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Masks back by popular demand on San Francisco BART trains

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A mask mandate for commuter rail passengers is back by popular demand in the San Francisco Bay Area, the region that two years ago imposed the nation's first coronavirus stay-at-home order and now is bucking the national trend away from required face coverings. The Bay ...

FDA sets June meetings on COVID vaccines for youngest kids

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday set tentative dates in June to publicly review COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest American children, typically the final step before authorizing the shots. The meeting announcement follows months of frustration from families ...

Two Senators with COVID-19 attend session remotely

CONCORD – Two state Senators – Lou D’Allesandro, D-Manchester, and Bill Gannon, R-Sandown, attended Thursday’s session via video because they both had tested positive for COVID-19, D’Allesandro said Friday. D’Allesandro said it wasn’t the first time, that in the past he attended ...

DHHS: 452 new COVID-19 cases, one death, 23 hHospitalizations in NH Friday

On Friday, April 29, the state Department of Health and Human Services continued to lead its daily COVID-19 press release with the number of total new cases even though Gov. Chris Sununu recently chided reporters for reporting the statistic saying it is vastly underreported because of home ...

Racial split on COVID-19 endures as restrictions ease in US

Black and Hispanic Americans remain far more cautious in their approach to COVID-19 than white Americans, recent polls show, reflecting diverging preferences on how to deal with the pandemic as federal, state and local restrictions fall by the wayside. Despite majority favorability among U.S. ...

Beijing orders schools closed in tightening of virus rules

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing is closing all city schools in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. The city of 21 million has already ordered three rounds of mass testing this week, with the third coming Friday. On Thursday, the ...