Search

Tanzanian officials confirm 5 dead from Marburg disease 03/21/2023 03:34pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania’s health ministry on Tuesday confirmed that five people have died and three others are being treated for the Ebola-like Marburg disease. Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu said the cases were identified in the western region of Kagera and the government had managed to co Biden signs bill on COVID origins declassification 03/20/2023 05:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan bill Monday that directs the federal government to declassify as much intelligence as possible about the origins of COVID-19 more than three years after the start of the pandemic. The legislation, which passed both the House and Senate with Amazon cuts 9,000 more jobs, bringing 2023 total to 27,000 03/20/2023 12:03pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday. The job cuts would mark the second largest round of layoffs in the company's history, adding to the 18,000 employees the tech giant said it would lay off in January. Haley, Ramaswamy among those taking on 'woke ideology' in SC 03/18/2023 05:47pm • NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Republicans who are seeking to lead their party in the 2024 presidential race gathered in South Carolina this weekend with a goal at the forefront of their agenda: taking on “woke ideology.” On Saturday in North Charleston, the group Palmetto Family, which lobbies New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market 03/17/2023 06:31pm • BEIJING (AP) — Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon dog DNA comingled with the virus, adding evidence to the theory that the virus originated from animals, not from a lab, international experts say. “These data d Burundi officials detect polio outbreak linked to vaccine 03/17/2023 12:11pm • LONDON (AP) — Health officials in Burundi have declared an outbreak of polio linked to the vaccine, the first time the paralytic disease has been detected in the East African country for more than three decades. Polio has been diagnosed in an unvaccinated four-year-old child in the western part of COVID-19 pill Paxlovid moves closer to full FDA approval 03/16/2023 05:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill Paxlovid won another vote of confidence from U.S. health advisers Thursday, clearing the way for its full regulatory approval by the Food and Drug Administration. The medication has been used by millions of Americans since the FDA granted it emergency use Asian stocks fall after Wall St sinks on new bank fears 03/16/2023 01:03am • BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets tumbled Thursday after Wall Street sank as a plunge in Credit Suisse shares reignited worries about a possible bank crisis following the failure of two U.S. lenders. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney all dropped, reversing Wednesday's gains. Oil prices edged Understanding the Recommendations for COVID-19 Booster Shots 03/15/2023 08:00pm • With all the talk in the past couple of years about COVID vaccines and boosters, it may be confusing to know just when you should get a COVID-19 booster. A lot of that confusion has to do with the new COVID strains that have emerged, as well as the continuously changing vaccination guidelines. Still 7 Value Stocks to Buy With High Dividend Yields 03/14/2023 08:00pm • Since the Great Recession in 2008, growth stocks have significantly outperformed value stocks. However, elevated inflation and rising interest rates have triggered a rotation out of growth stocks and into value stocks over the past year as investors seek the relative safety and stability of cash flo China to reopen to tourists, resume all visas Wednesday 03/14/2023 07:05am • HONG KONG (AP) — China will reopen its borders to tourists and resume issuing all visas Wednesday as it tries to revive tourism and its economy following a three-year halt during the COVID-19 pandemic. China is one of the last major countries to reopen its borders to tourists. The announcement Tue Chinese SARS whistleblower Jiang Yanyong dies at 91 03/14/2023 03:39am • BEIJING (AP) — Jiang Yanyong, a Chinese military doctor who revealed the full extent of the 2003 SARS outbreak and was later placed under house arrest for his political outspokenness, has died, a long-time acquaintance and a Hong Kong newspaper said Tuesday. Jiang was 91 and died of pneumonia Sat Poor sleep decreases vaccine effectiveness, especially for men 03/13/2023 11:03am • If you're scheduling an appointment for a vaccination — whether for Covid-19, the flu or for travel to another country — make sure you're getting a long, restful night's slumber before you head to the doctor. Sleeping less than six hours the night before you get the shot may limit your body's Masks stay put in Japan as 3-year request to wear them ends 03/13/2023 12:36am • TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Monday dropped its request for people to wear masks after three years, but hardly anything changed in the country that has had an extremely high regard for their effectiveness at anti-virus protection. Most commuters exiting Tokyo’s main train station in the morning were we House votes to declassify info about origins of COVID-19 03/10/2023 05:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted unanimously Friday to declassify U.S. intelligence information about the origins of COVID-19, a sweeping show of bipartisan support near the third anniversary of the start of the deadly pandemic. The 419-0 vote was final congressional approval of the bill, sending