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Hogan unveils Maryland's long-term COVID preparedness plan
06/09/2022 05:41pm • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan debuted a long-term COVID-19 preparedness plan Thursday that seeks to expand treatments and tools available to the state's residents. At a news conference, Hogan said COVIDReady Maryland will keep residents who contract COVID-19 healthy and out of the hospital, while mai
New vaccine may be option for troops with religious concerns
06/09/2022 10:57am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A COVID-19 vaccine that could soon win federal authorization may offer a boost for the U.S. military: an opportunity to get shots into some of the thousands of service members who have refused other corona
virus
vaccines for religious reasons. At least 175 active duty and reserve
German panel recommends vaccines after exposure to monkeypox
06/09/2022 09:23am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany's independent vaccine advisory panel is recommending that shots against monkeypox be prioritized for people recently exposed to the
virus
that causes the disease. The panel, known by its German acronym STIKO, circulated a draft recommendation Thursday in which it said that d
Virus
testing the new normal as China sticks to 'zero-COVID'
06/09/2022 08:11am • BEIJING (AP) — Thousands of corona
virus
testing sites have popped up on sidewalks across Beijing and other Chinese cities in the latest development in the country's “zero-COVID” strategy. Lines form every day, rain or shine, even where the spread of the
virus
has largely stopped. Some people n
NATO chief Stoltenberg has shingles, cancels Berlin visit
06/09/2022 05:44am • BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called off a series of in-person meetings in Germany and Romania because he has contracted shingles after having a corona
virus
infection last month, his office said Thursday. “The Secretary General will conduct his planned visit to Germany
China's trade rebounds in May as anti-
virus
curbs ease
06/09/2022 04:57am • BEIJING (AP) — China’s trade growth rebounded in May after anti-
virus
restrictions that shut down Shanghai and other industrial centers began to ease. Exports surged 16.9% over a year earlier to $308.3 billion, up from April’s 3.7% growth, a customs agency statement said Thursday. Imports rose
China export growth rebounds to 17% over a year earlier in May, imports up 4% as anti-
virus
controls ease
06/08/2022 11:46pm • BEIJING (AP) — China export growth rebounds to 17% over a year earlier in May, imports up 4% as anti-
virus
controls ease.
Bird flu detected in Lincoln Memorial pool ducklings
06/08/2022 06:24pm • Ducklings in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have contracted a highly contagious
virus
that can be deadly to some birds. The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)
virus
affecting wild and domestic birds in the U.S. poses “a low risk to the public” and has infected only one person, the
WHO: COVID cases and deaths falling nearly everywhere
06/08/2022 01:40pm • GENEVA (AP) — The number of new corona
virus
cases and deaths reported globally fell everywhere last week except the Middle East and Southeast Asia, according to the World Health Organization. In its latest weekly update on the pandemic, the U.N. health agency said Wednesday that confirmed cases dr
Experts urge Germany's govt to prepare for fall COVID wave
06/08/2022 12:52pm • BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Germany should prepare for several possible pandemic scenarios this fall that would likely strain the country's health system and critical infrastructure, an expert panel said Wednesday. The government-appointed panel said the country continues to have immunity gaps i
Moderna says updated COVID shot boosts omicron protection
06/08/2022 09:56am • Moderna's experimental COVID-19 vaccine that combines its original shot with protection against the omicron variant appears to work, the company announced Wednesday. COVID-19 vaccine makers are studying updated boosters that might be offered in the fall to better protect people against future coron
FDA advisers back Novavax COVID shots as 4th US option
06/07/2022 05:40pm • American adults who haven’t yet gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 may soon get another choice, as advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday backed a more traditional type of shot. Next, the FDA must decide whether to authorize the protein vaccine made by latecomer Novavax as the nat
Republican counties had higher percentage of COVID deaths, U.Md.-led study shows
06/07/2022 01:36pm • Counties with a higher percentage of Republican voters were found to have experienced higher death rates from COVID-19, according to a new study. A team of researchers from the University of Maryland led the study, which analyzed the number of COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 people from January 2020
Spain's Rocío pilgrimage party returns after COVID hiatus
06/07/2022 02:23am • El ROCÍO, Spain (AP) — After a two-year hiatus forced by the pandemic, tens of thousands of pilgrims — many of them outfitted in tiered flamenco dresses, crisp riding suits and wide-brimmed Cordoba hats — descended on the tiny Spanish village of El Rocío to take part in riotously colorful an
Asian markets mixed after Wall St bond sell-off
06/07/2022 12:51am • BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday following a bond sell-off on Wall Street amid anxiety about higher U.S. interest rates. Shanghai and Tokyo advanced while Hong Kong and Seoul declined. The yen, already trading at two-decade lows, fell further to below 132 to the dollar. Wall S
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