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Amazon launching onsite COVID-19 vaccinations for employees in three states in the coming weeks

Amazon said Thursday it plans to roll out onsite COVID-19 vaccinations for its employees in the coming weeks, starting in Missouri, Nevada and Kansas.

March 26, 2021

Virginia sees first cases of California coronavirus variants

Health officials in Virginia reported Thursday the state's first cases of the highly transmissible coronavirus variants that initially emerged in California last summer.

March 26, 2021

COVID-19 variants infecting pets, mice

New evidence shows that coronavirus variants can infect pet dogs and cats and, for the first time, mice.

March 25, 2021

Pfizer testing oral pill as COVID treatment

Pfizer this week started a phase one trial of the first oral pill as a potential COVID-19 treatment.

March 25, 2021

CDC partnering with dialysis clinics to administer COVID-19 shots

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it is partnering with dialysis clinics to provide COVID-19 vaccines to health care workers and patients with chronic kidney disease.

March 25, 2021

Diet, sports supplements use banned ingredients, study finds

Researchers have found that several weight loss and sports supplements on the market contain prohibited stimulants, including an experimental drug from World War II era.

March 24, 2021

Library of Congress inducts new selection of recordings to national registry

The Library of Congress on Wednesday inducted 25 new selections, featuring recordings by Louis Armstrong, Janet Jackson, Ira Glass and Kermit the Frog among others, into a national registry.

March 24, 2021

Home-schooling doubles during pandemic, census report shows

The number of households in which students are being home-schooled has doubled during the pandemic, the U.S. Census Bureau says.

March 23, 2021

Scientists scaling up efforts to prevent murder hornets from settling into U.S., Canada

Scientists are upping their efforts to stop so-called murder hornets and their bee-killing ways from settling into North America.

March 22, 2021

Johnson & Johnson plans second-generation COVID-19 vaccine

Johnson & Johnson plans to make a second-generation coronavirus vaccine even as the pharmaceutical giant works to ramp up production of its current one-dose shot, according to reports.

March 19, 2021

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to get AstraZeneca coronavirus shot

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday is expected to get his first shot of the AstraZeneca-Oxford coronavirus vaccine as a way to reassure the public it is safe.

March 19, 2021

Powerful tornadoes, storms threaten millions of Americans across Plains and South

Forecasters warned Wednesday that tens of millions of people across the Plains and in the South were in the path of a severe spring weather system that could produce powerful tornadoes and hail.

March 17, 2021

Purdue Pharma proposes $10 billion bankruptcy plan to settle lawsuits

Purdue Pharma, maker of the OxyContin, has proposed a $10 billion plan to lift itself out of bankruptcy and to reinvent itself as a company whose profits would go toward combatting the nationwide opioid epidemic.

March 16, 2021

People with disabilities bumped on vaccination list for veterinarians, advocates say

Policymakers have not prioritized people with disabilities for COVID-19 vaccines or considered the obstacles they face in seeking treatment, fostering frustration and fear among the community, advocates say.

March 15, 2021

Biden administration nearly doubling Medicare reimbursement for COVID-19 vaccines

The Biden administration on Monday announced it will nearly double Medicare reimbursement rates for administering COVID-19 shots in an effort to scale up vaccination efforts.

March 15, 2021

3 EU countries suspend AstraZeneca vaccine over concerns over clots

Italy, France and Germany on Monday suspended the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine amid reports of people developing blood clots after receiving the shot.

March 15, 2021

Brazil coronavirus variant detected in Washington state

Public health officials say they have detected Washington state's first case of the coronavirus variant from Brazil.

March 12, 2021

WHO adds Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to arsenal

The World Health Organization on Friday added Johnson & Johnson's vaccine in the battle against COVID-19, as the first single-dose shot for emergency use in all countries and as part of a global vaccination rollout.

March 12, 2021

Denmark to halt AstraZeneca vaccinations amid reports of blood clots

Denmark has stopped distributing the AstraZeneca-Oxford coronavirus vaccine due to reports of severe blood clots in people who have received the shot.

March 11, 2021

Higher levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in Northern Virginia tap water: Report

Northern Virginia has much higher concentrations of "forever chemicals" in its tap water than other areas of the D.C. region, says a new environmental report released Wednesday.

March 10, 2021