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US will buy flu shots for farmworkers in a bid to prevent bird flu from getting worse 07/30/2024 05:03pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. will pay for flu shots for farmworkers this year, a strategy to prevent bird flu from changing into something more dangerous. Dairy and poultry farms are dealing with outbreaks of bird flu, and 13 workers have picked up infections. All cases are mild and are believed to ha Jason Day regrets missing the 2016 Olympics and refers to burnout 07/30/2024 11:36am • SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Jason Day still regrets skipping the Olympics when golf returned to the program in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. Day was the No. 1 player in the world at the time and cited concerns over the Zika virus. “Looking back on it, I should have just sucked it up and g Greece announces nationwide restrictions to combat 'goat plague' outbreak 07/29/2024 11:51am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece ordered nationwide restrictions for goat and sheep Monday to combat a deadly viral outbreak that is a fresh blow to the domestic livestock industry. Costas Tsiaras, the minister of agriculture and rural development, announced the ban on the commercial s Sri Lanka will hold presidential election on Sept. 21, its first since declaring bankruptcy in 2022 07/26/2024 03:10am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election on Sept. 21 that will likely be a test of confidence in President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s efforts to resolve the country’s worst economic crisis. The date was announced by the independent elections commission Friday, which s Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is 'stunning' 07/24/2024 10:28am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Twice-yearly shots used to treat AIDS were 100% effective in preventing new infections in women, according to study results published Wednesday. There were no infections in the young women and girls that got the shots in a study of about 5,000 in South Africa and Uga Floods and climate change blamed for surge in dengue in the Emirates as WHO warns of global spike 07/24/2024 10:26am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Since the United Arab Emirates witnessed its heaviest recorded rainfall ever three months ago, the desert nation has issued a multitude of warnings about dengue which, activists say, has surged and struck hardest among the vast populations of laborers. The tropi 2024 Election Latest: Kamala Harris kicks off campaign for president with a rally in Wisconsin 07/23/2024 08:59pm • In her first rally as a presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris Harris framed the race with Donald Trump as a choice between “freedom” and “chaos.” Democratic leaders Charles Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries endorsed Harris on Tuesday, capping off their party’s swift embrace of her Israel-Hamas war latest: Netanyahu signals cease-fire deal could be shaping up as deaths top 39,000 07/23/2024 04:06pm • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled that a cease-fire deal that would free dozens of hostages in Gaza could be taking shape. Netanyahu is in Washington, where he is to address Congress. The Israeli military has ordered the evacuation of part of a crowded area in the Gaza Strip it Biden will address the nation Wednesday on his decision to drop his 2024 Democratic reelection bid 07/23/2024 03:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday evening on his decision to drop his 2024 Democratic reelection bid. Biden posted on X that he would speak “on what lies ahead” and how he will “finish the job for the American people.” He will s UN says nearly 40 million people had HIV in 2023, lack of treatment means someone died every minute 07/23/2024 05:53am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nearly 40 million people were living with the HIV virus that causes AIDS last year, over 9 million weren’t getting any treatment, and the result was that every minute someone died of AIDS-related causes, the U.N. said in a new report launched Monday. While advances are bein Biden continues to recover from COVID-19, stays out of public view after ending his 2024 campaign 07/22/2024 11:39pm • REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s “symptoms have almost resolved completely” from COVID-19, according to his physician, as the president on Monday remained out of public view for the fifth straight day. Biden called into the Wilmington, Delaware, headquarters of his former ca Despite Musk's Trump endorsement, X remains a go-to platform for Democrats 07/22/2024 07:04pm • A week after Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president, President Joe Biden's team used Musk's social media platform X — in addition to more neutral spaces such as Facebook and Instagram — to announce he is ending his reelection campaign. It's a testament to how ingrained the platform has b Israel's latest airstrikes in Gaza kill at least 15 including children 07/21/2024 02:38pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 15 people, including women and children overnight in Gaza, according to hospital officials and a body count by an Associated Press journalist on Sunday. The latest strikes occurred as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prep Two more bird flu cases reported in Colorado, but elsewhere a study finds no asymptomatic infections 07/19/2024 04:34pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Friday announced two more bird flu cases among farmworkers, but they also said a new study in Michigan suggested the virus is not causing silent infections in people. Last month, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services launched a study of worke Yoga, meditation and prayer: Urban transit workers cope with violence and fear on the job 07/19/2024 09:01am • NEW YORK (AP) — In a dimly lit room strung with fairy lights and ivy, transit workers file in and lie on inflated cots. Soothing piano notes play as a teacher rubs their ankles and toes, helping each with heated blankets and eye masks. “Breathe in," she says. "Think of a balloon, filling up with