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Tadej Pogacar was infected with COVID-19 during his Tour de France preparations 06/27/2024 03:15pm • FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Tadej Pogacar was infected with COVID-19 during his Tour de France preparations, the two-time champion revealed Thursday — two days before the race starts in Italy. The Slovenian is aiming for the rare Tour and Giro d’Italia double after dominating the Italian race last Community health official says 'you should be getting tested' on National HIV Testing Day 06/27/2024 08:27am • June 27 is National HIV Testing Day — a day to encourage HIV testing so that people can know their status and those who test positive can promptly begin treatment — and a local nonprofit is making sure D.C.-area residents know they have options. "It's so important to get tested, it's importan Sri Lanka reaches deal on debt restructuring with bilateral creditors including China and France 06/26/2024 08:49pm • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced a debt restructuring deal with countries including India, France, Japan and China in a televised address to the nation Wednesday. The agreement marks a key step in the country’s economic recovery after defaulting on US health officials strengthen endorsement of RSV shots for oldest Americans 06/26/2024 05:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Wednesday made a stronger endorsement for RSV vaccinations for people 75 and older, but offered a narrower recommendation for people 60 to 74. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention accepted the recommendations from a committee of ou Los CDC emiten alerta por aumento de casos de dengue 06/26/2024 12:13pm • Las autoridades sanitarias estadounidenses pidieron a los médicos del país estar alertas por casos de dengue, en momentos en que la enfermedad tropical está superando récords internacionales. Los casos de dengue, cuyo virus se propaga por picaduras de mosquitos, han aumentado en todo el mundo Health officials tell US doctors to be alert for dengue as cases ramp up worldwide 06/26/2024 09:43am • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Tuesday warned doctors to be alert for dengue cases as the tropical disease breaks international records. The virus, which is spread by mosquitoes, has been surging worldwide, helped by climate change. In barely six months, countries in the Americas have al Masked intruder pleads guilty to 2007 attack on Connecticut arts patron and fake virus threat 06/25/2024 06:33pm • The last of three masked men pleaded guilty to a failed attempt to extort $8.5 million from a wealthy Connecticut arts patron and her companion by threatening them with a deadly virus in a 2007 home invasion. The 38-year-old Romanian citizen, Stefan Alexandru Barabas, had been on the run for about 1 US health officials are warning doctors to be alert for dengue cases as the virus surges in other countries 06/25/2024 02:52pm • ATLANTA (AP) — US health officials are warning doctors to be alert for dengue cases as the virus surges in other countries. Young gay Latinos see a rising share of new HIV cases, leading to a call for targeted funding 06/24/2024 02:17pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Four months after seeking asylum in the U.S., Fernando Hermida began coughing and feeling tired. He thought it was a cold. Then sores appeared in his groin and he would soak his bed with sweat. He took a test. On New Year’s Day 2022, at age 31, Hermida learned he had HIV. 'El perro más feo del mundo' es una bola de pelo crespo y lengua larga llamado Wild Thang 06/24/2024 09:11am • (CNN) -- Dicen que la belleza está en los ojos del que mira. Y el concurso anual del Perro más feo del mundo descubrió el viernes algunos auténticos diamantes en bruto en la Feria de Sonoma-Marin, en Petaluma, California.Wild Thang, un pequinés de 8 años, fue coronado ganador y se llevó el pr Young gay Latinos see a rising share of new HIV cases, leading to a call for targeted funding 06/24/2024 05:59am • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Four months after seeking asylum in the U.S., Fernando Hermida began coughing and feeling tired. He thought it was a cold. Then sores appeared in his groin and he would soak his bed with sweat. He took a test. On New Year’s Day 2022, at age 31, Hermida learned he had HIV. More African nations focus on HPV vaccination against cervical cancer, but hesitancy remains 06/24/2024 12:43am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Yunusa Bawa spends a lot of time talking about the vaccine for the human papillomavirus that is responsible for nearly all cases of cervical cancer. But on most days, only two or three people allow their daughters to be vaccinated in the rural part of Nigeria where he works. Wild Thang wins world's ugliest dog contest in Petaluma 06/23/2024 02:11am • PETALUMA -- "Glugly" is the word that Ann Lewis uses to describe Wild Thang, her 8-year-old Pekingese from Coos Bay, Oregon. "It's glam meets ugly," Lewis said before she and her excessively hairy gray-black pup waltzed down the red carpet and across the stage with the hopes of Wild Thang being d The Iberian lynx is back from the brink of extinction, thanks to conservation efforts 06/20/2024 12:52pm • MADRID (AP) — Things are looking up for the Iberian lynx. Just over two decades ago, the pointy-eared wild cat was on the brink of extinction, but as of Thursday the International Union for Conservation of Nature says it's no longer an endangered species. Successful conservation efforts mean that ANÁLISIS | No estamos haciendo lo suficiente contra el riesgo de gripe aviar, pero podemos hacerlo 06/18/2024 03:24am • Nota del editor: Tom Frieden, director de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos de 2009 a 2017, es presidente y director ejecutivo de Resolve to Save Lives e investigador principal de salud global en el Consejo de Relaciones Exteriores.(CNN) -- La respuesta d