March 8, 2022 CDC director expects COVID-19 to become a 'seasonal virus' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said she anticipates COVID-19 will become a seasonal virus.
March 8, 2022 COVID-19 can cause memory loss, brain shrinkage: study COVID-19 can cause the brain to shrink, reduce grey matter in the regions that control emotion and memory, and damage areas that control the sense of smell, an Oxford University study has found.
March 8, 2022 Virginia Democrats block bill to protect religious freedom against executive orders Virginia Senate Democrats blocked a religious freedom bill to protect churches, synagogues and mosques from any "rule, regulation, or order" from the governor or government, such as COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
March 8, 2022 Mask mandates go away in schools, but parent worries persist Major school districts around the country are allowing students into classrooms without masks for the first time in nearly two years, eliminating rules that stirred up intense fights among educators, school boards, and parents throughout the pandemic.
March 7, 2022 Israeli child diagnosed with polio; first case there in decades An unvaccinated child, 4, from Jerusalem, contracted the highly transmissible virus, making it the first polio case in Israel since 1988, the Israeli Health Ministry said Sunday.
March 7, 2022 Pentagon asks Supreme Court to block injunction allowing deployment of unvaccinated Navy SEALs The Pentagon asked the Supreme Court on Monday to partially block a lower court injunction on unvaccinated Navy SEALs, who had sued President Biden because they were seeking a religious exemption.
March 7, 2022 House Republicans call for end to vaccine mandates for foreign truckers, agricultural workers at the border 36 House Republicans are calling on the Biden administration to end vaccine mandates for truckers and H-2A agricultural workers.
March 7, 2022 NYC parents plan to sue the mayor over mask mandates for young kids A group of New York City parents plan to sue Mayor Eric Adams over his continuing mask mandates for children four and under in schools.
March 7, 2022 Seattle teachers union demands forced masking until May to ensure 'sense of normalcy' Seattle public schoolchildren could be required to wear masks until at least May amid ongoing negotiations with the teachers union that argues masks bring a sense of "normalcy" to children.
March 7, 2022 DC truck convoy to return to Beltway, back up traffic but will not enter city A U.S. trucker convoy was expected to bring traffic to Washington D.C. area on Monday as the group plans to drive a circuit around the Capital Beltway to protest Covid-19 mandates and other issues.
