Flight cancelations create chaos over holiday weekend
Almost one-third of all scheduled flights on Friday were delayed or canceled as the TSA screened nearly 2.5 million passengers, the highest number since before the pandemic. Lilia Luciano reports on the busiest July 4 travel weekend in years.
news.yahoo.comA viral reprise: When COVID-19 strikes again and again
Emerging research suggests that could put them at higher risk for health problems. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said they got COVID-19 for the second time, and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi said he tested positive a third time.
news.yahoo.comHow are the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for young children different?
The FDA has authorized Covid-19 vaccines for children under 5. Dose size and scheduleA child who gets the Moderna vaccine won’t have to go to the doctor or pharmacy as often, and they’ll get protection a little quicker than the Pfizer vaccine. The Moderna shot for young children is a quarter of the size that adults get. Here's what they want other kids — and adults — to knowThese children lost young parents to Covid-19. But myocarditis was not identified in the trials in young children.
thewestsidegazette.comWhat Is the ‘Special Debt’ China Uses to Spur Its Economy?
China’s government is cash-strapped with Covid-19, tax breaks and a property downturn pulling down income while spending keeps rising to pay for economic stimulus and containing virus outbreaks. One option Beijing has to fill the gap is to sell special sovereign bonds, a rarely used financing tool it last dusted off in 2020 to help lift the economy without inflating the budget deficit. Before that, they were employed during the Asian financial crisis in the 1990s and to help seed China’s soverei
washingtonpost.comTrump said he was 'scared of COVID' after testing positive because he knew people who died from it, Jan. 6 filmmaker says
"What he said to me was that the reason why he was sort of scared of COVID was essentially because he knew people who had died of COVID," British filmmaker Alex Holder said.
news.yahoo.comCOVID vaccines for infants arrive in Florida. Here’s why doctors are throwing them away
Dozens of South Florida pharmacies, community health centers, children’s hospitals and pediatricians received delivery this week of the first COVID-19 vaccines available for children as young as 6 months old — much earlier than anticipated after state officials missed a deadline for pre-ordering the shots.
news.yahoo.comCOVID vaccines for kids younger than 5 expected soon in Florida; should your child get one? The argument on both sides
Florida’s youngest children are now eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines, but some parents are wondering if those under 5 years old even need them. Here's the argument on both sides.
sun-sentinel.comFlorida surpasses 75,000 COVID deaths; two-thirds of state in high-risk category for community spread
Florida reached a grim milestone this week: More than 75,000 people in the state have died of COVID-19. The new death toll comes as COVID hospitalizations are rising and two-thirds of the counties in the state have moved into the red zone for high-risk levels of community spread.
sun-sentinel.comFeds: COVID vaccines for Florida kids available, but delayed after state failed to preorder doses
Gov. Ron DeSantis now says he will allow health facilities in Florida to order COVID-19 vaccinations for children under 5 years old. His shift was the latest round in a political brawl with the Biden administration over the issue of making vaccines available for children.
sun-sentinel.com‘Risks from travel will go up’: Doctor reacts to lifting of COVID testing requirements
An infectious disease specialist at Florida International University is explaining the potential ramifications of the Biden administration lifting its requirement that international travelers test negative for COVID-19 within a day before flying to the United States.