Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic updates
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Recent Stories
Catholic Mass attendance returns to pre-COVID rates, new study shows
Catholic church pews are filling up again, with Sunday Mass attendance bouncing back to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new study.
Congress eyes legislation to end pandemic-era eviction rules
Legislation now in the House hopper would end a pandemic-era federal regulation that required landlords to provide tenants with 30 days' notice before starting eviction proceedings.
Once dismissed as unlikely, CIA now says COVID probably came from Chinese lab
Once dismissed as disinformation and a conspiracy theory by health experts, analysts at the CIA now believe the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic more than likely began inside China's Wuhan Institute of Virology.
DHS cancels COVID vaccine mandate for migrants getting green cards
Homeland Security on Wednesday nixed the requirement that migrants prove they've gotten the coronavirus vaccine before they can get green cards.
World Health Organization 'regrets' loss of U.S. support under Trump
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that it hopes President Trump will reconsider the U.S. pullout from the organization.
Trump vows to reinstate U.S. troops kicked out for refusing COVID-19 vaccine
President Trump said Monday he will reinstate the thousands of American troops kicked out of the military for refusing the Pentagon's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
California doctors ask Supreme Court to shield them from discipline over COVID-19 treatment
A group of doctors wants the Supreme Court to block a California directive that permits medical boards to sanction doctors based on their advice and treatment of COVID-19.
Fraudsters go free unless Congress acts; expiration nears for pursuing ill-gotten pandemic relief
The coronavirus pandemic began five years ago -- which means the first round of fraudsters is about to get away with their crimes.
House virus panel finishes its work by adopting report on 'likely' lab origins
A House panel on Wednesday adopted its massive final report on the coronavirus and its origins, putting its final stamp on the fallout from the pathogen that upended society in 2020 and 2021.
Congressional probe determines COVID-19 'most likely' leaked from Chinese lab
The coronavirus that killed millions of people "most likely" leaked from a Chinese lab where researchers were intentionally manipulating the virus, a two-year congressional investigation concluded Monday.
No more working in pajamas: Musk, Ramaswamy target teleworking for federal employees
Billionaire Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said this week they support requiring all federal employees to return to the office five days a week.
Incoming Trump administration to make science scientific again
The editor-in-chief of Scientific American recently quit her job after taking to social media to rant against Donald Trump's supporters as the "meanest" and the "dumbest," and to call Generation X-ers who voted Republican "f---ing fascists." Science, Democrat style.
Dementia-related deaths spiked during COVID lockdowns, says CDC
Deaths linked to dementia surged during COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 and remained elevated the following two years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.
CDC study finds anxiety and depression surged after COVID lockdowns
U.S. adults experienced a "significant increase" in mental health complaints after the COVID-19 pandemic restricted social interaction, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
With COVID-19 XEC variant projected to become main strain, are the symptoms different?
The COVID-19 XEC variant is gaining steam and, according to a new study, could become the virus' dominant strain in the U.S.
Back to the future: California counties impose seasonal mask mandate on health workers
Several Bay Area counties in California will require health care workers to mask up from Nov. 1 to either March or April, an unusual revival of rules that sparked controversy during the height of the pandemic.
Feds accuse five IRS employees of COVID fraud
The Justice Department announced fraud charges Tuesday against five current or former IRS employees in Tennessee whom prosecutors say stole money from the government's pandemic relief programs.
Youth anxiety, depression surged during Southern California pandemic lockdown
A new study of electronic medical records finds clinically diagnosed anxiety and depression swelled among young people during strict pandemic lockdowns in Southern California.
U.S. government offering Americans four free COVID-19 tests once again
The Department of Health and Human Services is once again offering every American household up to four free COVID-19 tests shipped to their homes, the agency announced Thursday.
Ex-N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo tries to dodge blame for nursing-home deaths during COVID
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday blamed former President Donald Trump for the COVID-19 chaos that enveloped the Empire State in early 2020, refusing in a combative Capitol Hill hearing to accept fault for thousands of seniors' deaths in the weeks after he ordered nursing homes to readmit positive patients.
Zuckerberg admits to Congress: COVID-19, Hunter Biden laptop suppression was wrong
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told House Republicans that the Biden administration repeatedly pressured Facebook to censor information about the COVID-19 crisis in 2021.
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