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US extends mask rule for travel while weighing new approach 03/10/2022 06:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are extending the requirement for masks on planes and public transportation for one more month — through mid-April — while taking steps that could lead to lifting the rule. The mask mandate was scheduled to expire March 18, but the Transportation Security Ad Study: COVID infections on uptick in older adults in England 03/10/2022 11:51am • LONDON (AP) — Coronavirus infections appear to be rising in older adults in England, with cases remaining at a high level despite a broad decline since a peak in January, according to a government-commissioned study published Thursday. The REACT COVID-19 monitoring program, which looked at almost How will COVID end? Experts look to past epidemics for clues 03/10/2022 11:34am • NEW YORK (AP) — Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the world has seen a dramatic improvement in infections, hospitalizations and death rates in recent weeks, signaling the crisis appears to be winding down. But how will it end? Past epidemics may provide clues. The ends of epidemics are How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed after two years? 03/10/2022 01:00am • More countries are shifting toward a return to normal and learning to live with the virus. Safe, effective vaccines have been developed and there's better understanding of how to treat people sickened by the virus. Two years after the pandemic began, questions remain about the coronavirus. But ex Today in History 03/10/2022 12:00am • Today in History Today is Thursday, March 10, the 69th day of 2022. There are 296 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis, Tennessee, to assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (Ray later repudiated that p End of COVID funds? House eyes $15.6B, but outlook dim 03/09/2022 10:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — This could be the end of the line for congressional funding to fight COVID-19. What started a month ago as a $30 billion request from the White House to prepare for the next phase of the pandemic has been slashed, reduced and fallen apart on Capitol Hill. The end result Wed Booker has 23 points in return, Suns roll past Heat 111-90 03/09/2022 10:24pm • MIAMI (AP) — Not that there was any doubt about this, but the Phoenix Suns are going to the playoffs. The Suns didn’t leave any doubt in a matchup of conference leaders, either. Devin Booker scored 23 points, Mikal Bridges added 21 and the Suns shook off a slow start to beat the Miami Heat 111-9 Montgomery Co. expects COVID booster push for teens this fall 03/09/2022 08:20pm • An autumn push to get COVD-19 booster shots into more teenagers' arms is expected in Montgomery County, Maryland. "That 12-to-17-year-old population are the ones that have the lowest boosted levels," said Sean O'Donnell, the administrator for Montgomery County's Public Health Emergency Preparedne WHO Africa's 1st woman leader helps continent fight COVID 03/09/2022 07:34pm • BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — People stand when Dr. Matshidiso Moeti enters a room at the World Health Organization's Africa headquarters in the Republic of Congo and they listen intently to what she says. Small in stature and big in presence, Moeti is the first woman to lead WHO’s regio Pandemic lessons can lead to more-prosperous communities 03/09/2022 07:33pm • Lessons from the pandemic could help keep other disruptive ailments such as the flu in check if best practices are embraced and implemented broadly. That's one of the messages of a sweeping report released this week that offers recommendations covering myriad environments and disciplines, ranging Ex-prosecutor, foreign policy neophyte wins S Korea election 03/09/2022 07:25pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative former top prosecutor and foreign policy neophyte, was elected South Korea’s president in a win expected to herald a drive to seek a stronger alliance with the United States and take a tougher line on North Korea. With over 99% of the votes The Post-Pandemic Role of Virtual Care 03/09/2022 07:00pm • Amy Shideler had barely put down roots in northeast Ohio in fall of 2020 when she tested positive for COVID-19. Aside from a friend who lived 30 miles away, her support system had yet to be built, and her parents, in Indiana, were recovering from the virus themselves. Beset by fatigue and fever, she WHO issues COVID testing advice, long after critics' call 03/09/2022 11:16am • LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says it has issued guidance advising people on how to test themselves for the coronavirus, months after critics said the lack of recommendations was compromising efforts to stop the pandemic in poor countries. At a press briefing on Wednesday, WHO direct German govt produces new legal framework for pandemic rules 03/09/2022 09:29am • BERLIN (AP) — The German government introduced a legal framework for pandemic regulations and rules Wednesday. Most of the country’s current coronavirus restrictions are set to end by March 20. The country's health and justice ministers said if German lawmakers pass the framework, the country's Face of Sweden’s debated virus strategy gets WHO vaccine job 03/09/2022 07:11am • STOCKHOLM (AP) — The chief epidemiologist who was considered the architect of Sweden's pandemic approach, which avoided lockdowns but saw the Scandinavian country earn one of the world's highest per capita COVID-19 death rates, is going to work for the World Health Organization. The Swedish Public