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Why boosted Americans seem to be getting more COVID infections 06/02/2022 02:40pm • ▶ Watch Video: Immunology professor on why data shows more COVID infections among boosted Americans As COVID-19 cases began to accelerate again this spring, federal data suggests the rate of breakthrough COVID infections in April was worse in boosted Americans compared to unboosted Ame Novavax hopes its COVID shot wins over FDA, vaccine holdouts 06/02/2022 01:55pm • GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — Americans may soon get a new COVID-19 vaccine option -- shots made with a more tried-and-true technology than today’s versions. The big question: Why should they care? After long delays, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide within weeks whether to autho Clergy of color face unprecedented mental health challenges 06/02/2022 08:18am • About two years ago, when coronavirus cases began to peak in her impoverished San Antonio neighborhood, the Rev. Norma Fuentes-Quintero found herself taking on an additional duty – helping congregants deal with anxiety. The pastor, who leads El Templo Cristiano Assembly of God, which is largely La Shanghai starts coming back to life as COVID lockdown eases 06/01/2022 08:32pm • SHANGHAI (AP) — Traffic, pedestrians and joggers reappeared on the streets of Shanghai on Wednesday as China’s largest city began returning to normalcy amid the easing of a strict two-month COVID-19 lockdown that has drawn unusual protests over its heavy-handed implementation. Shanghai’s Commu Africans see inequity in monkeypox response elsewhere 06/01/2022 10:50am • OSUN, Nigeria (AP) — As health authorities in Europe and elsewhere roll out vaccines and drugs to stamp out the biggest monkeypox outbreak beyond Africa, some doctors acknowledge an ugly reality: The resources to slow the disease's spread have long been available, just not to the Africans who have Watch Shanghai residents race to get out after months of lockdown 06/01/2022 04:35am • The skyscrapers lit up, roads filled with traffic, and young people drank and danced in the streets as fireworks boomed overhead. Shanghai celebrated Wednesday with a long-awaited burst of life, as the government lifted its city-wide lockdown. But the process of reopening is likely to be slow and Asian shares mixed after stocks retreat on Wall Street 06/01/2022 12:21am • Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday after a wobbly day on Wall Street closed out a month buffeted by worries about a possible recession, inflation and rising interest rates. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 advanced 0.7% to 27,472.49. Japan’s parliament late Tuesday enacted a $21 billion extra budget to tac Latest Treatments for COVID-19 05/31/2022 08:00pm • If you have possible COVID-19 symptoms, get tested right away. And if you are infected with the omicron variant or BA.2 subvariant, early treatment with antiviral pills is effective. (Research currently is being done on even more recent subvariants such as BA.3, BA.4 or BA.5.) In particular, the ant Costa Rica public health system targeted by ransomware 05/31/2022 07:19pm • SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Another attempted hacking of a Costa Rican government agency’s computer system led the country’s public health agency to shut down its systems Tuesday to protect itself, complicating the medical care of thousands of people. At least 30 of the Social Security agency Canceled flights mar first weekend of summer for travelers 05/31/2022 05:36pm • The unofficial start of summer over the Memorial Day weekend offers a troubling glimpse of what lies ahead for travelers during the peak vacation season. U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,800 flights from Thursday through Monday, or about 2% of their schedules, according to tracking service Flig Shanghai moves toward ending 2-month COVID-19 lockdown 05/31/2022 01:10pm • SHANGHAI (AP) — Shanghai authorities say they will take major steps Wednesday toward reopening China's largest city after a two-month COVID-19 lockdown that has set back the national economy and largely confined millions of people to their homes. Already, a steady stream of people strolled in the Young caregivers 'exist in the shadows,' offer crucial help 05/31/2022 10:41am • PLANO, Texas (AP) — Ronan Kotiya leans over his father, fingers wrapped around a plastic tube he’s about to slide from a tracheostomy hole in dad’s neck. “3, 2, 1, go,” the 11-year-old says as he removes the tube. His mom slips a padded neck brace on her husband and lifts him into a sittin Hit by pandemic curbs, India's quarterly growth slows to 4% 05/31/2022 10:34am • NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s economic growth, hit by pandemic curbs and price increases, slowed to 4.1% in the January-March quarter, according to figures released Tuesday by the government. It was the slowest pace in the financial year that ended in March, following 5.4% growth in the previous quar China manufacturing improves as virus curbs eased 05/31/2022 01:23am • BEIJING (AP) — Chinese manufacturing activity started to rebound in May after the government eased anti-virus restrictions that shut down Shanghai and other industrial centers, an official survey showed Tuesday. The monthly purchasing managers' index of the national statistics agency and an indust CDC warns of COVID 'rebound' after taking Paxlovid, says drug still beneficial 05/30/2022 07:05pm • ▶ Watch Video: CDC warns of COVID-19 "rebound" after Pfizer pill Paxlovid As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, Paxlovid is being prescribed to try to keep high-risk patients out of the hospital. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of poten