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Flu shots are a 'very good match' to this season's strains, CDC says
12/05/2022 03:48pm • ▶ Watch Video: Hospitals overwhelmed with flu, COVID-19 and RSV patients Health authorities say this year's influenza vaccines appear to be a "very good match" to the strains currently circulating around the country so far this season. The new data comes as officials are redoubling the
China eases controls, gives no sign when 'zero COVID' ends
12/05/2022 06:32am • BEIJING (AP) — China is easing some of the world’s most stringent anti-
virus
controls and authorities say new variants are weaker. But they have yet to say when they might end a “zero-COVID” strategy that confines millions of people to their homes and set off protests and demands for Preside
Protesters near White House demand 'Free China!'
12/05/2022 01:09am • WASHINGTON (AP) — About 200 protesters lit candles and shouted “Free China!” two blocks from the White House on Sunday in a show of support for demonstrations in China calling for an end to severe anti-
virus
controls and for political change. Protesters in Freedom Plaza held up signs saying
New Zealand launches inquiry into its corona
virus
response
12/05/2022 12:40am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand is launching a wide-ranging inquiry into whether it made the right decisions in battling COVID-19 and how it can better prepare for future pandemics. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday the corona
virus
had posed the greatest threat to the nation'
China reports 2 new COVID deaths as some restrictions eased
12/04/2022 10:29pm • HONG KONG (AP) — China on Sunday reported two additional deaths from COVID-19 as some cities move cautiously to ease anti-pandemic restrictions following increasingly vocal public frustrations. The National Health Commission said one death was reported each in the provinces of Shandong and Sichua
Keep COVID military vaccine mandate, defense chief says
12/04/2022 10:43am • ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he wants to keep the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place to protect the health of the troops, as Republican governors and lawmakers press to rescind it. This past week more than 20 Republican governors sent a let
China reports 2 new COVID deaths as some restrictions eased
12/04/2022 12:01am • HONG KONG (AP) — China on Sunday reported two additional deaths from COVID-19 as some cities move cautiously to ease anti-pandemic restrictions amid increasingly vocal public frustration over the measures. The National Health Commission said one death was reported each in the provinces of Shandon
NY state health commissioner resigning to return to Harvard
12/03/2022 01:58pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's state health commissioner will resign Jan. 1 after 13 months in the job to return to Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Mary Bassett said in a statement Friday that she was “leaving now so the next commissioner can have the chance to lead this
At Shanghai vigil, bold shout for change preceded crackdown
12/03/2022 05:06am • SHANGHAI (AP) — The mourners in Shanghai lit candles and placed flowers. Someone scrawled “Urumqi, 11.24, Rest in Peace” in red on cardboard — referring to the deadly apartment fire in China’s western city of Urumqi that sparked anger over perceptions the country's strict COVID-19 measures
US plans end to mpox public health emergency in January
12/02/2022 05:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government plans to end in January the public health emergency it declared earlier this year after an outbreak of mpox infected more than 29,000 people across the U.S. Mpox cases have plummeted in recent weeks, with just a handful of new infections being reported eve
Flu season worsens as 44 states report high activity
12/02/2022 03:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. flu season keeps getting worse. Health officials said Friday that 7.5% of outpatient medical visits last week were due to flu-like illnesses. That's as high as the peak of the 2017-18 flu season and higher than any season since. The annual winter flu season usually doesn
Tibetans in India support 'zero COVID' protesters in China
12/02/2022 11:31am • NEW DELHI (AP) — About 150 Tibetan exiles held up blank pieces of paper as they rallied in India's capital on Friday to express solidarity with people in China protesting its “zero COVID” policy. The blank paper is a symbol of defiance used by some protesters in China against the ruling Commun
WHO pleased to see China ease harsh zero COVID policies
12/02/2022 10:27am • LONDON (AP) — A top official at the World Health Organization said the U.N. agency was “pleased” to see China loosening some of its corona
virus
restrictions, saying “it's really important that governments listen to their people when the people are in pain.” At a press briefing on Friday
China fines former NBA star Lin over quarantine comments
12/02/2022 08:11am • BEIJING (AP) — Former NBA star Jeremy Lin, who plays for a Chinese team, was fined 10,000 yuan ($1,400) for criticizing quarantine facilities, China’s professional league and a news report said Friday, as the government tries to stop protests against anti-
virus
controls that are among the world'
F1: Chinese Grand Prix canceled again over pandemic
12/02/2022 07:58am • LONDON (AP) — Formula One confirmed Friday that the Chinese Grand Prix will not take place in 2023, making it the fourth year in a row the race has been canceled because of the corona
virus
pandemic. F1 has not visited the Shanghai circuit since 2019 as China pursues a strict policy of local lockdo
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