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South Korea approves first homemade COVID-19 vaccine 06/29/2022 03:36am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Health officials in South Korea on Wednesday approved the country's first domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine for people 18 years or older, adding another public health tool in the fight against a prolonged pandemic. In clinical trials involving some 4,000 participant US officials announce more steps against monkeypox outbreak 06/28/2022 09:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Reacting to a surprising and growing monkeypox outbreak, U.S. health officials on Tuesday expanded the group of people recommended to get vaccinated against the monkeypox virus. They also said they are providing more monkeypox vaccine, working to expand testing, and taking other st With monkeypox cases reported in DC, who's at risk and where to get the vaccine 06/28/2022 06:36pm • Several monkeypox cases have been reported in the D.C., and within minutes of the announcement that vaccines are being made available, all appointments had been snagged. But who exactly are those who are most at risk for getting the disease? A total of 240 cases have been reported across the c FDA advisers recommend updating COVID booster shots for fall 06/28/2022 06:23pm • At least some U.S. adults may get updated COVID-19 shots this fall, as government advisers voted Tuesday that it's time to tweak booster doses to better match the most recent virus variants. Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration wrestled with how to modify doses now when there's no way to kno 2021 Wimbledon runner-up Matteo Berrettini out with COVID-19 06/28/2022 03:54pm • WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Matteo Berrettini, last year's runner-up at Wimbledon, dropped out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament hours before he was scheduled to play his first-round match Tuesday, saying that he tested positive for COVID-19. The eighth-seeded Berrettini became the second hig Gunmen kill 2 policemen, polio worker in northwest Pakistan 06/28/2022 02:57pm • PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on Pakistani police escorting a team of polio workers Tuesday during a door-to-door inoculation campaign in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, killing two policemen and a polio worker, police said. No one immediately claimed responsi COVID: Paris court rules govt failed to stockpile face masks 06/28/2022 01:11pm • PARIS (AP) — A Paris court ruled on Tuesday that the French government failed to sufficiently stock up on surgical masks at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and prevent the virus from spreading. The ruling came as the number of registered infections with coronavirus variants rises sh Montgomery Co. company uses 'building blocks of life' to diagnose diseases 06/28/2022 12:59pm •  A cutting-edge global life sciences company that has its United States headquarters in Montgomery County, Maryland, is utilizing the building blocks of life - including DNA, RNA and proteins - in order to advance science and change the way the world diagnoses diseases. "It is our mission t EU regulator considers clearing smallpox shot for monkeypox 06/28/2022 11:09am • LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency says it will begin reviewing data to decide if a smallpox vaccine made by the pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic might also be authorized for monkeypox, amid a growing outbreak of the disease across the continent. In a statement on Tuesday, the EU d Hong Kong burnishes China ties as luster as global hub fades 06/28/2022 11:00am • HONG KONG (AP) — Every few generations, Hong Kong transforms itself, evolving from a swampy fishing village to 19th century colonial port, to capitalist outpost and factory after China’s 1949 revolution, to 21st century financial center. As the former British colony marks the 25th anniversary o China reduces quarantine for people arriving from abroad 06/28/2022 06:43am • BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday announced an easing of its quarantine requirement for people arriving from abroad but stopped short of lifting what remains a stringent COVID-19 policy compared to most other countries. Anyone coming from outside the country will be required to stay in a quarantine EU countries prolong COVID-19 certificates amid rising cases 06/28/2022 06:09am • BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries approved Tuesday extending the use of COVID-19 certificates by one year until the end of June 2023 as cases of the deadly virus start to grow again ahead of the summer holiday season. Aimed at facilitating travel across the 27-nation bloc during the pandemi White House to resume its full tour schedule next month 06/27/2022 03:26pm • Public tours of the White House will return to a full operating schedule next month, after nearly a year and a half of disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic. Free tours of the executive mansion were suspended when President Joe Biden took office, as officials tightened virus protocols in li DC Health appointments for monkeypox vaccination filled within minutes 06/27/2022 02:53pm • Only 15 minutes after a limited number of monkeypox vaccination appointments were made available this week, DC Health said all 300 appointments had been snagged. Officials said to check DC Health's monkeypox vaccination website, or their social platforms Wednesday morning, to receive updates on f Cyberattack forces Iran steel company to halt production 06/27/2022 02:04pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of Iran’s major steel companies said Monday it was forced to halt production after being hit by a cyberattack that also targeted two other plants, apparently marking one of the biggest such assaults on the country’s strategic industrial sector in recent m