By CARLA K. JOHNSON The fast-changing coronavirus has kicked off summer in the U.S. with lots of infections but relatively few deaths compared to its prior incarnations. COVID-19 is still killing hundreds of Americans each day, but is not nearly as dangerous as it was...
By MARIA CHENG and JAMEY KEATEN Over two years after the coronavirus was first detected in China, and after at least 6.3 million deaths have been counted worldwide from the pandemic, the World Health Organization is recommending in its strongest terms yet that a...
By HUIZHONG WU Taiwan, which had been living mostly free of COVID-19, is now facing its worst outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic with over 11,000 new cases reported Thursday. Cases have been on the upswing since late March. In April, the island’s central...
By LINDSEY TANNER New research suggests the coronavirus can invade and destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths in infected women. It’s an uncommon outcome for any pregnancy but women with COVID-19 face an elevated risk. Authorities believe vaccination can help...
By LAURA UNGAR Get ready to learn more Greek letters. Scientists warn that omicron’s whirlwind advance practically ensures it won’t be the last version of the coronavirus to worry the world. Every infection provides a chance for the virus to mutate, and omicron has an...
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and TERRY TANG Ambulances in Kansas speed toward hospitals then suddenly change direction because hospitals are full. Employee shortages in New York City cause delays in trash and subway services and diminish the ranks of firefighters and...
By MICHELLE R. SMITH Robert F. Kennedy Jr. strode onto the stage at a Southern California church, radiating Kennedy confidence and surveying the standing ovation crowd with his piercing blue Bobby Kennedy eyes. Then, he launched into an anti-vaccine rant. Democrats...
By LAURA UNGAR and CARLA K. JOHNSON The new omicron coronavirus mutant speeding around the world may bring another wave of chaos, threatening to further stretch hospital workers already struggling with a surge of delta cases and upend holiday plans for the second year...
By MARIA CHENG and FARAI MUTSAKA At a busy market in a poor township outside Harare this week, Nyasha Ndou kept his mask in his pocket, as hundreds of other people, mostly unmasked, jostled to buy and sell fruit and vegetables displayed on wooden tables and plastic...
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Barring an unforeseen breakthrough, intelligence agencies won’t be able to conclude whether COVID-19 spread by animal-to-human transmission or leaked from a lab, officials said Friday in releasing a fuller version of their review into the origins of...
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the U.S. economy has been permanently changed by the COVID pandemic and it is important that the central bank adapt to those changes. “We’re not simply going back to the economy that we had...
June 24, 2021 ~ AP News ~ By CARLA K. JOHNSON and MIKE STOBBE Nearly all COVID deaths in US are now among unvaccinated Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. now are in people who weren’t vaccinated, a staggering demonstration of how effective the shots have been and...
https://apnews.com/article/how-long-covid-19-vaccine-protection-last-49340b077e271a750ad804128dbb5f53 Originally published by: AP News Author: Candice Choi Date: 4/22/2021 Categories: Integrative Therapies,Prevention,Vaccines
https://apnews.com/article/johnson-johnson-european-union-regulator-874bf0fb5374695d924d647e57c67192 Originally published by: AP News Author: Maria Cheng Date: 4/20/2021 Categories: Integrative Therapies,Prevention,Vaccines
Major European nations suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine AP News, By FRANK JORDANS March 15, 2021