CBS8 - Coronavirus

Report: FDA to add most serious warning to COVID shots

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:07:16 GMT

A 'black box' warning is intended to warn about risks, such as death or life-threatening disabling reactions that should be weighed against the benefits.

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Why getting a COVID-19 vaccine is likely to be more complicated this year

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:01:33 GMT

A once-straightforward seasonal vaccine process has become muddled this year thanks to new federal guidance on who can get the shots.

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Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children

Tue, 20 May 2025 23:38:39 GMT

Tuesday's announcement is a major shift in the FDA’s approach to updating vaccines that protect against COVID-19.

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Vaccine | News and updates related to the COVID-19 vaccines

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 17:18:21 GMT

The latest news about COVID-19 vaccines and what it means to you.

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US suspends free COVID test program

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:54:34 GMT

The U.S. government reopened the program in September, allowing any household to order up to four at-home COVID nasal swab kits through the website, covidtests.gov.

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Free COVID-19 tests are still available from the federal government

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:05:26 GMT

After it was reported the Trump administration would be ending the free COVID test program, the Department of Health confirmed it will continue for now.

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Five couples out thousands of dollars after planning weddings at Oregon winery

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 17:54:38 GMT

They said they weren’t able to move the wedding to next year without paying thousands of additional dollars, or they were told they canceled when they didn’t.

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Americans will soon be able to order free COVID-19 tests again: How it works

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 16:39:13 GMT

An agency spokesperson has said the COVID tests will detect current virus strains and can be ordered ahead of the holiday season.

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A new COVID-19 vaccine has been approved. Here's when it will appear in pharmacies and doctors' offices.

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 18:25:39 GMT

While most Americans have some degree of immunity from prior infections or vaccinations or both, that protection wanes.

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Like Noah Lyles, dozens of Olympians with COVID are competing in Paris.

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 17:56:35 GMT

Organizers have issued health recommendations, but no restrictions, for dozens of athletes who have tested positive for COVID during the Paris Olympics.

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CDC drops 5-day isolation recommendation for those with COVID-19

Fri, 01 Mar 2024 18:54:35 GMT

The change is an effort to streamline recommendations so they are similar to longstanding recommendations for flu and other respiratory viruses.

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UCSD innovative COVID-19 analysis supports prevention protocols

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 02:44:43 GMT

UCSD Researchers prove wearing masks and other prevention protocols limited virus transmission in healthcare settings

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More hospitals are requiring masks as flu and COVID-19 cases surge

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 19:50:21 GMT

While many experts say this season likely won’t prove to be as deadly as some other recent winters, it still could mean hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations.

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In 2023, face masks are relatively rare, but COVID is coming back for the holidays

Sun, 17 Dec 2023 21:13:18 GMT

The days of anything approaching a widespread mask mandate would be like the Ghost of Christmas Past, a glimpse into what was.

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You can now sign up for 4 more free COVID-19 tests

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 13:20:16 GMT

The government is mailing out more coronavirus tests as the flu season kicks off and a spike in RSV cases has been reported in some spots.

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CDC discontinues the once-critical COVID-19 vaccination cards

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 19:47:19 GMT

As for your old card — if you still have it — it’s still valid as proof of vaccination.

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Here's how to order free COVID test kits

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 21:34:21 GMT

Each U.S. household can order up to four free tests.

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Where to get your COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 02:52:30 GMT

As San Diego cases rise, doctors say now's the time to get your shot to protect yourself from the virus.

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Free COVID test kits are about to be available again. Here's how to get them.

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 21:30:10 GMT

The Biden administration is aiming to prevent possible shortages during a rise in coronavirus cases that has typically come during colder months.

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Americans can now get an updated COVID-19 vaccine

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 00:47:32 GMT

CDC advisers endorsed the new shots for everyone 6 months and older and the agency's director quickly signed off Tuesday on the panel's recommendation.

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US approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:24:42 GMT

Like earlier versions, the vaccines are expected to be most protective against severe illness, hospitalization and death, rather than mild infection.

