Tag: Pandemics
Next slide, please: Inside wonky White House virus briefings
<p>WASHINGTON — No matter how encouraging Andy Slavitt's news is at the government’s coronavirus briefings, he can always count on next-up Dr. Rochelle Walensky...
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...
8 of 10 conference games played in pandemic; it wasn’t easy
<p>Like many teams in college basketball, George Washington University had to endure quarantines, testing protocols and a long pause because of a COVID-19 outbreak.</p>
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Tanzania: 45 people died stampede to see ex-president’s body
NAIROBI, Kenya — Tanzanian police have said 45 people died in a stampede last week during a public viewing of the body of the...
Next slide, please: Inside wonky White House virus briefings
WASHINGTON — No matter how encouraging Andy Slavitt's news is at the government’s coronavirus briefings, he can always count on next-up Dr. Rochelle Walensky...
8 of 10 conference games played in pandemic; it wasn’t easy
Like many teams in college basketball, George Washington University had to endure quarantines, testing protocols and a long pause because of a COVID-19 outbreak.
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Anti-restriction protests held in Romania as virus surges
<p>BUCHAREST — Anti-restriction protesters took to the streets in several Romanian cities Monday against new pandemic measures that came into force a day earlier...
Hungary first in European Union for vaccinations, and deaths
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary has vaccinated more of its population than any other country in the European Union, according to figures from an EU...
Passenger vehicle travel rebounding to pre-pandemic levels
Americans may be rounding a corner — literally — in their response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Anti-restriction protests held in Romania as virus surges
BUCHAREST — Anti-restriction protesters took to the streets in several Romanian cities Monday against new pandemic measures that came into force a day earlier...