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WASHINGTON, DC - Do you have a sore throat, a runny nose and muscle aches? It could be a common cold, a case of the flu -- or Covid-19.

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WASHINGTON, DC - COVID-19 infection increases the risk of developing diabetes, according to a newly released study to The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology medical journal.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Moderna on Wednesday said it will soon seek emergency use authorization for its two-dose COVID-19 vaccine in children under six years old, after preliminary data showed kids in that age group had a similar immune response to adolescents and young adults when given a smaller dose of the vaccine.

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WASHINGTON, DC - With an urgent funding request stuck in Congress, a federal agency says it can no longer cover COVID tests and treatments bills for uninsured people and will stop taking claims at midnight Tuesday.

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WASHINGTON, DC - With coronavirus cases rising in parts of Europe and Asia, scientists worry that an extra-contagious version of the omicron variant may soon push cases up in the United States too.

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CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia reported just 90 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday as active cases fell to 508, according to the state Department of Health and Human Resources coronavirus dashboard. That’s 115 fewer active COVID-19 cases than reported Monday.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Nearly 50 million people in the U.S. had their sensitive health data breached in 2021, a threefold increase in three years, according to a POLITICO analysis of the latest HHS data.

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