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US releases COVID-19 origin report, but agencies still disagree on how pandemic began

Sat, 24 Jun 2023 02:31:54 GMT

The different agencies of the U.S. government can't come to an agreement on how the pandemic began.

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‘I’m a hostage’ | Why California’s COVID unemployment mess isn’t over yet

Tue, 16 May 2023 22:23:41 GMT

Workers denied pandemic-era jobless benefits are still struggling with debt and stress — collateral damage as they fight appeals system facing a ‘historic’ backlog.

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FDA: More than 500K COVID tests should be thrown out due to bacteria risk

Fri, 05 May 2023 21:07:01 GMT

Around 500,000 of the recalled COVID tests were distributed to CVS Health and around 16,000 were sent to Amazon for sale.

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CDC head Rochelle Walensky resigning, citing pandemic transition

Fri, 05 May 2023 16:49:46 GMT

Walensky was brought in to raise morale at the CDC, to rebuild public trust in the agency and to improve its sometimes-bumbling response to the COVID pandemic.

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WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it's no longer emergency

Fri, 05 May 2023 14:01:47 GMT

The U.N. health agency said that the coronavirus pandemic hasn’t come to an end despite the emergency phase being over.

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US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week

Mon, 01 May 2023 20:47:30 GMT

The move marks the latest display of how President Joe Biden’s administration is moving to treat COVID-19 as a routine, endemic illness.

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'I feel forgotten': Fort Worth woman suffering from long COVID unable to work full-time or drive -- and she's struggling to get care

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 04:01:23 GMT

Danielle Sherrill, 27, told WFAA she's suffering from paralysis, chronic pain and fatigue while battling long COVID since February.

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COVID widened racial gap for fatal strokes in US

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:26:38 GMT

Black Americans have long had a higher stroke death rate than their white counterparts, a gap that was fairly steady for decades. But COVID widened the racial gap.

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New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:19:10 GMT

Efforts to determine COVID's origin have been complicated by factors including the massive surge of human infections and bitter international political disputes.

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US pregnancy deaths are down to pre-COVID levels

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 17:35:24 GMT

“From the worst to the near worst? I wouldn’t exactly call that an accomplishment,” said one New Yorker whose partner died after childbirth in 2019.

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China to reopen to tourists, resume all visas Wednesday

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 09:41:45 GMT

In recent months, China has relaxed its COVID-19 restrictions after keeping the nation on strict lockdown for the majority of the pandemic

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House votes 419-0 to declassify info about origins of COVID-19

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 16:45:36 GMT

U.S. intelligence agencies are divided over whether a lab leak or a spillover from animals is the likely source of the deadly virus.

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Gov. Newsom tests positive for COVID-19 second time in less than a year

Thu, 09 Mar 2023 05:01:07 GMT

Gov. Gavin Newsom will work remotely and self-isolate after his press office announced late Wednesday he tested positive for COVID-19.

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COVID-19 conspiracies soar after latest report on origins

Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:36:37 GMT

Within hours of the news of the Energy Department report exploring the "lab leak" theory, online mentions of conspiracy theories involving COVID-19 began to rise.

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China dismisses FBI statement on COVID-19 lab leak theory

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 11:00:43 GMT

U.S. agencies are not in agreement on the origin of the virus, and it may be years before we know where the virus originated — if ever.

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California's state of emergency for COVID-19 is over

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 03:21:03 GMT

The emergency order ended on Tuesday after nearly three years.

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Emergency allotments to CalFresh benefits for millions of Californians end February 28

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 01:54:30 GMT

As the COVID emergency declaration ends, the additional federal assistance in food stamps that more than 350,000 San Diegans now rely on will also come to an end.

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Coronavirus lab leak theory finds growing support

Mon, 27 Feb 2023 23:53:53 GMT

While some scientists are open to the lab-leak theory, others still believe the virus came from animals, mutated, and jumped into people.

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FDA’s own reputation could be restraining its misinformation fight

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 14:46:19 GMT

While experts support the FDA's fight against misinformation, they warn that separate controversies at the agency may be undermining its credibility with the public.

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