COVID-19

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July 21, 2022
The president, who spent the day working in isolation, called the House majority whip to congratulate him on his NAACP…
July 21, 2022
President Biden, 79, has tested positive for COVID-19, but he is said to have mild symptoms and is on the…
July 20, 2022
Temporary menstrual changes may be more of a side effect of the COVID-19 vaccine than previously understood, new research finds.
July 16, 2022
Airlines are grabbing headlines, but Amtrak remains a major mode of travel throughout the U.S.—and the current mandate is no…
July 14, 2022
Los Angeles County, home to 10 million residents, may return to an indoor mask mandate if trends in hospital admissions…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer,D-NY, theGrio.com
July 11, 2022
The New York Democrat will follow federal health guidelines and quarantine this week while working remotely.
July 10, 2022
After several years adrift, Antonio McGowan was finally able to regain his footing with the help of the Hinds County…
theGRIO.com
July 9, 2022
A white Kentucky man faces up to five years in prison after infiltrating a fifth grade Zoom class and using…
July 7, 2022
“When you are a no-show for your own event, that’s how powerful COVID can be,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said…
July 7, 2022
Many Americans were likely cleaning out closets during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. Those items filled community thrift shops.
Wal-mart pickup location, theGrio.com
July 5, 2022
Still, close to half also say it would be a good thing if virtual options for health care, for community…
July 3, 2022
COVID-19 is still killing hundreds of Americans each day, but is not nearly as dangerous as it was last fall…
Rachel Levine, Emiola Adebayo, Emy Jean-Marie, Nizar Dowla, theGrio.com
June 30, 2022
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said cases were on the rise in 110 countries, mostly driven by the omicron variants…
LPN Yokasta Castro, theGrio.com
June 29, 2022
The panel voted 19-2 that COVID-19 boosters should contain some version of the super-contagious omicron variant.
June 27, 2022
Before the pandemic, there was no room in the budget for Kate Murphy's children to buy lunch at school. She…
June 25, 2022
Pfizer announced Saturday that tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and works.
June 22, 2022
While infection numbers remain in flux, travel restrictions are easing around the world. Here's where things are back to the…
June 21, 2022
Black and Latino Americans are more likely than whites or non-Hispanic people to continue wearing masks in public.
Curtis Means. theGrio.com
June 17, 2022
U.S. kids under the age of 5 years old — roughly 18 million youngsters — are eligible for the COVID-19…
June 16, 2022
The pandemic has highlighted disparities in structural improvements and air quality in schools—and how both can impair learning.