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The School District of Philadelphia will require students and staff to once again wear face masks starting next week, citing an increase in COVID-19 infections.

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth sent a team to get a first-hand look at what is happening on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border.

Mask mandates returned to the Cheltenham and Lower Merion school districts amid a rise in COVID cases in Montgomery County. NBC10’s Leah Uko has the details and speaks with parents about the new recommendations from the CDC for children ages 5 to 11 to be allowed to get booster shots.

Masks will once again be required for students and staff in the Lower Merion and Cheltenham school districts after the CDC moved Montgomery County into the “high” community level on its COVID data tracker.

The center’s director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, adopted a panel’s recommendation Thursday.

Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, advisers to the U.S. government said Thursday.

The CDC is recommending residents of nine counties in New Jersey wear masks indoors again amid another rise in COVID cases. NBC10’s Johnny Archer has the details.

Boosters could become available as early as Friday if approved by the CDC, which could come Thursday.

Delaware Governor John Carney tested positive for COVID-19, his office announced Monday. He is isolating after experiencing mild symptoms.

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years into the outbreak.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced Thursday that the state has reached a $56 million settlement with the families in the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home COVID-19 outbreak in the spring of 2020. “The COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home was a terrible tragedy,” Baker said in a statement. “While we know nothing can bring back those who were lost, we hope…

The CDC says COVID cases will continue to increase over the next few weeks. NBC10’s Deanna Durante shows us how the rise in cases is impacting our area as summer approaches.

The week ahead keeps getting more and more difficult for the Phillies.

The WHO estimates that nearly 15 million people were killed either by coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems during the first two years of the pandemic, more than double the current official death toll of over 6 million.

The United States has surpassed 1 million COVID-19 deaths according to the latest data compiled by NBC News.

One million Americans have now died from the coronavirus. We visualize the true scope of the loss here.

The Food and Drug Administration has set tentative dates in June to publicly review COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest American children.

President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he would be requesting $22.5 billion in additional funds to fight the ongoing spread of COVID-19 and address pandemic-caused issues in the supply chain.

Aggressive driving has had deadly consequences amid the COVID pandemic. NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal talks to safety experts about what can be done to save lives.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said the country is “out of the pandemic phase” when it comes to new coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and deaths, but that it appears to be making a transition to COVID-19 becoming an endemic disease — occurring regularly in certain areas. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has reactions to Dr. Fauci’s comments.