New Zealand Education Minister Chris Hipkins bids to replace Jacinda Ardern as PM | CNN

CNN  —  Chris Hipkins, New Zealand’s education minister, is bidding to replace Jacinda Ardern as prime…

Japan considers downgrading Covid-19 to same level as seasonal flu | CNN

Tokyo CNN  —  Japan will consider downgrading Covid-19 to the same category as seasonal influenza this…

They planned to ‘ride out the end of the world.’ They wound up lost at sea | CNN

CNN  —  Soon after his 20th birthday, Isaac Danian disappeared from his home in Grand Rapids,…

Covid broke supply chains. Now on the mend, can they withstand another shock? | CNN Business

Minneapolis CNN  —  The pandemic dislodged the global supply chain, hurling once smoothly running businesses, industries…

Long Covid can be debilitating, even for healthy kids | CNN

CNN  —  Jessica Rosario loved watching her 15-year-old, Eliana, play flute with the rest of the…

China says 60,000 people have died of Covid since early December | CNN

CNN  —  Close to 60,000 people have died of Covid in China since the country abruptly…

CDC identifies possible safety issue with Pfizer’s updated Covid-19 vaccine but says people should still get boosted | CNN

CNN  —  The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that there is a…

‘This is the last thing we need:’ Millions of businesses hammered by the pandemic need to start paying back Covid loans | CNN Business

CNN  —  At Teddy & The Bully Bar restaurant near downtown Washington, DC, business has never…

How much should people worry about Covid’s newly-dominant XBB.1.5 variant? Our medical analyst explains | CNN

CNN  —  A new Covid-19 variant, XBB.1.5, is spreading rapidly throughout the United States. In December…

FDA vaccine advisers ‘disappointed’ and ‘angry’ that early data about new Covid-19 booster shot wasn’t presented for review last year | CNN

CNN  —  Some vaccine advisers to the federal government say they’re “disappointed” and “angry” that government…