More than 70% of Americans can take off their masks indoors with new CDC guidelines on COVID risk
Now, in addition to caseloads, the guidance also will consider hospitalizations, current beds occupied by COVID patients and hospital capacity.
Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY
Daylight saving time is ‘not helpful’ and has ‘no upsides,’ experts say
American Academy of Sleep Medicine: The U.S. should eliminate daylight saving time in favor of a year-round standard time. Here’s why experts agree.
CDC lifts indoor mask guidelines for fully vaccinated people. What does it actually mean?
The new CDC guidelines may encourage more people to get vaccinated with tangible rewards, but it may also add to the confusion of mask etiquette.
Vaccinated Americans can gather inside without masks or social distancing in certain circumstances, CDC guidelines say
The CDC says vaccinated Americans may get together with other fully vaccinated individuals in small groups inside their homes without masks.
US reaches 200K coronavirus deaths after Trump praises administration for doing ‘phenomenal job’ on pandemic
In March, Trump said keeping the death toll at 100,000 to 200,000 people would indicate that his administration had “done a very good job.”
Coronavirus updates: WHO increases risk to ‘very high,’ tells governments to ‘wake up’
The WHO has increased the risk assessment of coronavirus to ‘very high’. Here’s the latest COVID-19 news.
Swearing off alcohol for Dry January? Here are a few helpful tips to get through the month
Dry January gained popularity after a British nonprofit promoted it in 2013. The next year, it became a government-backed public health campaign.
Church uses crop duster plane to bless entire town with 100 gallons of holy water
Members of St. Anne Church in Cow Island, Louisiana, enlisted the help of crop duster pilots to help spread blessings to the entire town.
Stomach flu outbreak terrorizes school in Washington state, sickening over 100 students, staff
A number of schools from Seattle Public Schools and Vancouver Public Schools were forced to close to disinfect and clean because of the outbreak.
Teen brothers from Chicago area among New Zealand volcano victims; suspected death toll rises to 16
New Zealand medical staff were continuing to work around the clock treating severely burned survivors of the eruption as the death toll climbs to 16.