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Pfizer COVID shots appear 73% effective in children under 5

Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine was 73% effective in protecting children younger than 5 as omicron spread in the spring, the company announced Tuesday.

August 23, 2022

No masks, fewer COVID-19 tests: Baltimore-area schools prepare for a new school year

Most Baltimore-area school districts don’t plan to screen for coronavirus cases and won’t send students home to quarantine, moves based on federal and state guidance that aim to keep more kids learning at their desks.

August 17, 2022

Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19 and has ‘mild’ symptoms

First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing “mild symptoms,” the White House announced Tuesday.

August 16, 2022

The Restaurant Revitalization Fund gave Baltimore-area businesses grants to stay open. So why did some close?

Questions have been raised about the effectiveness and oversight of the COVID-19 relief program, which awarded $28.6 billion in grants to thousands of businesses.

August 12, 2022

CDC drops COVID-19 quarantine for close contacts and 6-foot distancing

The CDC relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines, dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person.

August 11, 2022

Emergent dumped more than a half billion doses of COVID vaccines, congressional panel finds

Emergent BioSolutions had to dump more COVID vaccine, bringing the total to more than a half-billion doses.

August 11, 2022

COVID-19 deaths fall overall by 9% and infections are stable, WHO says

The number of coronavirus deaths fell by 9% in the last week while new cases remained relatively stable, according to the latest weekly pandemic report released by the World Health Organization.

August 10, 2022

Deaths down but Maryland seeks to keep housing ‘COVID-19 remains’ in makeshift morgue in downtown Baltimore parking garage

Maryland health officials plan to continue operating a morgue in a downtown Baltimore parking garage for COVID-19 remains.

August 09, 2022

Latest court filings in Marilyn Mosby case ‘anything but dispassionate’ as feds spar with her lawyers

Marilyn Mosby's attorneys are asking a judge to bar the government from using the term “financial hardship” at her trial on perjury charges, saying it would bias jurors against Mosby as they hear about her withdrawals from her retirement account during the COVID-19 pandemic.

August 06, 2022

Inside a Baltimore County schools job fair, staffing shortages attract teachers ahead of a new academic year

Amid widespread staffing shortages of educators, bus drivers and other essential staff, the Baltimore County school system has launched weekly recruitment events around the district to put candidates directly in front of hiring managers.

August 05, 2022

US rules out summer COVID boosters to focus on fall campaign

U.S. regulators said they are no longer considering authorizing a second COVID-19 booster shot for all adults under 50 this summer, focusing instead on revamped vaccines for the fall that will target the newest viral subvariants.

White House, Moderna reach deal for omicron COVID-19 vaccine

The omicron strain has been dominant in the U.S. since December, with the BA.5 subvariant now causing a massive wave of infections across the country.

New studies bolster theory coronavirus emerged from the wild

Two new studies provide more evidence that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China market where live animals were sold.

Baltimore County Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger tests positive for COVID-19 for second time this year

U.S. Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger has tested positive for COVID-19, his office announced Monday.

Got a cough and scratchy throat? Mild COVID is still COVID, Maryland doctors say.

Doctors urge people to stay vigilant against COVID-19 and test if symptoms arise.

President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nation’s efforts to resume normalcy after two and a half years of pandemic disruptions.

Another COVID-19 vaccine, developed by Maryland-based Novavax, approved for U.S. use

A COVID-19 vaccine developed by Gaithersburg-based Novavax was recommended Tuesday for those age 18 and older by an advisory panel for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and only awaits final formal approval from CDC. The more traditional vaccine is expected to help overcome some hesitancy among the unvaccinated.

CDC advisers endorse more traditional Novavax COVID vaccine

Regulators authorized the nation’s first so-called protein vaccine against COVID-19 last week, but Novavax shots cannot begin until the CDC recommends how to use them.

COVID rises across U.S. amid muted warnings and murky data

COVID-19 is surging around the U.S. again in what experts consider the most transmissible variant of the pandemic yet. But this time, public health authorities are holding back.

US regulators OK new COVID-19 shot option from Gaithersburg-based Novavax

The U.S. is getting another COVID-19 vaccine choice as the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cleared Novavax shots for adults.

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