Tag: Infectious diseases
Bolivia’s ‘People of the Water’ try to survive loss of lake
PUNACA TINTA MARIA, Bolivia — For many generations, the homeland of the Uru people here wasn't land at all: It was the brackish waters...
Biden gives video address to graduating Parkland students
PARKLAND, Fla. — President Joe Biden, in a surprise video address to a Tuesday commencement ceremony, said graduating seniors who were freshmen when a...
Germany: Delay for CureVac shot won’t hurt vaccine campaign
BERLIN — Germany's health ministry on Wednesday downplayed the possible impact on the country's coronavirus vaccine campaign after reports that the shot being developed...
Slap to Macron puts focus on ultra-right groups
PARIS — Bubbling beneath France’s political landscape is an assortment of ultra-right groups, a subculture that shot to the nation’s attention when a young...
Australian baseball team withdraws from Olympic qualifying
SYDNEY — Australia’s Olympic baseball team has given up trying to qualify for the Tokyo Games because of coronavirus-related travel complications.
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MLS to meet Mexican league counterparts in All-Star Game
LOS ANGELES — Major League Soccer’s All-Stars will meet their top Mexican league counterparts in Los Angeles on Aug. 25 in a game that...
US deaths from heart disease and diabetes climbed amid COVID
NEW YORK — The U.S. saw remarkable increases in the death rates for heart disease, diabetes and some other common killers in 2020, and...
UN urges action to end AIDS, saying COVID-19 hurt progress
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a declaration Tuesday calling for urgent action to end AIDS by 2030, noting “with alarm”...
Pirates’ Hayes misses 1B on HR, LA’s Buehler shuts down Bucs
PITTSBURGH — Ke’Bryan Hayes hastily missed first base and was called out after hitting a first-inning homer, sending Walker Buehler on his way to...
Neymar, Thiago Silva included in Brazil’s Copa America squad
SAO PAULO — Neymar will spearhead Brazil's attack for the Copa America, with veteran defender Thiago Silva also included despite a recent injury.
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