Tag: Epidemics
WHO expert: Virus study to have unanimity despite pressure
GENEVA — The head of a World Health Organization team working with Chinese colleagues to finish a long-awaited report into the origins of the...
Manhattan courthouses adapt to COVID so trials can return
<p>NEW YORK — The two big, busy federal courthouses in Manhattan took the adage that justice delayed is justice denied to heart when the...
Italy honors COVID dead on Bergamo army convoy anniversary
ROME — Italy inaugurated a living monument to its COVID-19 dead Thursday as it marked the anniversary of one of the most haunting moments...
Spa shooting victims ID’d as Biden, Harris head to Atlanta
<p>ATLANTA — The names of four additional victims in the Atlanta-area massage businesses shootings have been released, hours before President Joe Biden and Vice...
As infections rise, Sarajevo’s hospitals feel the pressure
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — As Bosnia faces soaring coronavirus infections, pressure has grown on hospitals in the capital of Sarajevo that have struggled with rising...
EXPLAINER: Will you need a ‘vaccine passport’ to travel?
Airlines and others in the travel industry are throwing their support behind so-called vaccine passports to boost pandemic-depressed travel, and authorities in Europe could...
Florida governor gathers experts to validate COVID response
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A year after the COVID-19 outbreak temporarily shuttered much of the economy and plunged the nation into debates over masks and...
Belgium pauses re-opening plans as virus infections mount
<p>BRUSSELS — Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Friday that the country faces a few “crucial weeks” as the number of coronavirus infections...
Biden and Harris to focus on shootings during Georgia trip
ATLANTA — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris plan to meet with Asian American community leaders in Georgia in the wake of...
Zoos, scientists aim to curb people giving virus to animals
SAN DIEGO — The coughing among the western lowland gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in January was the first warning sign....