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CORONAVIRUS

Calif. school district reinstates indoor masking

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (AP) — A small California school district began requiring indoor masking again Tuesday due to rising cases of COVID-19. Pacific Grove Unified School District at the south end of Monterey Bay announced the requirement Monday after the Monterey County Health Department ...

2 more bills targeting COVID rules head to Ariz. governor’s desk

PHOENIX (AP) — Two more bills restricting responses to the coronavirus pandemic are heading to Republican Gov. Doug Ducey's desk, including one that would impact the ability of future state leaders to respond to another airborne-spreading disease and a second blocking the state from ever ...

FDA clears COVID booster shot for healthy kids ages 5 to 11

U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance their protection as infections once again creep upward. Everyone 12 and older already was supposed to get one booster dose for the best protection against ...

Boulder County rises to ‘medium’ COVID-19 level

DENVER (AP) — Boulder County is urging residents to take additional safety measures because of a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases. In an announcement Friday, the county's public health department said the number of new cases per 100,000 people had exceeded 200 in the last week, shifting ...

Creeping COVID-19 cases result in few schools mask mandates

By Steve LeBlanc and Mike Catalini Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — U.S. COVID-19 cases are up, leading a smattering of school districts, particularly in the Northeast, to bring back mask mandates and recommendations for the first time since the omicron winter surge ended and as the ...