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COVID outbreak 'extremely grim' as Shanghai extends lockdown 04/05/2022 12:08pm • BEIJING (AP) — The COVID-19 outbreak in China’s largest metropolis of Shanghai remains “extremely grim” amid an ongoing lockdown confining around 26 million people to their homes, a city official said Tuesday. The director of Shanghai's working group on epidemic control, Gu Honghui, was quo 10,000 health workers sent to help control Shanghai outbreak 04/04/2022 08:54pm • BEIJING (AP) — China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from around the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 from the military, as it struggles to stamp out a rapidly spreading outbreak in its largest city under its zero-COVID strategy. Shanghai was conducting a mass testing of its 25 millio Democratic, GOP Senate bargainers reach $10B COVID agreement 04/04/2022 07:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate bargainers reached agreement Monday on a slimmed-down $10 billion package for countering COVID-19 with treatments, vaccines and other steps, the top Democratic and Republican negotiators said, but ended up dropping all funding to help nations abroad combat the pandemic. T COVID-19 temporarily stops Daniel Craig's return to Broadway 04/04/2022 02:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Could it be the curse of the Scottish play? Daniel Craig's return to Broadway in a new version of “Macbeth” has been temporarily halted after the actor contracted COVID-19. Wednesday's matinee and evening performances were canceled when the James Bond actor tested positive. In Medicare enrollees to get free COVID-19 tests at drug stores 04/04/2022 12:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid worries that the latest coronavirus variant could spark another rise in cases, Medicare announced Monday that millions of enrollees will finally have access to free over-the-counter COVID-19 tests at drug stores. More than 59 million people with Medicare's “Part B” outpa Easter delays for UK travelers as COVID cancels flights 04/04/2022 09:59am • LONDON (AP) — British travelers going abroad for the Easter holidays faced disruptions Monday as two main carriers, British Airways and easyJet, canceled dozens of flights due to staff shortages related to soaring cases of COVID-19 in the U.K. Budget carrier easyJet grounded 62 flights scheduled China defends policy of separating COVID-positive kids from parents 04/04/2022 07:15am • ▶ Watch Video: China puts Shanghai in COVID lockdown as it tries to mitigate cases Shanghai — Health officials in China's most populous city have defended a policy of separating babies and young children from their parents if they test positive for COVID-19, as frustration at the ci Russia war could further escalate auto prices and shortages 04/04/2022 01:13am • DETROIT (AP) — BMW has halted production at two German factories. Mercedes is slowing work at its assembly plants. Volkswagen, warning of production stoppages, is looking for alternative sources for parts. For more than a year, the global auto industry has struggled with a disastrous shortage of What Is Period Flu? 04/03/2022 08:00pm • If you find yourself feeling lousy during the two weeks leading up to your period, you may be dealing with a type of PMS that's colloquially called period flu. Period flu is not an actual diagnosis. It's not "a viral illness like influenza, and in fact, it's not a medical diagnosis but a slang term Shanghai lockdown triggers complaints as COVID cases rise 04/03/2022 05:06am • BEIJING (AP) — COVID-19 cases in China’s largest city of Shanghai are still rising with millions isolated at home under a sweeping lockdown, as the draconian “zero tolerance” approach to the pandemic increasingly draws complaints from residents fed up with the restrictions. Health officials UK hits record COVID-19 levels; nearly 5 million infected 04/02/2022 08:55am • LONDON (AP) — The prevalence of COVID-19 in the U.K. has reached record levels, with about 1 in 13 people estimated to be infected with the virus in the past week, according to the latest figures from Britain's official statistics agency. Some 4.9 million people were estimated to have the coronav Hong Kong urges testing, Shanghai struggles under lockdown 04/02/2022 05:48am • BEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong authorities on Saturday asked the entire population of more than 7.4 million people to voluntarily test themselves for COVID-19 at home for three days in a row starting next week. The announcement by Chief Executive Carrie Lam came as the southern Chinese city is strugglin COVID-19 asylum limits at US-Mexico border to end May 23 04/01/2022 03:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that it is ending a policy that limited asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The government said it was already making plans to erect tents and take other steps to prepare for an expec Shanghai moves to 2nd part of lockdown as testing lines grow 04/01/2022 07:28am • BEIJING (AP) — About 16 million residents in Shanghai are being tested for the coronavirus during the second stage of the lockdown that shifted Friday to the western half of China's biggest city and financial capital. Meanwhile, residents of Shanghai’s eastern districts who were supposed to be WWF report says online wildlife trade on rise in Myanmar 04/01/2022 04:35am • BANGKOK (AP) — A report by the World Wildlife Fund shows illegal purchases of wildlife online are growing in Myanmar in a threat both to public health and to endangered species. The report issued Friday found that enforcement of bans on such transactions has weakened amid political turmoil foll