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A looming COVID risk in California? Schools return with fewer rules, lagging vaccine rates

LOS ANGELES — California schools reopened for the fall semester with loosened COVID-19 protocols and low student vaccination rates among younger children, presenting a new test for the trajectory of the pandemic as some experts expect another rise in cases when winter arrives.

Los Angeles Times

Omicron-specific COVID-19 booster may be available in a few weeks, officials say

The omicron-specific COVID-19 booster may be available in a few weeks, assuming federal agencies sign off on the new shot, a top White House COVID-19 official said this week.

Los Angeles Times

Monkeypox gives paramedics COVID déjà vu

Union officials warn they are seeing the same plodding response to monkeypox that they saw in COVID-19

Salon

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Here’s why experts say the U.S. is stuck in a ‘horrible plateau’ of COVID-19 deaths

What seems to make the biggest difference between people who recover from COVID and those who die is whether they get treatment within the first week of diagnosis, one expert says.

Chicago Sun-Times

Monkeypox straining already overstretched public health system

Deep into their third year of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, local and state public health workers are battered, depleted and, in many places, demoralized.

Tribune News Service

Monkeypox ‘can be contained, absolutely’ in US, White House doctor says

There are 2,500 reported cases of monkeypox in the US, detected in 44 states, Washington, DC and Puerto Rico

The Independent UK

Monkeypox ‘can be contained’ in US, White House doctor says

WASHINGTON — Monkeypox “can be contained” in the U.S., with the goal of eventually eliminating the illness as testing and vaccinations ramp up, the White House’s COVID-19 response coordinator said.

Tribune News Service

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Joe Biden feeling ‘much better’ but Covid symptoms persist

US President Joe Biden is feeling “much better” after testing positive for Covid-19, the White House said.

Evening Standard

Biden ‘much, much better’ three days after Covid diagnosis, White House response director says

‘If he has persistent symptoms ... if any of them interfere with his ability to carry out his duties ... we will disclose that early and often with the American people’

The Independent UK

Biden ‘doing just fine’ after testing positive for Covid, White House says

Ashish Jha, coronavirus response coordinator, and physician Kevin O’Connor say president contracted BA.5 variant

The Guardian - US

Biden feeling 'much, much better' after COVID diagnosis

The White House COVID-19 coordinator says President Joe Biden is feeling “much, much better” after testing positive for the coronavirus

The Independent UK

Joe Biden likely infected by highly contagious BA.5 subvariant

The Omicron subvariant is responsible for 75-80% of infections in the U.S.

Axios

Doctor: Biden likely has highly contagious COVID-19 strain

President Joe Biden likely has contracted a highly contagious variant of the coronavirus spreading rapidly through the United States, and now has body aches and a sore throat since his positive test

The Independent UK

Biden likely infected with BA5 Covid variant, physician says

US president’s condition continues to improve following antiviral treatment, White House reports

The Independent UK

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Tribune News Service

Biden says he’s feeling OK, doctor reports COVID-19 improvement

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said he feels well despite a cough and hoarse voice from COVID-19, as he held a videoconference with economic advisers that the White House let reporters briefly observe.

WEKU

Biden holds a gas prices event virtually as he isolates with COVID-19

The president will isolate through Tuesday, and if he tests negative, at that point he could resume a normal schedule on Wednesday. He has continued to work since testing positive on Thursday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden Improving as Mild COVID Symptoms Persist, White House Says

US President Joe Biden's symptoms from COVID-19 symptoms have improved, his doctor said on Friday, one day after he tested positive for the virus as a highly contagious subvariant drove a new wave of cases in the United States. A letter released from the White House physician, Kevin O'Connor, said…

Evening Standard

China’s Xi Jinping wishes Joe Biden ‘speedy recovery’ from Covid

The White House says the US president is ‘doing just fine’ and continues to have mild symptoms

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Asharq Al-Awsat

White House Tries to Make Biden’s COVID a ‘Teachable Moment’

For more than a year, President Joe Biden’s ability to avoid the coronavirus seemed to defy the odds. When he finally did test positive, the White House was ready. It set out to turn the diagnosis into a "teachable moment" and dispel any notion of a crisis. "The president does…

The Independent UK

White House tries to make Biden's COVID a 'teachable moment'

For more than a year, President Joe Biden’s ability to avoid the coronavirus seemed to defy the odds

Los Angeles Times

Coronavirus deaths in LA County rising as ultra-contagious subvariants spread infections

LOS ANGELES — The number of weekly COVID-19 deaths reported in Los Angeles County has doubled over the last month — the first significant increase in fatalities since the winter surge.

Tribune News Service

Biden administration urges caution as BA.5 COVID variant surges

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is warning Americans to take the latest COVID-19 variant, BA.5, more seriously, but its stated strategy, released Tuesday, is to keep doing more of the same — encouraging masking, testing and getting vaccinated against COVID-19 when applicable.

Al Jazeera

US health officials urge booster shots as COVID variants spread

Biden administration pushes vaccines as best way to avoid potential disruptions from new BA.4 and BA.5 variants.

The Independent UK

White House urges caution on COVID variants, pushes boosters

The Biden administration is calling on people to exercise renewed caution about COVID-19, emphasizing the importance of getting booster shots for those who are eligible and wearing masks indoors

Roll Call

Biden administration urges caution as BA.5 surges - Roll Call

The Biden administration's response to latest COVID-19 variant is take it seriously but embrace the same public health precautions as before.

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