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German health minister: no 'freedom day' from COVID yet 03/25/2022 06:30am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany's health minister said Friday that it's too soon to declare a ‘freedom day’ from COVID-19 as the virus continues to run rampant, claiming hundreds of lives each day. The country's disease control agency reported 296,498 newly confirmed coronavirus cases in the past 24 hou China continues 'severe and complex' fight against COVID-19 03/25/2022 06:00am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China continues to battle its worst COVID-19 outbreak, driven by the omicron variant, with health officials on Friday calling the situation “severe and complex." The country has counted more than 56,000 cases since March 1, according to national health officials, who gave a Philippine vote campaign starts amid violence, virus fears 03/25/2022 02:34am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Candidates for Philippine congressional seats and thousands of smaller races started campaigning Friday with police watching closely due to past violence and to enforce a pandemic ban on handshakes, hugging and tightly packed crowds that are a hallmark of the country’s Judge rules in favor of immunocompromised students, but masking still optional in Virginia 03/25/2022 01:20am • A federal judge has ruled in favor of the families of 12 immunocompromised students, who filed a lawsuit claiming that Virginia's new mask-optional law violates their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In his ruling, Judge Norman Moon makes clear that SB739 is law in Virginia, but Former WH adviser: 'stealth omicron' may not lead to increased hospitalizations in US 03/24/2022 08:39pm • A more transmissible strain of the coronavirus' omicron variant has been growing in Europe. While in the past what is happening on the continent has been a barometer for how things might unfold, an expert explains why BA.2 might not lead to increased hospitalizations in the U.S. BA.2 has been Helping High School Students Who've Fallen Off the College Track 03/24/2022 08:00pm • The crushing COVID-19 pandemic -- its variants now disrupting a third consecutive school year -- continues to push high school students off track for college enrollment. The exact number of students who have given up on graduating high school due to the pandemic is still an unknown, but early indica EU regulator advises AstraZeneca's COVID drug be cleared 03/24/2022 01:16pm • LONDON (AP) — The European Union's drug regulator said Thursday it was recommending that an antibody medication developed by AstraZeneca be authorized to help some vulnerable people avoid getting sick with the coronavirus. The European Medicines Agency said in a statement that it was advising the Zimbabwe renews COVID vaccination drive, targets schoolkids 03/24/2022 10:31am • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has launched a new COVID-19 vaccination campaign that includes jabbing children aged 12 and above to rescue a drive faltering due to vaccine hesitancy and complacency. This week schools in the southern African country have become vaccination zones with children in American weekly jobless claims at lowest level since 1969 03/24/2022 08:58am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week fell to its lowest level in 52 years as the U.S. job market continues to show strength in the midst of rising costs and an ongoing virus pandemic. Jobless claims fell by 28,000 to 187,000 for the week ending Biden seeks new sanctions, help for Ukrainians in Europe 03/23/2022 06:17pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — As war rages on in Ukraine, President Joe Biden will huddle with key allies in Brussels and Warsaw this week to talk through plans for imposing punishing new sanctions on Russia and dealing with an extraordinary humanitarian crisis, while developing a consensus on how they would re Pandemic relief money spent on hotel, ballpark, ski slopes 03/23/2022 05:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a sudden $140 million cash infusion, officials in Broward County, Florida, recently broke ground on a high-end hotel that will have views of the Atlantic Ocean and an 11,000-square-foot spa. In New York, Dutchess County pledged $12 million for renovations of a minor le Tests, vaccines, wastewater surveillance: Montgomery Co. preps for next possible COVID wave 03/23/2022 04:54pm • Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations remain extremely low in Montgomery County, Maryland, but with a more infectious strain of the virus driving rising case numbers in Europe, officials are making plans to make sure "we're ready for a surge." Speaking during an online briefing with reporters, A Moderna says its low-dose COVID shots work for kids under 6 03/23/2022 02:35pm • Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine works in babies, toddlers and preschoolers, the company announced Wednesday — a development that could pave the way for the littlest kids to be vaccinated by summer if regulators agree. Moderna said that in the coming weeks it would ask regulators in the U.S. and Europ EXPLAINER: What to know about COVID vaccines for little kids 03/23/2022 01:30pm • COVID-19 vaccinations for the youngest children just might be a step closer. Moderna intends to seek U.S. authorization for kid-sized shots, releasing early study results Wednesday that suggest the two small doses work in tots younger than 6. Within weeks, competitor Pfizer hopes to learn if three o With cases rising, UK marks 2 years since 1st virus lockdown 03/23/2022 11:21am • LONDON (AP) — Britain paused Wednesday to remember the thousands of lives lost to the coronavirus in the two years since Prime Minister Boris Johnson plunged the country into its first lockdown with the command: “You must stay at home.” The strict lockdown imposed on March 23, 2020 shut offic