truck blockade in Canada shuts down Ford plant

TORONTO (AP) — A blockade of the bridge between Canada and Detroit by protesters demanding an end to Canada's COVID-19 restrictions forced the shutdown Wednesday of a Ford plant and began to have broader implications for the North American auto industry. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, ...

Bill to prohibit vaccinations as condition of employment faces opposition

CONCORD – A bill offered by Republican senators that would prohibit the requirement of COVID-19 vaccinations as a condition of employment, education, access to businesses, and/or public venues received a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. A business ...