Tag: Diseases and conditions
Big tech, Nevada repair shops clash over ‘right to repair’
<p>CARSON CITY, Nev. — Trade groups representing big tech companies faced off with independent repair shop owners Monday during a committee hearing in the...
African Cup qualifier canceled over disputed COVID-19 tests
<p>CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Benin refused to play a decisive African Cup of Nations qualifying game in Sierra Leone on Tuesday after disputing...
World leaders call for international pandemic treaty
LONDON — More than 20 heads of government and global agencies on Tuesday called for an international treaty for pandemic preparedness that they say...
Justice Department to review how best to fight hate crimes
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday ordered a review of how the Justice Department can best deploy its resources to combat hate...
German industrial union, employers reach pay agreement
<p>BERLIN — Germany's biggest industrial union and employers on Tuesday reached a deal that will give workers a one-time “corona bonus” and envisions an...
Chicago hospital CEO suspended after improper vaccinations
<p>CHICAGO — A Chicago hospital's CEO has been suspended for two weeks following a series of COVID-19 vaccination events involving alleged favoritism, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-news-chicago-coronavirus-pandemic-lori-lightfoot-restaurants-2c9cb2617fcbe7a4100da4fc23c48824">including...
2 Poland players positive for virus before England qualifier
WARSAW, Poland — Two Poland players have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Polish Football Association said on Tuesday, a day before the team...
New rules to protect turtles from shrimp nets postponed
NEW ORLEANS — New rules designed to keep endangered and threatened sea turtles from drowning in some inshore shrimp nets are being postponed, and...
Turkey reinstates restrictions after sharp virus cases rise
<p>ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey is reinstating weekend lockdowns in most of Turkey’s provinces and will also impose restrictions over the Muslim holy month of...
French virus surge raises harrowing specter of ICU overloads
<p>PARIS — When French President Emmanuel Macron holds his coronavirus strategy meeting this week, some of the figures at his disposal from overburdened hospitals...