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Study finds nearly 100,000 nurses quit during COVID pandemic 04/14/2023 09:15pm • The worst of the COVID-19 pandemic was exceptionally tough for nurses, as they had to deal with stress and challenges they never could have anticipated. As frontline workers fought against the virus, nurses worked tirelessly to care for patients, often under incredibly difficult circumstances. Bird flu: Scientists find mutations, say threat is still low 04/14/2023 05:05pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A man in Chile is infected with a bird flu that has concerning mutations, but the threat to people from the virus remains low, U.S. health officials said Friday. Past animal studies suggest these mutations could cause the virus to be more harmful or spread more easily, health offic Thailand hopes for major splash in tourism during Songkran 04/13/2023 06:49am • BANGKOK (AP) — Hordes of revelers toted colorful water guns Thursday as Thailand kicked off its exuberant three-day Songkran festival at full blast for the first time since 2019, hoping for a significant boost in tourism after the industry was devastated by coronavirus travel restrictions. The Ne China's exports rebound unexpectedly to growth in March 04/13/2023 04:46am • BEIJING (AP) — China’s exports rebounded unexpectedly to growth in March despite a decline in U.S. and European demand following interest rate hikes to cool inflation. Exports rose 14.8% over a year earlier to $315.6 billion, recovering from a 6.8% decline in January and February, customs data s Gray, Twins take series with 3-1 win vs. White Sox 04/12/2023 06:01pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sonny Gray vomited in the morning, an apparent reaction to medication for an upper respiratory virus circulating in the Minnesota clubhouse. He pushed through for a favorable result, much like the way the Twins have started this season. Gray threw five scoreless innings in a thi What is human metapneumovirus? Here's what to know 04/12/2023 01:27pm • ▶ Watch Video: Doctors see cases of mystery respiratory illnesses as flu, COVID-19 and RSV infections rise John V. Williams is a professor of pediatrics, microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Pittsburgh. In the year 2000, Dutch scienti Moderna says potential flu vaccine needs more study 04/11/2023 09:02am • Moderna shares slipped Tuesday morning after the COVID-19 vaccine developer said its potential flu vaccine needs more study in a late-stage clinical trial. The company said an independent data and safety monitory board found that the potential vaccine “did not meet the statistical threshold necess Boston heads to Fever as No. 1 pick in WNBA draft 04/10/2023 10:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Indiana Fever made the most of the first No. 1 draft pick in franchise history, selecting Aliyah Boston. The South Carolina star had a stellar college career, leading the Gamecocks to a national championship her junior year, losing only nine games total and helping her team to Biden ends COVID national emergency after Congress acts 04/10/2023 09:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic ended Monday as President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan congressional resolution to bring it to a close after three years — weeks before it was set to expire alongside a separate public health emergency. The natio Hundreds of names to be added to National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial 04/10/2023 03:40pm • A small plastic tent, some 5 feet wide and barely tall enough to stand in, has been stationed in front of Northwest D.C.'s National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. Inside the tent, a solemn undertaking is taking place. With about a month to go until Police Week, work is underway to engrave AP PHOTOS: Joyous Holy Week celebrations around the world 04/09/2023 07:43pm • From dressing as Roman soldiers in Antigua, Guatemala, to carrying palm fronds on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria, Christians around the world are celebrating Holy Week. For millions of Christians, the week between Palm Sunday and Easter, known as Holy Week, is the most sacred time of the year. It's Home-based workers became younger, more diverse in pandemic 04/09/2023 05:15pm • People working from home became younger, more diverse, better educated and more likely to move during the worst part of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau. In many respects, the demographic makeup of people working from home from 2019 to 2021 became more like Report: Florida officials cut key data from vaccine study 04/08/2023 11:23am • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — An analysis that was the basis of a highly criticized recommendation from Florida's surgeon general cautioning young men against getting the COVID-19 vaccine omitted information that showed catching the virus could increase the risk of a cardiac-related death much more than gett Soothe your sore throat with these foods and drinks 04/08/2023 11:00am • That feeling of a scratchy throat is never fun, whether you have a kid complaining about their throat or you feel it yourself. You start to wonder if you're getting sick, and then you're coping with the pain from a sore throat. Fortunately, there are some foods and drinks that can help ease sore China health officials lash out at WHO, defend virus search 04/08/2023 07:59am • BEIJING (AP) — Chinese health officials defended their search for the source of the COVID-19 virus and lashed out Saturday at the World Health Organization after its leader said Beijing should have shared genetic information earlier. The WHO comments were “offensive and disrespectful," said t