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China's Communist Party charts technology- and security-focused development for reviving the economy 07/17/2024 07:28am • BANGKOK (AP) — In a year of major elections that will determine the destinies of many countries, China’s ruling Communist Party is holding closed, top-level meetings in Beijing to set strategies for reviving its slowing economy. State media likened the meetings that end Thursday to reforms star Heat driving people indoors, transmissible variants causing people to get sick this summer, virologist says 07/17/2024 04:31am • The extreme heat that's been making its way across the D.C. region in the last few weeks is causing many people to remain indoors, which one virus expert said is a factor facilitating the spread of respiratory viruses like COVID-19. Andrew Pekosz, a virologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Schoo El covid-19 volvió: ¿deberías preocuparte? 07/16/2024 08:26pm • (CNN) -- Los contagios de covid-19 volvieron a aumentar en Estados Unidos y México.De acuerdo con los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés), las visitas a urgencias relacionadas con covid-19 llevan semanas aumentando. Los datos más reci Belgian sprinter Philipsen completes hat trick of stage wins at Tour, Girmay falls near finish 07/16/2024 12:30pm • NIMES, France (AP) — Jasper Philipsen completed a hat trick of stage wins at this year's Tour de France after Biniam Girmay — his main rival for the best sprinter's green jersey — crashed near the finish on Tuesday. There was no major change in the general classification with two-time champion Australian cyclist Chris Harper withdraws from Tour de France with COVID-19 symptoms 07/16/2024 05:54am • GRUISSAN, France (AP) — Chris Harper of Australia has withdrawn from the Tour de France ahead of Tuesday's 16th stage, his team said, as COVID-19 infections continue to hit cycling's marquee event. The Jayco Alula team said that Harper “is suffering from COVID symptoms and following medical advi Tasas internacionales de vacunación infantil se estancan tras "retroceso histórico" durante la pandemia, según nuevos datos 07/15/2024 12:34pm • (CNN) -- Aunque la pandemia de covid-19 supuso una velocidad sin precedentes en el desarrollo y la distribución de vacunas contra el coronavirus, los expertos afirman que también estuvo marcada por un descenso significativo y preocupante de la tasa de vacunaciones de rutina. Nuevos datos de la Org Persona contagiada con sarampión pudo haber expuesto a residentes de Arlington y DC: lo que se sabe 07/15/2024 11:54am • Los funcionarios de salud exhortaron a la ciudadanía a estar atentos a los síntomas del sarampión si estuvo en uno de los tres lugares en Arlington y DC a principios de julio. Una persona con un caso ahora confirmado de sarampión, que vino de fuera del área de DC, se detuvo los lugares a con US health officials confirm four new bird flu cases, in Colorado poultry workers 07/14/2024 11:46pm • Four poultry workers in Colorado have been diagnosed with bird flu, health officials confirmed Sunday. The new cases bring the U.S. total to nine since the first human case of the current outbreak was detected in 2022, also in a Colorado poultry worker. Eight of the nine were reported this year. The Single case of measles confirmed in DC area 07/13/2024 01:04pm • A person with a confirmed case of measles who visited an Arlington, Virginia, grocery store on July 1 is the same person who visited two spots in the District on July 2. The person, whose identity has not been released, may have exposed people to measles after visiting a Harris Teeter at 624B N G Neto and Moniak power Angels past Texas 7-2, snapping Rangers' 5-game win streak 07/11/2024 01:27am • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mickey Moniak and Zach Neto both homered and drove in three runs as the Los Angeles Angels ended the Texas Rangers' season-best five-game winning streak with a 7-2 victory Wednesday night. Neto finished a triple short of the cycle for the Angels, who had lost four in a row a Editorial Roundup: United States 07/11/2024 12:26am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 27 The Washington Post on how the Pentagon can avoid stumbling As disinformation and misinformation become major tools of global conflict, democracies need to decide when and how they should influence populations abroad. Influence Dozens were sickened with salmonella after drinking raw milk from a California farm 07/10/2024 05:35pm • Dozens of salmonella illnesses have been linked to raw milk from a California farm, a far wider outbreak than previously known, according to newly released state records. As of February, at least 165 people were sickened with salmonella infections tied to products from Raw Farm, of Fresno, Californ King Arthur Baking's CEO on keeping America's oldest flour company in the mix 07/08/2024 08:52am • As America’s oldest flour company, King Arthur Baking Co. has seen a lot. It opened in 1790, when George Washington was president. But little could have prepared it for the start of the coronavirus pandemic, when demand for King Arthur's products jumped six-fold almost overnight. The company, base Second gentleman Doug Emhoff tests positive for COVID. Vice President Harris has tested negative 07/07/2024 05:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff has tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing mild symptoms, his office announced Sunday, but his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, has tested negative and remains asymptomatic. Emhoff spokesperson Liza Acevedo said in a statement that the sec Esposo de Kamala Harris da positivo a COVID-19 07/07/2024 03:50pm • El esposo de la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris ha dado positivo a COVID-19 tras sufrir síntomas leves, anunció el domingo su despacho. La vicepresidenta ha dado negativo y no tiene síntomas, añadió. El segundo caballero Doug Emhoff “está totalmente vacunado y ha recibido tres refuerzosâ€