Tag: Diseases and conditions
Iditarod officials contact tracing after positive virus test
JUNEAU, Alaska — A musher taken out of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race after testing positive for COVID-19 at a checkpoint is believed...
Federal look into Breonna Taylor’s death casts a wider net
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Their numbers have dwindled since protesters first flooded Louisville’s streets after police fatally shot Breonna Taylor in her home a year...
Cyprus pulls back on wider easing of COVID-19 restrictions
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus on Friday put the brakes on a wider loosening of COVID-19 restrictions by keeping middle school students at home for...
UN says Ebola in Guinea may be linked to 2014 outbreak
GENEVA — A top official at the World Health Organization said that a genetic analysis of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Guinea suggests it...
EXPLAINER: How will US make more shots available by May 1?
President Joe Biden's promise that all of the nation's 255 million adults will be eligible for coronavirus vaccines by May 1 means the U.S....
A look at new steps Biden team launching to fight virus
<p>WASHINGTON — The White House says President Joe Biden is taking a series of new steps to combat the coronavirus, hoping to get the...
Federal look into Breonna Taylor’s death casts a wider net
<p>LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Their numbers have dwindled since protesters first flooded Louisville’s streets after police fatally shot Breonna Taylor in her home a year...
Erdogan pledges measures to lift economy, tame inflation
<p>ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday outlined a series measures that he said would lift the country's economy, and pledged to...
Ex-Army officer guilty in ‘Fatal Vision’ case seeks release
RALEIGH, N.C. — A former Army captain serving life prison sentences for the 1970 murders of his pregnant wife and two young children at...
Former presidents, first ladies urge Americans to get shots
WASHINGTON — Four former presidents are urging Americans to get vaccinated as soon as COVID-19 doses are available to them, as part of a...