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Los Angeles would join other local governments in rolling back the vaccine mandate, including San Diego, Long Beach and L.A. County. Read More

Germany has scrapped a requirement for its military servicepeople to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a mandate that had been in place since late 2021, the government said Wednesday. People serving with the German military, the Bundeswehr, are required to get vaccinations against a number of diseases — including measles, mumps and flu — so long…

Dennis Falaschi’s plea agreement marks a twist in a criminal case that has captivated farmers in the San Joaquin Valley — and raises a host of new questions about who, exactly, engineered the long-running federal water theft and who benefited. Read More

It’s too early to know if FLiRT will be a major change in the COVID picture; so far impacts have been small. But officials are urging Californians to be prepared. Read More

California may be headed to an earlier start to the summer COVID-19 season than normal as the latest family of coronavirus subvariants, FLiRT, has made significant gains nationally. Read More

Simon Case said Boris Johnson “cannot lead” and called officials “pygmies” at the height of the pandemic. Read More

Case had been due to appear last year, but had to withdraw on health grounds in October. Read More

Zhang Zhan, a citizen journalist, was released from prison after serving four years for charges related to reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China, according to a video statement she released Tuesday, eight days after her sentence ended, though there are concerns about how much freedom of movement she has. Zhang was sentenced to…

Their education, mental health, healthcare access and use of social media will all be covered. Read More

Ex-Team GB’s Oonagh Cousins says a treatment she underwent “blamed” participants for being ill. Read More