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Infectious Disease > COVID-19 — Site used to include information on free tests, vaccines, treatment, and long COVID by Associated Press April 18, 2025 • 2 min read A federal website that used to feature information on vaccines, testing, and treatment for COVID-19 has been transformed into a page supporting…

The Trump administration has replaced Covid.gov – a website that once provided Americans with access to information about free tests, vaccines, treatment and secondary conditions such as long Covid – with a treatise on the “lab leak” theory. The site includes intense criticism of Dr Anthony Fauci, who helmed national…

Even by rural hospital standards, Keokuk County Hospital and Clinics in southeastern Iowa is small. The 14-bed hospital, in Sigourney, doesn’t do surgeries or deliver babies. The small 24-hour emergency room is overseen by two full-time doctors. CEO Matt Ives wants to hire a third doctor, but he said finding…

Portable monitors have been around for years, but their importance skyrocketed during the pandemic. And with the continuation of remote and hybrid work positions, they’re going to be staples for the foreseeable future. But picking one isn’t as simple as it seems. At this point, almost every major PC maker…

Six people have been arrested on Thursday on suspicion of fraudulently obtaining more than HK$20 million from a government fund set up to help businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. The six are three men and three women, aged between 20 and 45 years old, who are associated with four companies…

Article content “The Golden State and Canada have always shared so much in common,” Newsom says in his video, as flags of the two regions pop up in front of him. “Sure, you know who’s trying to stir things up back in D.C., but don’t let that ruin your beach…

Wearing protective suits, funeral home workers remove the body of an elderly person who died of COVID-19 at a nursing home in Spain in 2020.   -   Copyright © africanews Copyright 2020 The Associated Press/Emilio Morenatti. All rights reserved. Last updated: 16/04 - 17:09 Switzerland After the world’s largely disastrous response to the…

At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic claimed the lives of millions across the globe, one Jamaican man defied the odds. George McLean, who recently celebrated his 100th birthday, survived contracting the deadly virus at age 97, a remarkable feat that highlights the resilience, strength, and enduring spirit that have…

The final stretch of the talks also took place under the shadow of cuts to US foreign aid spending and threatened tariffs on pharmaceuticals. ‘It’s adopted’ Right until the last minute, disagreement lingered over a few thorny issues. Negotiators stumbled over the agreement’s Article 11, which deals with transferring technology…