Tag: Diseases and conditions
We’re back! NCAA bids mean a bit more to 4 teams after ’20
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Winthrop coach Pat Kelsey smiles as he considered the nearly two-year journey to play in the NCAA Tournament.
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Corporations become unlikely financiers of racial equity
In the months since the police killing of George Floyd sparked a racial reckoning in the United States, American corporations have emerged as an...
Treasury: $242 billion in new relief payments already sent
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department says it has sent out 90 million economic impact payments totaling $242 billion since President Joe Biden signed a...
Pope says he symbolically kneels in plea for Myanmar peace
<p>VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday appealed for bloodshed to end and dialogue to prevail in Myanmar, saying he symbolically kneels in that...
Forget ’20, Red Sox look to go worst-to-first (again) in ’21
<p>There's no team in baseball more eager to forget the 2020 season than the Boston Red Sox.</p>
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White supremacist propaganda surged in 2020, report says
NEW YORK — White supremacist propaganda reached alarming levels across the U.S. in 2020, according to a new report that the Anti-Defamation League provided...
Johnson’s ex-aide Cummings slams UK response to pandemic
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser has criticized the government’s response to the pandemic, comparing the health department to a...
Reynolds, Odunze receive US call-ups but not Hoppe
CHICAGO — Defender Bryan Reynolds received his first call-up to the U.S. national team after the 19-year-old made his debut for Roma last weekend.
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Syria president’s office: Assad, wife recovering from virus
<p>DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s first couple are on their way to recovery nine days after testing positive for the coronavirus, President Bashar Assad’s office...
Greece could order private doctors to join COVID-19 battle
<p>ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s health minister said Wednesday that unless at least 200 private doctors volunteer to help the public health service’s battle against...