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COVID pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval after more than a year of emergency use
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Pfizer received full approval on Thursday for its COVID-19 pill Paxlovid that's been the go-to treatment against the coronavirus.More than 11 million prescriptions for Paxlovid have been dispensed since the Food and Drug Administration...
Singapore’s prime minister tests positive for COVID-19
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Monday he tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time after returning home from work trips in Africa and Asia. Due to his age, the 71-year-old said he was prescribed the Paxlovid...
COVID emergency orders are among `greatest intrusions on civil liberties,’ Justice Gorsuch says
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando The Supreme Court got rid of a pandemic-related immigration case with a single sentence.Justice Neil Gorsuch had a lot more to say, leveling harsh criticism of how governments, from small towns to the nation's capital, responded to the...
AdventHealth partners with colleges to prepare Central Florida nursing students
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando AdventHealth Winter Park and Seminole State College are getting results when it comes to preparing nursing students for a career in health care.In the last year, AdventHealth Winter Park and Seminole State College partnered up to form a...
Overall US COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Administration Update as of Wed, 10 May 2023 06:00:00 EST
Total Doses Distributed = 984,444,295. Total Doses Administered = 676,728,782. Number of People Receiving 1 or More Doses = 270,227,181. Number of People Fully Vaccinated = 230,637,348. COVID-19 Vaccination Data Updates
CDC’s Rochelle Walensky resigns, citing pandemic transition
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, submitted her resignation Friday, saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a transition.Walensky's last day will be June 30, CDC...
WHO says COVID emergency is over. So what does that mean?
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando The World Health Organization downgraded its assessment of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, saying it no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The action reverses a declaration that was first made on January 30, 2020, when the...
WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it’s no longer emergency
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and...
Overall US COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Administration Update as of Wed, 03 May 2023 06:00:00 EST
Total Doses Distributed = 982,117,925. Total Doses Administered = 676,006,980. Number of People Receiving 1 or More Doses = 270,129,677. Number of People Fully Vaccinated = 230,582,699. COVID-19 Vaccination Data Updates
COVID dropped to 4th leading cause of death in US last year
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando U.S. deaths fell last year, and COVID-19 dropped to the nation's No. 4 cause, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.COVID-19 deaths trailed those caused by heart disease, cancer and injuries such as drug...
WHO fires scientist who led COVID search over sex misconduct
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando The World Health Organization says it has fired the scientist who led a high-profile delegation from the U.N. health agency to China two years ago to jointly look into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, citing sexual...
Mexico develops own COVID-19 vaccine, 2 years late
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Mexican officials celebrated Wednesday the announcement that the country finally developed its own COVID-19 vaccine, more than two years after inoculations from the U.S., Europe and China were rolled out.It was unclear what use would be...