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Efforts to make protective medical gear in US falling flat 04/11/2022 10:11am • UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the U.S., sales of window coverings at Halcyon Shades quickly went dark. So the suburban St. Louis business did what hundreds of other small manufacturers did: It pivoted to make protective supplies, with help from an $870,000 gov Guangzhou closes to most arrivals as China's outbreak grows 04/11/2022 06:33am • BEIJING (AP) — The manufacturing hub of Guangzhou closed itself to most arrivals Monday as China battles a major COVID-19 surge in its big eastern cities. Shanghai has taken the brunt of the rise, with another 26,087 cases announced on Monday, only 914 of which showed symptoms. The city of 26 mil 76ers' Thybulle not fully vaccinated, can't play in Toronto 04/11/2022 01:42am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Matisse Thybulle took a seat, took a breath and took a moment to explain why he made a choice — one the Philadelphia 76ers defensive specialist admitted he tried to keep hidden — not to get fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Thybulle’s choice will cost him playing time i What to Do for a Stuffy Nose 04/10/2022 08:00pm • A stuffy nose is usually nothing to worry about; it's mostly just uncomfortable, with varying symptoms. "For some people, it's having a lot of mucus in the nose. For others, it's a feeling that the airways are blocked and there's a diminished sense of smell," says Dr. Ahmad Sedaghat, an otolaryngolo Judge rules US military can't discharge HIV-positive troops 04/10/2022 05:56pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — U.S. service members who are HIV-positive cannot be discharged or barred from becoming an officer solely because they're infected with the virus, a federal judge in Virginia ruled. Advocates say it's one of the strongest rulings in years for people living with HIV. The cases i Queen chats with COVID-19 patients, nurses at UK hospital 04/10/2022 05:08pm • LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, after her own recent bout with COVID-19, empathized with patients, doctors and nurses at a London hospital last week as she listened to their stories about life on the front lines of the pandemic. The monarch spoke to patients and staff at the Royal London Hosp New York City Mayor Eric Adams tests positive for COVID-19 04/10/2022 02:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, his 100th day in office, according to a spokesperson. The first-term Democrat woke up with a raspy voice Sunday and took a PCR test that came back positive, spokesperson Fabien Levy said in a statement. Earlier Shanghai discharges thousands of patients, boosts supplies 04/10/2022 12:07pm • BEIJING (AP) — Shanghai on Sunday discharged over 11,000 recovered COVID-19 patients and health authorities emphasized that they must be allowed to return home despite the lockdown that has severely restricted movement in China's largest city. “We hope their family and community will not worry Voting in France: Paper ballots, in person, hand-counted 04/10/2022 03:17am • PARIS (AP) — French voters in Sunday’s presidential election will use the same system that’s been used for generations: paper ballots that are cast in person and counted by hand. Despite periodic calls for more flexibility or modernization, France doesn’t do mail-in voting, early voting or u Living with COVID: Experts divided on UK plan as cases soar 04/10/2022 03:12am • LONDON (AP) — For many in the U.K., the pandemic may as well be over. Mask requirements have been dropped. Free mass testing is a thing of the past. And for the first time since spring 2020, people can go abroad for holidays without ordering tests or filling out lengthy forms. That sense of Decade after hepatitis outbreak, medical registry might end 04/09/2022 10:50am • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The medical technician who drew blood from New Hampshire Rep. Peter Schmidt after he broke his leg in February was registered with the state, thanks to a 2014 law enacted after a traveling medical technician infected dozens of people with hepatitis C. But by the time Schmidt w Shanghai hospital pays the price for China's COVID response 04/09/2022 07:57am • BEIJING (AP) — A series of deaths at a hospital for elderly patients in Shanghai is underscoring the dangerous consequences of China's stubborn pursuit of a zero-COVID approach amid an escalating outbreak in the city of 26 million people. Multiple patients have died at the Shanghai Donghai Elderly Shanghai to start easing lockdown after another mass testing 04/09/2022 06:02am • BEIJING (AP) — China's largest city of Shanghai will soon begin lifting lockdown in communities that report no positive cases within 14 days after another round of COVID-19 testing, authorities said Saturday. The fresh round of testing comes as the city reported about 23,000 cases on Saturday, mo AP Top U.S. News at 6:25 p.m. EDT 04/09/2022 12:00am • Florida groups canvass spring breakers to warn of fentanyl Treatment for opioid addiction often brings discrimination Police: 3 dead in gun range shooting; 40 weapons stolen Woman faces Texas murder charge after self-induced abortion In outcome of Whitmer case, some see freedom, others danger Maryla 'Get used to it': Outbreaks give taste of living with virus 04/08/2022 04:40pm • The U.S. is getting a first glimpse of what it’s like to experience COVID-19 outbreaks during this new phase of living with the virus, and the roster of the newly infected is studded with stars. Cabinet members, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Broadway actors and the governors of New Jersey and Conn