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Don’t let summer slip by without making sure kids have routine vaccinations required to start school 07/15/2022 07:27pm • Whether families are as busy as ever, or sliding into the lazy dog days of summer — a D.C. pediatrician is reminding parents to make sure their kids get required immunizations before school begins this fall. “As the parent of two boys, I can certainly understand how busy parents are juggling US officials: States getting more monkeypox vaccine soon 07/15/2022 07:05pm • NEW YORK (AP) — More than 100,000 monkeypox vaccine doses are being sent to states in the next few days, and several million more are on order in the months ahead, U.S. health officials said Friday. They also acknowledged the vaccine supply hasn't kept up with the demand seen in New York, Californ At least 105 monkeypox cases have been detected in DC 07/15/2022 02:24pm • An outbreak of monkeypox in D.C. has the health department contact tracing to help control the number of people who are exposed. According to Patrick Ashley, Senior Deputy Director at DC Health's Emergency Preparedness and Response Administration, there have been 105 confirmed cases of the diseas UK to offer 4th COVID-19 vaccine shot to all 50 and over 07/15/2022 01:03pm • LONDON (AP) — The British government said Friday that everyone 50 or over will be offered a fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine in the fall, lowering the age threshold from the previously announced 65. The Department of Health said it had accepted advice from the U.K.’s independent vaccines advis All eyes on Carson Wentz in first Commanders training camp 07/15/2022 11:24am • WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (7-10) CAMP SITE: Ashburn, Virginia LAST YEAR: New quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick injured his left hip in the season opener, pressing surprise playoff performer Taylor Heinicke into a starting role for the first time in his NFL career. The defense that came in with lofty ex Warsaw mayor has COVID-19, again. Calls for preventive plan 07/15/2022 11:02am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The mayor of Poland's capital, Warsaw, said Friday he has COVID-19. Again. Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski said on Twitter the virus seems to be “even more treacherous and contagious” then before and its symptoms are far from banal. Last year he was hospitalized due to a coronav China's economy shrinks 2.6% during virus shutdowns 07/15/2022 01:09am • BEIJING (AP) — China’s economy contracted in the three months ending in June compared with the previous quarter after Shanghai and other cities shut down to fight coronavirus outbreaks, but the government said a “stable recovery” is under way after businesses reopened. The world’s secon Asian shares mixed after China says growth weakened in 2Q 07/14/2022 11:44pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Share prices were mixed in Asia on Friday after China reported its economy contracted by 2.6% in the last quarter as virus shutdowns kept businesses closed and people at home. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index added 0.6% to 26,797.47. The Kospi in Seoul was up 0.1% at 2,324.29 and shares al Venezuela's alarmingly low vaccine rate among worst in world 07/14/2022 09:48pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Wails pierced the walls of the walk-in clinic tucked among rundown homes in the heart of Venezuela’s capital. Artemis Parra got one vaccine in each arm, for polio and measles. The shots were free at the government site, and they filled gaps in the 1-year-old’s vaccina With COVID surging, Los Angeles may soon require masks 07/14/2022 06:38pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Barragan is used to wearing a mask because his job in the Hollywood film industry has long required it. So he won't be fazed if the county that's home to Tinseltown soon becomes the first major population center this summer to reinstate rules requiring face coverings indoor US regulators clear way for more monkeypox vaccine shipments 07/14/2022 06:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands more doses of monkeypox vaccine are expected to soon begin shipping to the U.S. after federal health officials said they had completed an inspection of the overseas plant where they were manufactured. The update from the Food and Drug Administration comes amid growing f Outbreaks from animals in Africa surge by 60% in last decade 07/14/2022 11:49am • LONDON (AP) — The number of outbreaks of diseases that jumped from animals to humans in Africa has surged by more than 60% in the last decade, the World Health Organization said, a worrying sign the planet could face increased animal-borne diseases like monkeypox, Ebola and coronavirus in the futu WHO: COVID-19 cases rise for the 5th week, deaths stable 07/14/2022 07:13am • GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide rose for the fifth week in a row while the number of deaths remained relatively stable, the World Health Organization reported Thursday. In the U.N. health agency’s weekly review of the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO said there were US regulators OK new COVID-19 shot option from Novavax 07/14/2022 06:17am • The U.S. is getting another COVID-19 vaccine choice as the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cleared Novavax shots for adults. Novavax makes a more traditional type of shot than the three other COVID-19 vaccines available for use in the U.S. -- and one that’s already available in Europe an Experts rue simple steps not taken before latest COVID surge 07/13/2022 05:16pm • With new omicron variants again driving COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths higher in recent weeks, states and cities are rethinking their responses and the White House is stepping up efforts to alert the public. Some experts said the warnings are too little, too late. The highly transmissible