UN urges more vaccines for Africa, with only 2 percent now
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council called for accelerated availability of coronavirus vaccines for Africa on Wednesday, expressing concern that the continent has...
EU court annuls approval of KLM, TAP aid, wants more info
<p>BRUSSELS — A top European Union court on Wednesday annulled the EU's approval of 3.4 billion euros ($4.1 billion) in state aid for the...
US cervical cancers fall but other sex-related cancers rise
<p>Screening and the HPV vaccine have led to drops in cervical cancers over the last two decades in the U.S., a new study finds,...
Mexico City marks 500 years since conquest battle began
MEXICO CITY — There are two ways of remembering the Spanish siege of Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital now known as Mexico City: as the...
How to ease out of mortgage forbearance, avoid foreclosure
<p>American homeowners were given more opportunity to hit pause on their mortgage payments because of the financial ravages of the pandemic, but that relief...
‘City in transition’: New York vies to turn page on pandemic
NEW YORK — More than a year after coronavirus shutdowns sent “the city that never sleeps” into a fitful slumber, New York could be...
Automakers, union tell workers to keep wearing masks at work
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Don't ditch those masks yet, autoworkers.
A...
Can monthly cash payments cut child poverty by nearly half?
<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The check won't arrive until mid-July, but Katrina Peters already knows what she’ll do with her Child Tax Credit payments. The...
Medicare for 60-year-olds not guaranteed to be a better deal
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and progressive Democrats have proposed to lower Medicare’s eligibility age to 60, to help older adults get affordable coverage....
India sets global record for daily coronavirus deaths
NEW DELHI — India recorded the pandemic’s highest single-day death toll in the world on Wednesday, as coronavirus infections continued to spread through its...