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German volleyball team refuses to play virus-hit China 06/23/2022 07:34am • QUEZON CITY, Philippines (AP) — Players on the German national volleyball team refused to face China rivals a few days after some of their opponents tested positive for COVID-19, costing the team a forfeit loss on Thursday. The men’s Volleyball Nations League game in the Philippines was canceled US boosts monkeypox testing, 142 cases confirmed 06/22/2022 07:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has started shipping monkeypox tests to commercial laboratories, in a bid to speed diagnoses for suspected infections for the virus that has already infected at least 142 people in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending tests t Polio virus found in UK sewage samples; risk to public low 06/22/2022 05:05pm • LONDON (AP) — Health officials in Britain warned parents Wednesday to ensure their children have been vaccinated against polio after the virus that causes the disease was found in London sewage samples in recent months. The U.K. Health Security Agency said it believes the virus was “vaccine-der Taking a wait-and-see on COVID-19 vaccines for young kids? You're probably not alone 06/22/2022 02:41pm • This week, many parents of young children across the D.C. area lined up to get COVID-19 shots for their young children. Kids as young as six months old are the final age group eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19. At a vaccine clinic at D.C.'s Children's National Hospital, one pediatric Microsoft: Russian cyber spying targets 42 Ukraine allies 06/22/2022 11:53am • CLEVELAND (AP) — Coinciding with unrelenting cyberattacks against Ukraine, state-backed Russian hackers have engaged in “strategic espionage” against governments, think tanks, businesses and aid groups in 42 countries supporting Kyiv, Microsoft said in a report Wednesday. “Since the start of Shots for tots: COVID vaccinations start for little US kids 06/22/2022 10:34am • Little Fletcher Pack woke up Monday morning and asked: “Is today vaccine day?” For the 3-year-old from Lexington, South Carolina, the answer was yes. The nation’s infants, toddlers and preschoolers are finally getting their chance at COVID-19 vaccination as the U.S. rolls out shots for tots t Fedde throws 6 sharp innings as Nationals blank Orioles 3-0 06/21/2022 10:00pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Erick Fedde allowed two hits over six innings, and the Washington Nationals beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-0 on Tuesday night for their second straight victory following an eight-game skid. César Hernández doubled on the game's first pitch from Jordan Lyles (4-6) and scored on UK to offer vaccines to some gay, bisexual men for monkeypox 06/21/2022 04:25pm • LONDON (AP) — British health officials will start offering vaccines to some men who have sex with men and are at the highest risk of catching monkeypox, in an effort to curb the biggest outbreak of the disease beyond Africa. Doctors can consider vaccination for some men at the highest risk of expo For once, the tears are a relief: DC parents line up to get young kids COVID shots 06/21/2022 02:06pm • It’s a day that some parents have been waiting for since the day their children were born: Kids under the age of 5 are now eligible to get vaccinated for COVID-19. So this time, the tears that filled an auditorium inside Children’s National Hospital’s Research Campus in Upper Northwest Review: 'Cabin Fever’ captures the horror of COVID cruise 06/21/2022 12:19pm • “Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic” by Michael Smith and Jonathan Franklin (Doubleday) Imagine stepping off a dock in Buenos Aires in early March 2020 to board a ship with 1,242 fellow passengers and 586 crew members for a cruise around the tip of Sout 'It always wins': North Korea may declare COVID-19 victory 06/21/2022 12:45am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — It's only been a month since North Korea acknowledged having a COVID-19 outbreak, after steadfastly denying any cases for more than two years. But already it may be preparing to declare victory. According to state media, North Korea has avoided the mass deaths many exp Auburn's bats wake up as it bounces Stanford from CWS 06/20/2022 07:23pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Cole Foster's three-run double in the sixth inning gave Auburn the lead, and the Tigers beat No. 2 national seed Stanford 6-2 in a College World Series elimination game for their first win in Omaha in 25 years. The Tigers (44-21) will play Tuesday against the loser of Monday nig North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper tests positive for COVID-19 06/20/2022 01:15pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Monday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 but is continuing to work from home while experiencing mild symptoms. Cooper's office released a statement saying that he has begun taking the antiviral pill Paxlovid to treat the virus. The s Lebanon latest in Mideast to detect 1st case of monkeypox 06/20/2022 06:40am • BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's Health Ministry said Monday authorities have detected the country's first case of monkeypox in a person who returned from abroad and is now isolating at home. The ministry said the person is stable and that authorities are tracking the person's contacts. It did not provide Santander homers, points to dad in the stands, O's edge Rays 06/19/2022 05:20pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Anthony Santander homered and pointed to his dad sitting in front of the press box as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Sunday. Santander's solo home run on Father's Day helped Baltimore win back-to-back series against Tampa Bay for the first time since 2017. �