Due to the amount of vaccinations across our region, we will no longer be updating the COVID-19 hotline. As of Thursday, January 20, Virginia has had 1,434,686 total cases of COVID-19, including confirmed lab tests and clinical diagnoses, according to the Virginia Department of Health. […]

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – In an announcement Thursday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced his COVID-19 Action Plan. In a press release, the governor’s office says this plan aligns with Executive Order Number Eleven to provide hospitals, health systems, nursing facilities, and other healthcare providers the tools […]

Americans can now order free at-home rapid Covid-19 tests through a new government website. The website rollout is part of a larger effort by the Biden administration to increase access to testing, including more over-the-counter tests at pharmacies and in-person testing at local health centers. […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – For the second day in a row, Oklahoma health experts are reporting more than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases in the Sooner State. On Thursday, data from the Oklahoma State Department of Health shows that the state has had 866,403 confirmed cases […]

Hillsborough County, Fla. (Jan. 20, 2022) – Hillsborough County’s state of local emergency enacted in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is extended for another seven-day period. Hillsborough County Administrator Bonnie Wise today signed an extension of the declaration under authority authorized by the County’s Emergency […]

Jane Hayman, headteacher of Fred Nicholson School in Dereham, Norfolk, said she felt like an “afterthought”.

New analysis has revealed the people most likely to be unvaccinated against Covid-19. People who work as fitness instructors, painters, fork-lift truck drivers and actors are among those most likely to not have had the jab, the research suggests. In the 40 to 64 age […]

A care assistant who was sacked from the Sheffield care home where she worked because she refused the Covid-19 vaccine has lost an appeal against her dismissal. An employment tribunal determined that the care assistant, named in the report as Ms C Allette, but widely […]

Bill Gates has stressed the urgent need for businesses to step up and invest in emerging green technologies as the fight against climate change intensifies. Speaking via videoconference at The Davos Agenda virtual event Wednesday, Gates said the support and investment of the private sector was […]

As Covid-19 cases surge across the nation, Republican and Democratic governors alike are issuing new or reinstated emergency health orders in an effort to slow the spread of the omicron variant and alleviate the strain on hospitals. Officials from Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, Kansas and […]