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Hong Kong postpones leader election amid COVID-19 outbreak 02/18/2022 09:13am • HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will postpone the election of its next leader until May 8 as it grapples with a worsening coronavirus outbreak with thousands of new infections daily. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Friday the election will be delayed six weeks from March 27 because holding the polls a Health minister: Germany has crossed omicron peak 02/18/2022 08:55am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany has crossed over the peak of new daily infections with the omicron variant of COVID-19, the country's health minister said on Friday. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said government measures to curb infection numbers have been effective, but he warned against relaxing the pub PHOTOS: Winter Olympics, part 2 02/18/2022 08:30am • The events of the 2022 Olympic Games has drawn the world’s elite athletes to compete in China. The COVID-19 pandemic is creating new challenges for the games, including social distancing fans and quarantining athletes who test positive for the virus in hotels. See more photos from the games here. WHO says polio detected in Malawi in setback to eradication 02/18/2022 07:32am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The World Health Organization said authorities in Malawi have detected a case of polio in the southern African country's capital, another setback in continuing efforts to eradicate the highly infectious paralytic disease globally. In a statement on Friday, the U.N. health agen EXPLAINER: Why would world leaders balk at giving Putin DNA? 02/18/2022 02:32am • If knowledge is power, knowing the intimate secrets of one's DNA could be a powerful weapon. That might explain why the world leaders who hastened to Moscow in recent days for diplomatic talks seemed to balk at Russian-administered coronavirus tests. But this may be a case where imagination is getti AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa 02/18/2022 02:25am • FEB. 11 – 17, 2022 From tension between Russia and Ukraine, protests against virus restrictions in France, drought in Somalia — as well as Spain and Portugal — to the Berlin International Film Festival opening, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published California adopts nation's 1st 'endemic' virus policy 02/18/2022 12:06am • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California became the first state to formally shift to an “endemic” approach to the coronavirus with Gov. Gavin Newsom's announcement Thursday of a plan that emphasizes prevention and quick reaction to outbreaks over mandated masking and business shutdowns. The mil S. Korea keeps crowd limits as omicron causes 25-fold spike 02/17/2022 10:10pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will extend restaurant dining hours but maintain a six-person limit on private social gatherings as it wrestles with a massive coronavirus wave driven by the highly infectious omicron variant. The 109,831 new cases reported on Friday was another record and abo DC council member withdraws proposal to reinstate proof of vaccination requirement 02/17/2022 09:57pm • A council member who drafted an emergency bill to reinstate the proof of vaccination requirement at D.C. businesses one day after the mayor lifted it has withdrawn her proposal. Ward 1 Council member Brianne K. Nadeau said Thursday that although she believes her Public Health Protections Emergenc California adopts nation's 1st 'endemic' virus policy 02/17/2022 09:21pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California became the first state to formally shift to an “endemic” approach to the coronavirus with Gov. Gavin Newsom's announcement Thursday of a plan that emphasizes prevention and quick reaction to outbreaks over mandated masking and business shutdowns. The mil Hong Kong hospitals hit 90% capacity as COVID-19 cases surge 02/17/2022 08:22pm • HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's hospitals reached 90% capacity on Thursday and quarantine facilities were at their limit, authorities said, as the city struggles to snuff out a record number of new COVID-19 cases by adhering to China’s “zero tolerance” strategy. To ease the strain on the city's Solomon Islands' 1st virus outbreak causes growing concern 02/17/2022 07:38pm • BANGKOK (AP) — With the first community outbreak of the coronavirus in the Solomon Islands spreading rapidly through the largely unvaccinated population, the Red Cross warned Thursday that the Pacific Island nation's fragile health care system is at risk of becoming overwhelmed. The capital Honiar Flu vs. the Common Cold 02/17/2022 07:00pm • Your nose is running, you're feverish and you're wondering: Do I just have a cold or the flu? With respiratory illnesses sharing several symptoms, that's a common question this time of year. But other symptoms offer clues as to whether it's a cold or the flu, which vary in treatment, vaccine availab Pelosi opens Biden State of the Union speech to full House 02/17/2022 05:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — All members of Congress are being invited to attend President Joe Biden's upcoming State of the Union address, crowding the House chamber for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic as the White House tries to nudge COVID-19 toward the nation’s rear-view mirror. It's State officials: Bird flu found at 3rd Indiana turkey farm 02/17/2022 03:57pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A strain of avian flu has been found at a third commercial turkey farm in southern Indiana, state officials said Thursday. Laboratory testing of a commercial flock of turkeys in Greene County has come back as presumptively positive for the virus, the Indiana State Board of Ani