Gov. Jim Justice this morning said the age limit on COVID-19 vaccinations will be lowered to residents 50 and older. Teachers and service personnel from 40 to 50 years old and children with health issues also will be emphasized, he said during his pandemic briefing. The governor a little ...
Brooke, Ohio and Marshall counties have gone green. The trio of Northern Panhandle counties sits in the safest category on the Department of Health and Human Resources Monday COVID-19 alert map. Hancock County is yellow, the second-safest category. Ohio, Marshall and Brooke are among the 23 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is getting a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19, as the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday cleared a Johnson & Johnson shot that works with just one dose instead of two. Health experts are anxiously awaiting a one-and-done option to help speed vaccinations, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill that was championed by President Joe Biden, the first step in providing another dose of aid to a weary nation as the measure now moves to a tense Senate. “We have no time to waste,” Biden said at the White House ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said that Congress should “go big or go home” on the federal pandemic stimulus package, breaking with opposition to the plan from within his own party. “We have tried to underspend and undersize what was really needed ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just five weeks ago, Los Angeles County was conducting more than 350,000 weekly coronavirus tests, including at a massive drive-thru site at Dodger Stadium, as health workers raced to contain the worst COVID-19 hotspot in the U.S. Now, county officials say testing has ...
