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US lifting COVID-19 test requirement for international travel

The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before boarding their flights.

Pandemic fallout, cultural divides and shootings among educational issues animating Maryland gubernatorial candidates

If education is among the most urgent issues for Maryland’s incoming governor, then the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future – a landmark reform plan adopted in 2021 – could serve as a bellwether for understanding candidates’ approaches.

A new COVID-19 vaccine may be an option for troops with religious concerns

A COVID-19 vaccine that could soon win federal approval may offer a boost for the U.S. military: an opportunity to get shots into some of the thousands of service members who have refused other coronavirus vaccines for religious reasons.

Millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses ordered for youngest kids, White House says

Millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses have been ordered for small children in anticipation of possible federal authorization next week, White House officials say.

Sun/UB poll: What Marylanders think about overturning Roe, mandatory COVID school vaccines, mass shootings and a midsummer election

We polled likely Maryland voters not only on who they support for governor, attorney general and comptroller, but also on their feelings about topics very much in the news. Here’s what we found.

FDA advisers back Novavax COVID shots as 4th vaccine option in US

American adults who haven’t yet gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 may soon get another choice.

Hopkins doctor: This COVID surge not as bad as the last but prepare for another. And monkeypox.

This pandemic wave may be more mild than the last one, but there is certainly more to come, said Johns Hopkins University expert after returning from a stint as as White House advisor.

First COVID vaccine shots for kids under 5 possible by June 21, White House says

The Biden administration said children under 5 may be able to get their first COVID-19 vaccination doses as soon as June 21, if federal regulators authorize shots for the age group, as expected.

Pilot testing program in Maryland could save life and limb as new illegal drug danger emerges

A federal lab is turning up an animal tranquilizer, among other additives, as part of a pilot program that aims to show what's in street drugs.

CDC: Baltimore city and county, plus Anne Arundel, Howard and 3 Shore counties have high COVID-19 transmission

Baltimore City plus Baltimore, Anne Arundel and Howard in the Baltimore region and Dorchester, Kent and Talbot on the Eastern Shore have high community spread of COVID-19, prompting renewed calls for indoor masking.

Maryland-based Novavax missed its moonshot but is angling to win over mRNA doubters with its COVID vaccine

After years of failure, Maryland-based Novavax aims to attract the vaccine-hesitant with an alternative to mRNA shots. But will it find a market?

More than 1 in 5 adult COVID survivors in US may develop long COVID, CDC study suggests

One in 5 adult COVID survivors under age 65 in the United States has experienced at least one health condition that could be considered long COVID, according to a new CDC study.

Kids aren’t skipping just COVID vaccines in Maryland. Meanwhile, measles and other threats loom.

Public health officials in Maryland are concerned that measles vaccinations have dropped as global cases have risen.

Opponents of federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate ask appeals court to reconsider

A federal appeals court is being asked to reconsider its decision allowing the Biden administration to require that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19.

What’s next for COVID-19 vaccines for youngest US children

A few steps remain before COVID-19 vaccines are available to those under 5. Here's what's next.

Pfizer says 3 doses of its COVID vaccine protect kids under 5

Three doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced Monday.

COVID pandemic is ‘most certainly not over,’ head of World Health Organization warns

The COVID-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over,” the head of the World Health Organization warned Sunday, despite a decline in reported cases since the peak of the omicron wave. He told governments that “we lower our guard at our peril.”

No one wants to hear it, but another COVID wave is here in Maryland

COVID cases are rising in Maryland, along with much of the Northeastern U.S., prompting new calls for people to take steps to protect themselves.

Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, CDC says

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommended a third COVID-19 shot to healthy elementary-age kids.

A third of US should be considering masks as COVID cases rise, officials say

COVID-19 cases are increasing in the U.S. – and could get even worse over the coming months, federal health officials warned in urging areas hardest hit to consider reissuing calls for indoor masking.

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