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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The Chinese capital has issued a mandate requiring people to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination before they can enter some public spaces including gyms, museums and libraries, drawing concern from city residents over the sudden policy announcement and its impact on their daily lives. The health app that shows a person’s […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared. The move to end the national emergency and public health emergency declarations would […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pandemic-era rules on COVID-19 testing for White House journalists are being loosened as the public health emergency declaration expires Thursday. It’s another sign of how a vast web of policies designed to limit the spread of the virus is dissipating. As part of the shift, reporters will no longer be required to […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The CDC says all signs point to an early flu season as cases pick up in parts of the southeast and the south-central U.S. Georgia is showing the most cases of influenza-like illnesses. In Tennessee, activity has also been high. The Shelby County Health Department said influenza-like illnesses have been on the […]

(The Hill) – The more infectious BA.5 omicron subvariant now makes up almost 80 percent of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S., as case rates continue to trend upward. About 78 percent of coronavirus cases in the U.S. are caused by the BA.5 subvariant, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease […]

The National Museum of American History’s Behring Center called polio “the most notorious disease of the 20th Century until AIDS appeared.”

Parents who have waited patiently to vaccinate their young children against COVID-19 are now able to do so after vaccines for kids under 5 were authorized over the weekend.

Officials in the United Kingdom are investigating after they detected poliovirus in sewage samples from North and East London. 

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG)– The Mississippi State Department of Health announced Thursday that residents who may be at high risk of being exposed to monkeypox can now get vaccinated. As of Thursday, MSDH says11 cases of monkeypox have been identified in Mississippi and they expect the number of cases to increase. More than 10,000 cases of […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. is setting aside an extra 50,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine for places with upcoming gay pride events, health officials said Thursday. The number of doses sent to each place will be based on factors like the size of the event, how many health workers will be available to give […]

BEIJING (AP) — China’s largest city of Shanghai is ordering mass testing Friday of all 1.3 million residents of its downtown Yangpu district and confining them to their homes at least until results are known. The demand is an echo of measures ordered over the summer that led to a two-month lockdown of the entire […]