Biden's COVID symptoms improve; White House shows him working phones

President Joe Biden's physician says the president's COVID symptoms have improved after a full day of treatment with the anti-viral drug Paxlovid and Tylenol. Dr. Kevin O'Connor says Biden's temperature had registered 99.4 F on Thursday but has been normal since then.

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South Korea enters ‘new phase’ of COVID-19 as US base in Tokyo raises health-risk level

Tokyo reported 19,059 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, exceeding 10,000 new daily cases for the first time since March, according to Tokyo Metropolitan statistics online. Infections are also on the rise for U.S. forces in South Korea.

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Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has 'very mild symptoms'

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 and went into isolation with mild symptoms. White House officials went all-out to show that the 79-year-old U.S. leader could power through the virus and keep working because he was vaccinated and boosted.

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Judge temporarily halts Air Force discipline for refusing COVID vaccine

A federal court judge has certified as a legal class a group of Air Force members seeking a religious exemption from the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

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Wright-Patterson requires masks for all as COVID cases rise

Col. Christopher Meeker, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, announced that the base will transition to HPCON Charlie.

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Scars of COVID persist for sickest survivors, their families

While more than 1 million people in the United States died of COVID-19, many more survived ICU stays that have left them with a host of health issues. One survivor is Freddy Fernandez, who was hospitalized for five months and nearly died several times.

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Former US attorney administers $56M settlement for victims of Holyoke Soldiers’ Home COVID outbreak

As the deadline nears for surviving family members and veterans who survived the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke to apply for shares of a $56 million settlement with the state, former U.S. Attorney Donald K. Stern is preparing to be the gatekeeper.

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'I'm over it.' Many in LA shrug off COVID-19 wave despite super-infectious subvariants

The number of coronavirus-positive patients hospitalized in L.A. County was 1,328 — up 44% from two weeks ago. Earlier in the pandemic, this kind of surge might have elicited widespread fear and anxiety. But this time around, many are shrugging their shoulders.

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California COVID hospitalizations have quadrupled. Who is getting really sick?

The number of COVID patients in California hospitals has more than quadrupled in the past three months. As of Thursday, 4,432 patients had COVID, up from a low of 949 on April 16.

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Europe can't shake off COVID-19 as variant fuels summer spike

It was supposed to be a post-COVID-19 summer in Europe. Masks are gone in most places, and vacation season is in full swing as workers rush for the beaches and cities they missed in the two years marked by the pandemic. But instead, the reality confronting people is that the virus never went away.

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