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CDC: Some people should wait longer for 2nd COVID shot 02/23/2022 11:56am • NEW YORK (AP) — Some people getting Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines should consider waiting up to eight weeks between the first and second doses, instead of the three or four weeks previously recommended, U.S. health officials said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday qui The 1990s: Jordan era takes flight; Magic battles HIV virus 02/23/2022 10:24am • Michael Jordan had just won his first championship, beating Magic Johnson in the NBA Finals. They were poised to lead a Dream Team the world couldn’t wait to watch. Yes, the NBA rolled into the fall of 1991 with unlimited promise. Jordan, already basketball’s best and most popular player, was no Cambodia vaccinating ages 3-4 to fight omicron outbreak 02/23/2022 10:23am • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia began vaccinating 3- and 4-year-olds with Chinese-made Sinovac shots Wednesday after finding young children accounting for many new infections. Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed to parents to have their children vaccinated as soon as possible and said five of his Hundreds protest COVID-19 mandates in Bulgaria's capital 02/23/2022 10:00am • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Several hundred people opposing COVID-19 mandates staged a protest rally on Wednesday in Bulgaria's capital. The demonstrators waved national flags and banners of the nationalist Revival party, which organized the protest. They also chanted “Resignation” and ”Freedom,� Is omicron leading us closer to herd immunity against COVID? 02/23/2022 06:33am • Is omicron leading us closer to herd immunity against COVID-19? Experts say it's not likely that the highly transmissible variant — or any other variant — will lead to herd immunity. “ Herd immunity is an elusive concept and doesn’t apply to coronavirus,” says Dr. Don Milton at the Univ UN investigator calls for 60M vaccine doses for North Korea 02/23/2022 05:58am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United Nations’ independent investigator on human rights in North Korea has called for the international community to provide 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the isolated authoritarian nation, which has recently showed signs of easing one of the world's mos S. Korea approves Pfizer's COVID vaccine for ages 5-11 02/23/2022 12:44am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean health officials on Wednesday approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, expanding the country's immunization program in the face of a massive omicron outbreak that is driving up hospitalizations and deaths. The Korea Disease Control a Pregnancy-related deaths climbed in pandemic's first year 02/23/2022 12:05am • Pregnancy-related deaths for U.S. mothers climbed higher in the pandemic’s first year, continuing a decades-long trend that disproportionately affects Black people, according to a government report released Wednesday. Overall in 2020, there were almost 24 deaths per 100,000 births, or 861 deaths t Tonga's internet finally restored 5 weeks after big eruption 02/22/2022 08:24pm • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tonga's main internet connection to the rest of the world has finally been restored more than five weeks after a huge volcanic eruption and tsunami severed a crucial undersea cable. Three people in Tonga were killed by the Jan. 15 tsunami, dozens of homes were destro Booster shot after initial COVID vaccination likely to prevent serious disease for years 02/22/2022 08:01pm • Researchers who are learning more about how a COVID-19 booster shot works after initial vaccination against the coronavirus have new insight into various levels of protection. Protection against an infection is less durable than the longer-lasting protection against serious outcomes from severe d GOP leaders pick Iowa governor for State of Union response 02/22/2022 03:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on March 1, GOP congressional leaders announced Tuesday as they look outside Washington to appeal to voters in a midterm election year. Reynolds is the first woman to b WHO: New COVID cases fall for the 3rd week, deaths also drop 02/22/2022 02:46pm • GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases around the world fell 21% in the last week, marking the third consecutive week that COVID-19 cases have dropped, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. In the U.N. health agency’s weekly pandemic report, WHO said there were more than 12 mill Dubai airport is busiest for global travel as virus persists 02/22/2022 08:48am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai's main airport said Tuesday it has retained its top place as the world's busiest for international travel with around 29 million passengers shuttling through the global gateway last year. The 2021 passenger figures are encouraging for the tourism-driven ec Hong Kong orders mandatory COVID-19 tests for all residents 02/22/2022 06:52am • HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will test its entire population of 7.5 million people for COVID-19 in March, the city’s leader said Tuesday, as it grapples with its worst outbreak driven by the omicron variant. The population will be tested three times in March, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam s Queen still has mild COVID symptoms, cancels online meetings 02/22/2022 06:21am • LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II canceled scheduled online engagements on Tuesday because she is still experiencing mild cold-like symptoms after testing positive for COVID-19, Buckingham Palace said. The 95-year-old monarch “has decided not to undertake her planned virtual engagements today, bu