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Tony Moments: A night for Broadway to reclaim its groove 06/13/2022 07:50am • NEW YORK (AP) — Surely many in the audience were thinking it, but “Company” director Marianne Elliott said it most directly at Sunday's Tony awards: In the devastating two years since the pandemic hit, it “felt at times that live theater was endangered.” As in, the industry might never rec 'I had to survive for my daughter': DC radio personality celebrates kidney transplant decades later 06/13/2022 12:00am • D.C. radio personality Olivia Fox's work in urban radio, from her iconic morning run on WKYS to her success at Majic 102.3 (Courtesy Olivia Fox) This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that c US: Pfizer COVID-19 shot appears effective for kids under 5 06/12/2022 09:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials said Sunday that kid-sized doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines appear to be safe and effective for kids under 5, a key step toward a long-awaited decision to begin vaccinating the youngest American children. The Food and Drug Administration posted it Mo Donegal finishes 1st at Belmont, another Pletcher win 06/11/2022 08:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Triple Crown veteran Todd Pletcher had simple advice Saturday for jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. before the Belmont Stakes. “Be patient,” Pletcher said. “I think you have the best last quarter of any horse in the race.” Sometimes, less is Mo. Mo Donegal pulled away down the home str North Korean leader reaffirms arms buildup in party meeting 06/11/2022 06:21am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un doubled down on his arms buildup in the face of what he described as an aggravating security environment while outside governments monitor signs of a possibly imminent North Korean nuclear test explosion. Kim’s comments during a major thr US lifts COVID-19 test requirement for international travel 06/10/2022 08:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international travelers test negative for COVID-19 within a day before boarding a flight to the United States, ending one of the last remaining government mandates designed to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The C Marathon US hearings to decide fate of COVID shots for tots 06/10/2022 07:26pm • Parents anxious to finally vaccinate their youngest children against COVID-19, strap in: A lot is set to happen over the next week. On Wednesday, both Moderna and Pfizer will have to convince what’s essentially a science court -- advisers to the Food and Drug Administration -- that their shots wor US buys more monkeypox vaccine as global case count grows 06/10/2022 02:49pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government is buying more monkeypox vaccine as a surprising international outbreak continues to grow, health officials said Friday. As of Friday, the U.S. had identified 45 cases in 15 states and the District of Columbia. More than 1,300 cases have been found in about 30 o British scientists say it's unclear if monkeypox has peaked 06/10/2022 01:47pm • LONDON (AP) — British health officials said they cannot tell if the spread of monkeypox has peaked in the country as they announced another 45 cases Friday, bringing the total in the disease's biggest-ever outbreak beyond Africa to 366 cases. Britain’s Health Security Agency said 99% of the t China calls COVID 'lab leak' theory a lie after WHO report 06/10/2022 06:17am • BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday attacked the theory that the coronavirus pandemic may have originated as a leak from a Chinese laboratory as a politically motivated lie, after the World Health Organization recommended in its strongest terms yet that a deeper probe is needed into whether a lab accid Maryland preparing to administer COVID-19 vaccines for young children 06/09/2022 11:08pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland public health officials said Thursday they are preparing to administer COVID-19 vaccines to children under 5 years old — possibly Biden, Bolsonaro hold 1st meeting amid election worries 06/09/2022 10:45pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden avoided challenging Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over his upcoming election and handling of the Amazon rainforest during the public portion of their first-ever meeting Thursday, while the Brazilian leader sounded a more defensive tone in addressing thos Bird flu arrives in Southwest after millions of birds die 06/09/2022 08:41pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona officials have confirmed the first cases in the Southwest of a bird flu that has led to the deaths of 37 million birds from commercial farms in the central and eastern U.S. The disease was spotted after tests by federal wildlife officials in three wild cormorants that had b 8 Best Vaccine Stocks to Watch in 2022 06/09/2022 08:00pm • These firms shore up vaccine profits with new innovations.Pharmaceutical companies made household names by the COVID-19 pandemic have profited big time in the last couple of years from blockbuster vaccines, a trend that's losing momentum as COVID-19 fears wane. But some analysts believe these stocks WHO: COVID origins unclear but lab leak theory needs study 06/09/2022 06:46pm • GENEVA (AP) — 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 deeper probe is required into whether a lab accident