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Hong Kong's new COVID cases top 10,000 in spiraling outbreak 02/25/2022 06:22am • HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong on Friday reported another sharp jump in new COVID-19 cases to more than 10,000 in the latest 24-hour period as it battles its worst outbreak of the pandemic. The new daily case count reached 10,010, health officials said, after topping 6,000 last week and 8,000 earli More protesters expected at thinning New Zealand blockade 02/25/2022 03:34am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The number of cars and trucks blocking the streets outside New Zealand's Parliament was thinning Friday, although more protesters were expected to arrive for the weekend, including some by boat. For more than two weeks, protesters against coronavirus vaccine mandates CDC to significantly ease pandemic mask guidelines Friday 02/25/2022 12:22am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter, meaning most Americans will no longer be advised to wear masks in indoor public settings. The C Today in History 02/25/2022 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, Feb. 25, the 56th day of 2022. There are 309 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 25, 1964, Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) became world heavyweight boxing champion as he defeated Sonny Liston in Miami Beach. On this date: In Howard County schools to make indoor masking optional in March 02/24/2022 08:27pm • Students in Howard County, Maryland, will no longer be required to wear masks indoors starting March 1. The Howard County Board of Education on Thursday voted to make face coverings optional using the first condition -- at least 80% of the county 's population is fully vaccinated -- of the state Florida's new coronavirus guidance: 'Buck the CDC' 02/24/2022 07:47pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on Thursday announced new coronavirus policy recommendations that discourage mask-wearing and push physicians to use off-label medications to treat the virus. The guidance, titled “ Buck the CDC,” is th Uncertain future for islanders who survived Tongan eruption 02/24/2022 07:29pm • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The first two booms from the volcano were scary enough, but the third explosion was immense, sending everyone from the village running from their homes in a reaction that would save all but one of their lives. Even now, more than five weeks later, the children from M CDC to significantly ease pandemic mask guidelines Friday 02/24/2022 07:14pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter, meaning most Americans will no longer be advised to wear masks in indoor public settings. The C COVID-19 and Hearing Loss 02/24/2022 07:00pm • People infected with COVID-19 sometimes report losing their sense of taste or smell. But another sense is also sometimes implicated as well: hearing. While science is still unraveling how exactly hearing loss is related to this viral infection, there does appear to be a connection. "Even though it f Milan Fashion Week goes on under shadow of Russian attack 02/24/2022 06:34pm • MILAN (AP) — Milan Fashion Week continued Thursday under the shadow of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the possible economic repercussions as the West moves toward tighter sanctions. The head of the Italian fashion council said more than 1 billion euros worth of luxury exports to Russia could Cyberattacks accompany Russian military assault on Ukraine 02/24/2022 05:34pm • BOSTON (AP) — Cyberattacks against Ukrainian government websites and affiliated organizations added to the confusion of Russia’s military assault Thursday, including data-wiping malware activated a day earlier that cybersecurity researchers said infected hundreds of computers including in neighb Canada authorizes first plant-based COVID-19 vaccine 02/24/2022 03:43pm • Canada has become the first country to authorize use of a plant-based COVID-19 vaccine. Canadian regulators said Thursday Medicago’s two-dose vaccine can be given to adults ages 18 to 64, but said there's too little data on the shots in people 65 and older. The decision was based on a study of 24, COVID-19 toll more than physical for hard-hit hoops teams 02/24/2022 03:22pm • Charmin Smith and her players figured they had gone through the worst of the pandemic in 2020-21. COVID-19 precautions had forced the Cal's women's team to hold the first month of practices outdoors on a tennis court with portable baskets. Each player was required to have her own ball and was not Carnival in time of COVID: Virus tests among parade favors 02/24/2022 01:02pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mardi Gras revelers, accustomed to catching beads, small toys or other trinkets tossed by parade float riders during Carnival season, were able to snag a new parade favor Thursday: rapid COVID-19 tests. As Carnival season nears its raucous pre-Lenten climax on Mardi Gras (Fat Tu COVID-19 vaccine sales push Moderna to $12B profit in 2021 02/24/2022 11:28am • COVID-19 vaccine sales jumped 44% for Moderna in the final quarter of 2021, and the drugmaker expects demand for booster shots to fuel more growth in 2022. Moderna said Thursday that it has signed purchase agreements for about $19 billion in sales for 2022 with options for an additional $3 billion t