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Nobel in medicine goes to 2 scientists whose work enabled creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19

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Here's how to order free COVID test kits

Each U.S. household can order up to four free tests.
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Free COVID test kits are about to be available again. Here's how to get them.

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

Here are the number of COVID-19 cases across the Mid-South

This is a look at where Shelby County, as well as Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas, currently stand for COVID-19 cases.
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Americans can now get an updated COVID-19 vaccine

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.
Coronavirus

US approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall

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

The CDC did not say a new COVID strain is not more contagious among vaccinated than unvaccinated people

Social media posts claim that the CDC said a new COVID subvariant is more contagious in vaccinated people than in unvaccinated people. That’s false.
Coronavirus

VERIFY: Are at-home COVID antigen tests able to detect the latest variants?

One thing users need to make sure of: that their at-home test kit isn't expired.
The Conversation

Here's why COVID may have hit some harder than others, or not at all for some

Researchers wanted to explore the reason why so many people tested positive for the virus without realizing they had it. They found an answer in genetics.
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US releases COVID-19 origin report, but agencies still disagree on how pandemic began

The different agencies of the U.S. government can't come to an agreement on how the pandemic began.
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Math scores plunge for 13-year-olds as pandemic setbacks persist

More than two years after most students returned to in-person class, there are still “worrisome signs about student achievement,” one federal official said.
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Next round of COVID-19 shots in fall will target latest omicron strain

The three U.S. companies that make COVID-19 shots said this week they had geared up to make the formula change to make millions of doses available this fall.

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Missing in the Mid-South | Children & teens, last names D-G

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Nobel in medicine goes to 2 scientists whose work enabled creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19

Here's how to order free COVID test kits

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

Here are the number of COVID-19 cases across the Mid-South

Americans can now get an updated COVID-19 vaccine

US approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall

The CDC did not say a new COVID strain is not more contagious among vaccinated than unvaccinated people

VERIFY: Are at-home COVID antigen tests able to detect the latest variants?

Here's why COVID may have hit some harder than others, or not at all for some

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

Math scores plunge for 13-year-olds as pandemic setbacks persist

Next round of COVID-19 shots in fall will target latest omicron strain

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