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Still fighting COVID-19, Montgomery Co. now positions itself to fend off monkeypox 07/27/2022 08:30pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, are focusing on getting more people vaccinated against COVID-19 at the same time a new virus, monkeypox, has been on the rise in the region. Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said in a briefing Wednesday that along with efforts to get more people va US signs off on 800,000 more doses of monkeypox vaccine 07/27/2022 06:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of delays, nearly 800,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine will soon be available for distribution, U.S. health regulators said Wednesday. The announcement comes amid growing criticism that authorities have been too slow in deploying the vaccine, potentially missing the Global AIDS fight at crossroads after setbacks during COVID 07/27/2022 04:19pm • Hard-won progress against HIV has stalled, putting millions of lives at risk, according to an alarming report Wednesday on how the COVID-19 pandemic and other global crises are jeopardizing efforts to end AIDS. Worldwide, the years-long decline in new HIV infections is leveling off. Worse, cases beg WHO chief advises reducing sex partners to avoid monkeypox 07/27/2022 03:21pm • GENEVA (AP) -- The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday advised men at risk of catching monkeypox to consider reducing their sexual partners "for the moment," following the U.N. health agency declaring the escalating outbreaks in multiple countries to be a global emergency. Health Biden emerges from COVID isolation, tells public: Get shots 07/27/2022 01:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ended his COVID-19 isolation on Wednesday, telling Americans they can “live without fear” of the pandemic if they take advantage of booster shots and treatments, the protections he credited with his swift recovery. “You don’t need to be president to ge DC officials hopeful monkeypox outbreak can be contained 07/27/2022 12:58pm • Health officials in D.C. are hopeful a monkeypox outbreak in the District can be contained before it spreads into the wider population but say they need more vaccine doses from the federal government — and the public's help. "Monkeypox is still something that we can prevent," said Patrick A EU health commissioner urges reinforced monkeypox action 07/27/2022 06:54am • BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's commissioner for health is urging the bloc's governments to step up their efforts to tackle the expanding monkeypox outbreak in the region, which she says is “the epicenter of detected cases." In a letter to the EU's 27 health ministers obtained by The Associ New Zealand's unlikely pandemic hero Bloomfield says goodbye 07/27/2022 01:06am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Ashley Bloomfield, the mild-mannered doctor who became an unlikely hero to many New Zealanders during the coronavirus pandemic, held his final media conference Wednesday after resigning as director-general of health. Perhaps fittingly, Bloomfield, 57, ended up answer Veteran nurse named interim health director as DC tackles coronavirus, monkeypox 07/26/2022 11:01pm • Veteran health official Sharon Lewis has been named interim director of D.C. Health, following the recent resignation of Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt. Lewis, a registered nurse who holds a doctorate in health care administration, was appointed by Mayor Muriel Bowser to lead the agency while the city con New studies bolster theory coronavirus emerged from the wild 07/26/2022 05:52pm • Two new studies provide more evidence that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China market where live animals were sold – further bolstering the theory that the virus emerged in the wild rather than escaping from a Chinese lab. The research, published online Tuesday by the journal Doctor: Biden's COVID symptoms 'almost completely resolved' 07/26/2022 03:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — During what could be President Joe Biden's last day of isolating after his coronavirus infection, he confronted a classic work-from-home problem that Americans have endured around the country since the pandemic began. His dog interrupted a virtual meeting by barking on Tuesday. Euro 2022: Germany's Bühl has virus, will miss SF vs France 07/26/2022 11:30am • MILTON KEYNES, England (AP) — Germany midfielder Klara Bühl will miss Wednesday's semifinal game against France at the Women's European Championship after she tested positive for COVID-19. The Bayern Munich midfielder has played in all four of Germany's games so far and scored in a 2-0 win over S DC stretches its monkeypox vaccine supply to reach more people 07/26/2022 07:36am • In an effort to get the monkeypox vaccine out to as many residents as possible, the D.C. health department has decided to temporarily give people just one dose of the vaccine instead of two. While the District has received about 14,000 doses so far, demand has outpaced supply. More DC Micronesia's first COVID-19 outbreak balloons, causing alarm 07/26/2022 03:12am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Micronesia's first outbreak of COVID-19 grew in one week to more than 1,000 cases by Tuesday, causing alarm in the Pacific island nation. Last week, Micronesia likely became the final nation in the world with a population of more than 100,000 to experience an outbre Rep. Ruppersberger tests positive for COVID-19 07/25/2022 08:01pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger has tested positive for COVID-19. The Maryland Democrat's office announced that Ruppersberger tested positive for the virus on Sunday evening. The congressman’s office says his symptoms are mild and he is working from home while isolating