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Pharmacies responding to renewed demand for COVID-19 vaccinations

PROVIDENCE – As the new omicron variant of COVID-19 stokes anxiety, COVID-19 booster vaccinations are available in Rhode Island – but those scheduling their...
DOMENIC SCHIAVONE, RIGHT, Warwick Mall general manager, says more shoppers have hit the stores earlier in the holiday shopping season this year because of question marks surrounding the supply chain and the new variant of COVID-19. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Will new COVID-19 variant, supply-chain worries alter holiday shopping season?

Fears that retailers might not be able to restock shelves and that a new COVID-19 variant will curtail public gatherings and activities have apparently...

New COVID variant cause for concern, not panic, Biden tells U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden called the new COVID-19 variant omicron a cause for concern but “not a cause for panic" Monday and said...

New omicron variant stokes world fears, triggers travel bans

BRUSSELS (AP) – The discovery of a new coronavirus variant sent a chill through much of the world Friday as nations raced to halt air...
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