Jan 03 Child care disruptions continue amid 'tridemic' of RSV, COVID-19 and flu By Heather Hollingsworth, Claire Savage, Associated Press For working parents of young children, it seems the rest of the world has moved on from the pandemic. Continue reading
Jan 02 European Union tries to coordinate COVID travel policies for China By Raf Casert, Associated Press European Union nations will try again on Wednesday to mold a coordinated approach on if and how authorities should check incoming airline passengers from China for any new COVID-19 variants after several member nations announced individual efforts over the past… Continue reading
Jan 02 New York City nurses, hospitals resume contract talks as possible strike looms By Associated Press A possible strike by thousands of New York City nurses is looming even though nurses at one hospital reached a tentative agreement hours before their contract was set to expire. Continue reading
Dec 30 France, Spain to require negative COVID tests for China passengers By Associated Press France says it will require negative COVID-19 tests of all passengers arriving from China and is urging French citizens to avoid nonessential travel to China. Continue reading
Dec 29 Lack of information from China on COVID surge stirs global worry By Ken Moritsugu, Huizhong Wu, Associated Press Moves by several countries to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that new variants could emerge in its ongoing explosive outbreak — and that the government may not inform the rest of the world quickly… Continue reading
Dec 28 Travelers from China must test for COVID-19 starting next week, U.S. announces By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press Beginning Jan. 5, all travelers to the U.S. from China will be required to take a COVID-19 test no more than two days before travel and provide a negative test before boarding their flight. The testing applies to anyone 2… Continue reading
Dec 28 China to resume issuing passports for tourism as COVID controls fall By Joe McDonald, Associated Press China says it will resume issuing passports for tourism in another big step away from anti-virus controls that isolated the country for almost three years. Continue reading
Dec 27 Supreme Court keeps pandemic-era immigration limits in place indefinitely By Rebecca Santana, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The restrictions, often referred to as Title 42, were put in place under then-President Donald Trump at the beginning of the pandemic to curb the spread of COVID-19. Continue reading
Dec 27 Japan to require COVID testing for all visitors from China By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Japan will require COVID-19 tests for all visitors from China as a temporary emergency measure against the surging infections there after Beijing largely abandoned its "zero-COVID" policy. Continue reading
Dec 26 Years into the pandemic, scientists are still trying to understand long COVID By Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press A British historian, an Italian archaeologist and an American preschool teacher share a prominent pandemic bond: They're each credited with describing, naming and helping bring long COVID into the public's consciousness in early 2020. Continue reading