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Workers grapple with new stresses as they return to office
05/08/2022 10:32am • NEW YORK (AP) — Last summer, Julio Carmona started the process of weaning himself off a fully remote work schedule by showing up to the office once a week. The new hybrid schedule at his job at a state agency in Stratford, Connecticut, still enabled him to spend time cooking dinner for his family
Centuries-old passion play returns after pandemic break
05/08/2022 02:46am • OBERAMMERGAU, Germany (AP) — Almost 400 years ago, the Catholic residents of a small Bavarian village vowed to perform a play of “the suffering, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ” every 10 years, if only God would spare them any further losses from the plague known as the Black D
Tribes credited with elevating vaccinations in rural Arizona
05/07/2022 12:24pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Mary Francis had no qualms about being a poster child for COVID-19 vaccinations on the Navajo Nation, once a
virus
hot spot. The Navajo woman's face and words grace a digital flyer asking people on the Native American reservation to get vaccinated "to protect the shidine'e (my peopl
Carlson's RBI hit in 9th lifts Cardinals past Giants 3-2
05/07/2022 02:35am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dylan Carlson hit an RBI single in the ninth inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 3-2 win over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night. Designated hitter Juan Yepez doubled with one out off Camilo Doval (0-1) in the ninth. Carlson’s timely hit scored pinch runner Brenda
Canadian poultry farmers fearful of avian flu strain
05/06/2022 07:36pm • CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Canadian poultry farmers are facing fear and stress as a highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 avian influenza is currently circulating in both wild and domestic flocks across North America. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency poultry and egg producers in Canada hav
Avian flu confirmed in 2 backyard Pacific Northwest flocks
05/06/2022 06:28pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An avian flu that's spreading quickly across the U.S. has been detected in the Pacific Northwest in two backyard bird flocks in rural Oregon and Washington. Several geese in a noncommercial flock of about 100 waterfowl died suddenly on a farm in Linn County, Oregon, and fede
'Zero-COVID' lockdowns cancel AP exams for students in China
05/06/2022 05:43pm • Thousands of high school students in China learned Friday that COVID-19 restrictions will prevent them from taking Advanced Placement exams that many prepared for to improve their chances of attending college in the U.S. or Europe. Many students are unable to sit for the in-person, pen-and-paper
Teams get creative crossing US-Canada border in NHL playoffs
05/06/2022 02:20pm • NHL teams are taking different approaches to crossing the U.S.-Canada border during the first round of the playoffs with the U.S. still requiring a negative COVID-19 test for all passengers arriving on international flights. The Edmonton Oilers flew to Vancouver and took buses into Washington state
What to know about 'rebound' in COVID symptoms after taking Paxlovid
05/06/2022 02:17pm • ▶ Watch Video: Who is eligible to get the COVID-19 antiviral drug Paxlovid? Scientists and federal agencies say they are investigating reports of Americans who say they faced a resurgence of COVID-19 soon after finishing off a course of Paxlovid, Pfizer's antiviral treatment for the di
Motherhood deferred: US median age for giving birth hits 30
05/06/2022 11:44am • For Allyson Jacobs, life in her 20s and 30s was about focusing on her career in health care and enjoying the social scene in New York City. It wasn't until she turned 40 that she and her husband started trying to have children. They had a son when she was 42. Over the past three decades, that has be
Asian Games in China postponed because of spread of COVID-19
05/06/2022 08:36am • Less than three months after Beijing hosted the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, the Olympic Council of Asia said Friday that this year's Asian Games in China are being postponed because of concerns about the spreading omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country. The OCA said it had not picked new da
Calder Cup is back: AHL staging first playoffs since 2019
05/06/2022 01:42am • A year after the pandemic shut down the season, spring of 2021 arrived in places like Hershey, Pennsylvania, and Utica, New York, without the playoff hockey that usually followed. The American Hockey League put on a shortened season to get through the pandemic, but the NHL’s top developmental leag
Zunino homers against former team as Rays top M's 4-3
05/06/2022 01:28am • SEATTLE (AP) — After making a few adjustments in his swing during the last homestand, Tampa Bay's Mike Zunino is starting to see better results. The proof came against his former team. Zunino hit a three-run homer off Robbie Ray, Shane McClanahan held Seattle hitless into the fifth inning and the
Hill bargainers seek Ukraine aid deal, COVID aid in question
05/06/2022 12:09am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are working toward compromise on President Joe Biden’s $33 billion Ukraine aid request, even as signs emerge that Democrats may need to swallow another COVID-19 setback and drop their goal of wrapping pandemic spending into the package. Bipartisan talks among House an
COVID coverage for all dries up even as hospital costs rise
05/06/2022 12:02am • WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health care for all during the corona
virus
pandemic — but for just one condition, COVID-19. Now, things are reverting to the way they were as federal money for COVID care of the uninsured dries up, creating a potential barrie
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