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The AP Interview: US 'vulnerable' to COVID without new shots 05/13/2022 12:31am • WASHINGTON (AP) — White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha has issued a dire warning that the U.S. will be increasingly vulnerable to the coronavirus this fall and winter if Congress doesn't swiftly approve new funding for more vaccines and treatments. In an Associated Press interview Thur DC-area nurse says nursing system is 'very broken' 05/12/2022 11:09pm • Thousands of nurses rallied in D.C. Thursday for the National Nurses March 2022, culminating in National Nurses Week. Marchers used the opportunity to spread awareness about the hardships many nurses are facing on the job,  including staffing shortages, pay caps and limited time off. "DMV Downlo Parents swap, sell baby formula as Biden focuses on shortage 05/12/2022 09:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden stepped up his administration's response to a nationwide baby formula shortage Thursday that has forced frenzied parents into online groups to swap and sell to each other to keep their babies fed. The president discussed with executives from Gerber and Reckit The AP Interview: US 'vulnerable' to COVID without new shots 05/12/2022 08:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha issued a dire warning Thursday that the U.S. will be increasingly vulnerable to the coronavirus this fall and winter if Congress doesn't swiftly approve new funding for more vaccines and treatments. In an Associated Press interview PHOTOS: Nurses march for fair wages, end to violence on health workers 05/12/2022 08:38pm • As the U.S. marked one million deaths from COVID-19, nurses from around the country marched through D.C. on Thursday morning. Several nurse’s organizations gathered at the White House before marching to Audi Field, where they held a memorial service. Nurses said they marched to fight for fair LEADING OFF: Pitch coach Willis to guide virus-hit Guardians 05/12/2022 06:45pm • A look at what's happening around the majors on Friday: ___ PITCHING IN Cleveland pitching coach Carl Willis will serve as the team's acting manager when the coronavirus-hampered Guardians start a three-game series against the Twins at Target Field. The Guardians reported no new COVID-19 cases on Th Guardians have no new COVID-19 cases, coach Willis to manage 05/12/2022 05:04pm • The Cleveland Guardians reported no new COVID-19 cases Thursday, a day after an outbreak inside their clubhouse caused a postponement in Chicago and sent manager Terry Francona and five coaches home from a road trip. The team said pitching coach Carl Willis will serve as the club's acting manager fo Biden marks COVID 'tragic milestone' in US at global summit 05/12/2022 04:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden appealed to world leaders at a COVID-19 summit Thursday to reenergize a lagging international commitment to attacking the virus as he led the U.S. in marking the “tragic milestone” of 1 million deaths in America. He ordered flags lowered to half-staff and North Korea confirms 1st COVID outbreak, Kim orders lockdown 05/12/2022 04:21pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea imposed a nationwide lockdown Thursday to control its first acknowledged COVID-19 outbreak after holding for more than two years to a widely doubted claim of a perfect record keeping out the virus that has spread to nearly every place in the world. The outbrea Report: Trump officials, meat companies knew workers at risk 05/12/2022 03:16pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the meat processing industry worked closely with political appointees in the Trump administration to stave off health restrictions and keep slaughterhouses open even as the virus spread rapidly among workers, according to a congres N Korea fires 3 ballistic missiles amid 1st virus outbreak 05/12/2022 03:16pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Thursday, its neighbors said, the latest in a series of weapons demonstrations this year and one that came just hours after it confirmed its first case of the coronavirus since the pandemic began. T Prince George’s County recommends mask-wearing in indoor public spaces 05/12/2022 12:01pm • The health department in Prince George’s County, Maryland, is recommending mask usage in indoor public places as COVID-19 cases remain on the rise. “COVID-19 cases have been steadily rising in Prince George's County and the state over the last six weeks,” the department said in a statement South African firm says it may close its COVID vaccine plant 05/12/2022 11:59am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The first factory to produce COVID-19 vaccines in Africa says it has not received enough orders and may stop production within weeks, in what a senior World Health Organization official described Thursday as a “failure” in efforts to achieve vaccine equity. South Africa's Delayed Southeast Asian Games begin in Vietnam's capital 05/12/2022 11:26am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The Southeast Asian Games officially kicked off Thursday with a mask-optional opening ceremony in Vietnam's capital, the first major gathering in the country since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. “Despite the difficulties caused by COVID-19, we are here today as a sy WHO: COVID-19 falling everywhere, except Americas and Africa 05/12/2022 07:58am • GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide has continued to fall except in the Americas and Africa, the World Health Organization said in its latest assessment of the pandemic. The decline comes as Europe marked a COVID-19 death milestone: 2 million on the continent. In i