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State: 14 new COVID-19 deaths Wednesday

The state reporter 1,234 new cases Wednesday. On Wednesday, February 9, 2022, DHHS announced 786 new positive test results for COVID-19 for Tuesday, February 8. Today’s results include 523 people who tested positive by PCR test and 263 who tested positive by antigen test. DHHS also ...

Can you get long COVID after an infection with omicron?

Can you get long COVID after an infection with omicron? It's too early to know for sure, but many doctors believe it's possible to have long-term effects from the omicron variant of the virus. Long COVID is usually diagnosed many weeks after a bout with COVID-19. Any long-lasting effects ...

New Oklahoma COVID-19 cases are down sharply in recent weeks

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of new COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma has fallen sharply in recent weeks, and hospitalizations are also decreasing, state health officials said Wednesday while adding words of caution as the pandemic continues. The seven-day average number of new cases stood at ...

Under pressure to ease up, Biden weighs new virus response

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing growing pressure to ease up on pandemic restrictions, the White House insisted Wednesday it is making plans for a less-disruptive phase of the national virus response. But impatient states, including Democratic New York, made clear they aren't waiting for Washington ...

As state mask rules end, school leaders are in the middle

As some of the last statewide mask mandates in the U.S. near an end, decisions about whether students and teachers should continue to wear masks in school are shifting to local leaders, who are caught in the middle of one of the most combustible issues of the pandemic. "Unfortunately, this is ...

Air Force approves 9 religious exemptions for COVID vaccine

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force became the second military service to approve religious exemptions to the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine, granting requests from nine airmen to avoid the shots, officials said Tuesday. The nine approved so far represent just a tiny fraction of the more than 6,400 ...