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Countries struggle to draft 'pandemic treaty' to avoid mistakes made during COVID
05/10/2024 06:00am • GENEVA (AP) — After the corona
virus
pandemic triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions, leaders at the World Health Organization and worldwide vowed to do better in the future. Years later, countries are still struggling to come up with an agreed-upon plan for how
Ohio attorney general warns student protesters in masks could face felony charges under anti-KKK law
05/09/2024 12:56pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's top lawyer has advised the state's public universities that a law written to deter Ku Klux Klan demonstrations could be used to impose felony charges on students who wear face coverings while protesting the war in Gaza. In a letter sent Monday, after weeks of pro-Pales
Tony winner Brian Stokes Mitchell headlines 'Broadway in Bethesda' at Round House Theatre
05/09/2024 12:26pm • The New York Times dubbed him "the last leading man" for his Tony-winning career on Broadway. This Saturday, Brian Stokes Mitchell headlines "Broadway in Bethesda" at Round House Theatre. "A lot of people know me from Broadway, so I like to give people what they want and what they came to
Dogs entering US must be 6 months old and microchipped to prevent spread of rabies, new rules say
05/08/2024 02:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — All dogs coming into the U.S. from other countries must be at least 6 months old and microchipped to help prevent the spread of rabies, according to new government rules published Wednesday. The new rules require vaccination for dogs that have been in countries where rabies is comm
With help from AI, Randy Travis got his voice back. Here's how his first song post-stroke came to be
05/06/2024 11:38am • With some help from artificial intelligence, country music star Randy Travis, celebrated for his timeless hits like “Forever and Ever, Amen” and “I Told You So," has his voice back. In July 2013, Travis was hospitalized with viral cardiomyopathy, a
virus
that attacks the heart, and later suffe
French cyberwarriors ready to test their defense against hackers and malware during the Olympics
05/03/2024 03:22pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Just like the Olympic athletes, the cyberwarriors that will be crucial for the success of the Paris Games are deep into training for the big event. They have turned to friendly hackers to probe their cyberdefenses, like boxers who use sparring partners to ready them for
Francisco Lindor shakes off illness, comes off bench to rally Mets past Cubs 7-6 in 11 innings
05/02/2024 08:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Francisco Lindor delivered a pair of two-run doubles off the bench, rallying the New York Mets past the Chicago Cubs 7-6 in 11 innings Thursday for a split of their four-game series. Right fielder Starling Marte made two rocket throws in extra innings, cutting down Cubs runners at
A new form of mpox that may spread more easily found in Congo's biggest outbreak
05/02/2024 01:04am • KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo is struggling to contain its biggest mpox outbreak, and scientists say a new form of the disease detected in a mining town might more easily spread among people. Since January, Congo has reported more than 4,500 suspected mpox cases and nearly 300 deaths, numbers that
Ground beef tested negative for bird flu, USDA says
05/01/2024 09:39pm • ▶ Watch Video: More dairy cows to be tested for bird flu after findings in grocery store milk Tests of ground beef purchased at retail stores have been negative for bird flu so far, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday, after studying meat sam
This Texas veterinarian helped crack the mystery of bird flu in cows
05/01/2024 05:42pm • The first calls that Dr. Barb Petersen received in early March were from dairy owners worried about crows, pigeons and other birds dying on their Texas farms. Then came word that barn cats — half of them on one farm — had died suddenly. Within days, the Amarillo veterinarian was hearing about si
Vendor that mishandled Pennsylvania
virus
data to pay $2.7 million in federal whistleblower case
05/01/2024 04:30pm • A large staffing firm that performed COVID-19 contact tracing for Pennsylvania and exposed the private medical information of about 72,000 residents will pay $2.7 million in a settlement with the Justice Department and a company whistleblower, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. The Pennsylvani
Chinese scientist who published COVID-19
virus
sequence allowed back in his lab after sit-in protest
05/01/2024 07:12am • BEIJING (AP) — The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19
virus
in China said he was allowed back into his lab after he spent days locked outside, sitting in protest. Zhang Yongzhen wrote in an online post on Wednesday, just past midnight, that the medical center that hosts his lab
Chinese scientist who published COVID-19
virus
sequence is allowed back in his lab after days of sit-in protest
04/30/2024 11:52pm • BEIJING (AP) — Chinese scientist who published COVID-19
virus
sequence is allowed back in his lab after days of sit-in protest.
14 Health Screening Tests Every Woman Should Have
04/30/2024 08:00pm • Be proactive about your healthHealth screenings -- physical exams, tests and procedures used to detect disease early -- are important. Screening tests are designed to detect hidden disease in otherwise healthy people. From mammograms to colonoscopies and Pap smears, these are the 14 screenings all w
Chinese scientist who first published COVID sequence stages protest after being locked out of lab
04/30/2024 05:35pm • SHANGHAI (AP) — The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19
virus
in China staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after authorities locked him out of the facility — a sign of Beijing's continuing pressure on scientists conducting research on the corona
virus
. Zhang Yongzhen wrote i
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