By ZEKE MILLER and DAVID KOENIG WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is extending the nationwide mask requirement for airplanes and public transit for
By ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government has provided more than $2 billion to help cover funeral costs for more than 300,000 families of people who died from
Obama tests positive for COVID-19, says he’s ‘feeling fine’ The Associated Press Former President Barack Obama said on Sunday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, though he’s
By LAURAN NEERGAARD Pfizer is enrolling healthy adults to test a reformulated COVID-19 vaccine that matches the hugely contagious omicron variant, to see how it compares with the original
By LINDSEY TANNER Distrust, misinformation and delays because of the holidays and bad weather have combined to produce what authorities say are alarmingly low COVID-19 vaccination rates in
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE Influential government advisers are strongly urging that teens as young as 12 get COVID-19 boosters as soon as they’re eligible, a key
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH – Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Carolyn Burnett is bracing for her first Christmas without her son Chris, a beloved high school football coach
By LAURAN NEERGAARD Pfizer said Wednesday that a booster of its COVID-19 vaccine may offer important protection against the new omicron variant even though the initial two doses appear significantly
By LAURA UNGAR LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Cadell Walker rushed to get her 9-year-old daughter Solome vaccinated against COVID-19 — not just to protect her but to help
