After COVID-19 vaccination, is it safe to visit with friends and loved ones?

While the current COVID-19 vaccines may prevent someone from getting severely sick, it remains unclear whether they could still carry and transmit the virus to others. Here’s what you need to know.

Kroger plans to offer 15-minute COVID-19 tests to customers nationwide

Kroger announced plans to offer a completely at-home, COVID-19 test with results in 15 minutes to its customers nationwide, pending the test’s emergency approval from the FDA.

90-year-old Seattle woman walks 6 miles in the snow to get coronavirus vaccine

A 90-year-old Seattle woman walked six miles in the snow over the weekend to make sure she was on time for her coveted Covid-19 vaccination appointment.

South African COVID-19 variant found in NYC hospital patient

A patient in a New York City hospital has tested positive for the South African variant of the coronavirus.

Biden extends mortgage relief, ban on home foreclosures through June 2021

Certain mortgage protections that were put in place amid the pandemic, and were set to expire next month, have been extended through June.

COVID-19 pandemic brings rise in deaths among those with Alzheimer’s, dementia

There were nearly 40,000 more deaths than expected in 2020. The Alzheimer's Association says that factors associated with the pandemic are to blame. 

Do lockdowns work?  California versus Florida
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Florida versus California. The two states could not be any more different when it comes to how they are handling the pandemic. Some new data sheds light how the two compare in terms of cases, deaths, and hospitalizations.

Here's how Trump's acquittal could affect Biden's stimulus checks

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she hopes the package is approved "by the end of February" as the March 14 expiration on unemployment aid looms.

WHO greenlights AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, opening door for use in the UN

The World Health Organization has granted an emergency authorization to the COVID-19 vaccine made by AstraZeneca, likely allowing the U.N. health agency's partners to ship millions of doses to countries worldwide.

Vaccine rollout continues
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The Center's for Disease Control and Prevention says there should be enough coronavirus vaccine for every American to get a dose by the end of the summer.

New Zealand finds no new COVID-19 cases after largest city goes on lockdown for 1st time in 6 months

As people in Auckland adjust to a new lockdown, health officials say they’ve found no evidence the coronavirus has spread further in the community, raising hopes the restrictions might be short-lived.

Orange County COVID-19 appointments fill within 45 minutes

Orange County said that they will open their vaccination booking website at 9 a.m. and spots are expected to go quickly.

Researchers identify 7 US-based coronavirus variants

It's news no one wants to hear, but researchers say they've found at least seven new coronavirus variants - all of them based right here in the United States.