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Workers clean and disinfect the floor at the National Exhibition and Convention Center NECC, the largest makeshift hospital, in Shanghai. Many jobs in these temporary facilities are drawn from the pool of unemployed migrant workers.

Migrant workers in China find new jobs — and precarious conditions — in COVID control

China's economic downturn has left thousands of migrant workers unemployed. They're pivoting to work in COVID control — and have strong concerns about how they are being treated.

Long COVID — lingering symptoms that can follow a COVID diagnosis — plagues millions of Americans. It may be less likely after a second bout of COVID than after a first. For those living with it, it can be debilitating. Judy Schafer, 58, met with a group of other women with long COVID via Zoom, at her home in Seattle, Wash., in January.

You're less likely to get long COVID after a second infection than a first

The chances of developing lingering symptoms after COVID appears to fall sharply from the first to the second time someone gets sick, new research finds. The risk is still significant.

Motorcycle enthusiasts attend the 81st annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on Sunday in Sturgis, S.D. The rally is expected to draw up to 700,000 people during its 10-day run.

Health Experts Fear A Spread Of COVID As Motorcyclists Gather In South Dakota

Hundreds of thousands of bikers are traveling to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota again this year. Last year's rally was linked to several hundred cases.

The American flag flies at half-staff at the White House on Thursday as President Biden commemorates 1 million American lives lost due to COVID-19.

Biden marks the approaching milestone of 1 million U.S. COVID-19 deaths

"One million empty chairs around the dinner table. Each an irreplaceable loss," President Biden said Thursday.

ECECD Joins Forces with CYFD to Bring Virtual Talks to Families During Covid-19

Early Childhood Education and Care Dept. Joins Forces with CYFD to Bring Virtual Talks to help parents, children and families cope during the Covid-19…

A Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is prepared during a pop-up vaccine clinic at Cristo Rey Church in East Austin on July 24, 2021.

Source NM's Austin Fisher discusses the recent extension of NM's COVID public health emergency

New Mexico extended the statewide public health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic through May 16.

Seth Meyers and host Jimmy Fallon appear on <em>Late Night With Jimmy Fallon</em> on Jan. 28, 2014, in New York City.

Late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers test positive for COVID-19

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night With Seth Meyers are both taped at New York City's 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Meyers' show has been canceled for the rest of this week.

A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic at the Keystone First Wellness Center in Chester, Pa., Dec. 15, 2021.

The omicron subvariant dominating U.S. COVID-19 cases is more vaccine-resistant

The BA.5 strain represented 65% of cases from July 3 to 9, according to data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.

Zone G in a quarantine center turned housing units. The complex is divided into nine zones, named after letters from A to L, a design that was meant to make quarantine management convenient. Inside each window of the building is a 190-square-foot studio, equipped with a bed, a sofa and a bathroom.

A year after lifting COVID rules, China is turning quarantine centers into apartments

Dozens of makeshift centers were built and now stand empty. Now authorities want to revive a stagnating economy and attract young workers to cities by turning the structures into affordable housing.

How the current COVID surge is hurting learning and kids' mental health

Thousands of schools around the country have once again shifted to remote learning as COVID cases rise. It's taking a huge toll on children.

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