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History, civics scores of US students dipped amid pandemic 05/03/2023 12:57pm • Test scores in history and civics have declined slightly for eighth grade students in the U.S., according to results that show an increasing number of children lack a basic understanding of either subject. The scores were released Wednesday by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The sam How to Stay Connected to Your Loved One in a Nursing Home 05/02/2023 08:00pm • We all need to feel connected to the outside world. For people living in nursing homes, staying in touch has always been more of a challenge, particularly with family members at a distance. And for many months now, the fluctuating COVID-19 pandemic has made essential connections that much more diffi 5 of the Best Stocks to Buy Now 05/02/2023 08:00pm • The stock market has seemingly turned the corner, with the market showing additional positive momentum in April. Despite numerous headline risks including inflation, a potential recession and additional bank failures, bulls have still had the upper hand lately. This might make investors worry about Pfizer tops Q1 forecasts; vaccine sales slide as expected 05/02/2023 01:23pm • Pfizer beat first-quarter forecasts as revenue took an expected dip, but the drugmaker predicted a sales rally later this year. The pharmaceutical giant said Tuesday that total revenue dropped 29% in quarter, as sales tumbled for its market-leading COVID-19 vaccine, Comirnaty. The vaccine brought i US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week 05/01/2023 08:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will end most of the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends, the White House said Monday. Vaccine requirements for federal workers and federal contractors, as well California condors in Arizona, Utah died from avian flu 05/01/2023 05:03pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Twenty California condors in northern Arizona and southern Utah have died since March, and half of the endangered birds tested positive for a strain of avian flu, according to authorities. Four condors are still receiving supportive care and have shown improvement. But wildlife offi Black Protestant church still vital despite attendance drop 05/01/2023 07:00am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The wide empty spaces in pews between parishioners at a Sunday service at Zion Baptist Church in South Carolina’s capital highlight a post-pandemic reality common among many Black Protestant churches nationwide. At its heyday in the 1960s, more than 1,500 parishioners fille Black Protestant church still vital despite attendance drop 05/01/2023 06:56am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The wide empty spaces in pews between parishioners at a Sunday service at Zion Baptist Church in South Carolina’s capital highlight a post-pandemic reality common among many Black Protestant churches nationwide. At its heyday in the 1960s, more than 1,500 parishioners fille China’s manufacturing contracts, signaling recovery concerns 04/30/2023 01:02am • BEIJING (AP) — China's factory activity declined in April, an official survey showed Sunday, signaling policymakers’ challenges in sustaining momentum in the country’s economic recovery. According to the government statistics bureau and an official industry group, a monthly purchasing managers Nursing program ramps up to address labor shortage 04/29/2023 09:01am • BALTIMORE (AP) — A nursing accelerator program, conceived during some of the worst months of the coronavirus pandemic to add extra hands in University of Maryland Medical System hospitals, is ramping up and expanding — even as some of the demands of the public health crisis scale back. That’s What to know about tick, Lyme season following a mild winter 04/28/2023 03:53pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After a mild winter in the U.S., will there be an uptick in ticks this year? Researchers say it is hard to predict how the tick season will play out. This year’s mild winter and early snow melt, though, could mean more ticks earlier than usual and a wider spread of Lyme di U.S. reports no new mpox cases for first time since outbreak began 04/28/2023 05:53am • For the first time since the first American cases were reported last year, the United States has tallied no new cases of mpox for more than a week, according to figures published Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The milestone comes after cases of mpox, formerly called Merck has strong quarter even as COVID-19 treatment tumble 04/27/2023 08:43am • Merck beat first-quarter expectations and hiked its 2023 forecast even as sales plunged for its COVID-19 treatment and a strong dollar hurt revenue. Soaring sales of the drugmaker’s top seller, the cancer treatment Keytruda, helped counter those hits, a drop expected by analysts. Merck said Thurs China to scrap PCR test requirement for inbound travelers 04/26/2023 06:23am • BEIIJING (AP) — Travelers entering China will no longer need to provide a negative PCR test result starting Saturday, in another easing of China's “zero COVID” policies. Travelers can instead show a negative antigen test result taken within 48 hours before boarding, Chinese Foreign Ministry s Today in History: April 26, Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster 04/26/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, April 26, the 116th day of 2023. There are 249 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 26, 1986, an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine caused radioactive fallout to begin spewing into the atmosphere. (Doz