COVID19
First lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19; President Biden tests negative for virus
Politics President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk to board Air Force One for departure at Gainesville Regional Airport after surveying damage caused by Hurricane Idalia, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, in Gainesville, Fla. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) AP By Associated Press September 4, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden tested positive for […]
Former N.H. state senator accused of spending COVID-19 relief loan on luxury cars
Crime According to the investigation, Sanborn fraudulently obtained $844,000 in funding from the Small Business Administration between December 2021 and February 2022. Republican hopeful for New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District Andy Sanborn attends a debate, Sept. 6, 2018, at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File By HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press September […]
Rafael Devers ‘day-to-day’ with wrist injury; Brennan Bernardino placed on COVID-19 IL
Red Sox Devers suffered the injury late in Saturday’s win when he was hit by a pitch. Rafael Devers wasn’t in the Red Sox’ lineup on Sunday. The Red Sox won’t have Rafael Devers for Sunday’s series finale against the Dodgers, but they aren’t too concerned with his long-term health. Devers is still dealing with […]
Say goodbye to the COVID-19 vaccination card. The CDC has stopped printing them.
COVID FILE – A nurse practitioner holds a COVID-19 vaccine card at a New York Health and Hospitals vaccine clinic in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Jan. 10, 2021. AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File By DEVI SHASTRI, Associated Press October 4, 2023 | 6:42 PM It’s the end of an era for a once-critical […]
Lexington native among winners of Nobel in medicine for work that enabled creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
Local News Drew Weissman, who grew up in Massachusetts, and Katalin Karikó, a professor at Sagan’s University in Hungary and an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, were awarded the prize for “their groundbreaking findings.” Thomas Perlmann, secretary of the Nobel Assembly, right, announces the winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or […]
Biden administration will again allow Americans to order free COVID-19 tests
COVID The Department of Health and Human Services says orders can be placed at COVIDTests.gov starting Sept. 25. COVID-19 antigen home tests. AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press September 20, 2023 | 5:44 PM WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce […]
Red Sox place Kenley Jansen on COVID-19 injured list after leaving Tuesday’s game early
Red Sox Jansen will now have to miss seven days due to his COVID-19 designation. Kenley Jansen only threw 13 pitches on Tuesday before leaving his relief outing due to illness. AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson Just a day after he abruptly left a relief appearance due to fatigue and illness symptoms, Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen […]