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Energy Department report on COVID's origins rekindles ongoing debate 02/26/2023 10:48pm • ▶ Watch Video: Energy Department report finds COVID lab leak theory plausible A new classified report by the U.S. Energy Department has concluded with "low confidence" that it is plausible the COVID-19 pandemic originated from a laboratory leak, two sources famili El COVID-19 “muy probablemente” se originó por una fuga en un laboratorio chino, según una agencia de EEUU 02/26/2023 11:08am • NUEVA YORK – El Departamento de Energía de Estados Unidos se ha unido a otros organismos federales como el FBI en su conclusión de que el COVID-19 “muy probablemente” se originó por una fuga en un laboratorio chino, informó este domingo el diario The Wall Street Journal. El Today in History: FEB 25, Ali defeats Liston for world title 02/25/2023 12:01am • Today in History Today is Saturday, Feb. 25, the 56th day of 2023. There are 309 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 25, 1964, Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) became world heavyweight boxing champion as he defeated Sonny Liston in Miami Beach. On this Experts say bird flu threat small despite Cambodian fatality 02/24/2023 11:57pm • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A top World Health Organization official, reacting to the death of an 11-year-old girl in Cambodia infected by bird flu, said Friday the recent global spread of the virus and human infections are “worrying.” Dr. Sylvie Briand, the WHO’s director for epidemic and p FDA authorizes first at-home test that can detect both flu and Covid-19 02/24/2023 05:39pm • If you've got a fever and a cough, you don't necessarily have to go to the doctor anymore to find out if it's the flu or Covid-19. On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration authorized what it says is the first at-home test that can tell users if they have the flu and/or Covid-19. The test European committee: Regulators should deny Merck's Lagevrio 02/24/2023 10:42am • A European medical committee recommends rejection of Merck’s COVID-19 treatment, Lagevrio, casting fresh doubt on a pill that also stirs concern among U.S. regulators. A European Medicines Agency committee says marketing authorization for the antiviral pill for use in the European Union should be CDC: Flu vaccine provided 'substantial protection' across all age groups 02/23/2023 10:50pm • The flu shot provided "substantial protection" for all age groups, including elderly and immunocompromised populations, during this influenza season, the Center for Disease Control reported Wednesday.The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices presented new findings that showed people who 6 REITs to Capitalize on Return-to-Office Trend 02/23/2023 07:00pm • One of the U.S. stock market sectors most heavily affected by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was real estate, which is mostly comprised of real estate investment trusts, or REITs. During the panic of March 2020, the U.S. REIT sector fell 22.1% while the S&P 500 fell by roughly half that much Sliding vaccine sales, new costs, squeeze Moderna 4Q profit 02/23/2023 03:23pm • Moderna’s fourth-quarter profit tumbled 70% as COVID-19 vaccine sales fell and the drugmaker caught up on a royalty payment. Heavy research and development costs also weighed on Moderna as the vaccine developer looks to strengthen an income statement currently dominated by its Spikevax coronavirus Baltimore COVID testing site to close this week, cites declining hospitalizations 02/23/2023 07:41am • The State Center Vaccination, Testing and Treatment site in Baltimore, Maryland, is set to close Saturday after over a year of providing free COVID-19 services to residents. The site opened in November 2021 and offered free vaccinations and boosters, on-site testing services, at-home tests and KN Bird flu kills 11-year-old girl in Cambodia, officials say 02/23/2023 05:25am • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — An 11-year-old girl in Cambodia has died from bird flu in the country's first known human H5N1 infection since 2014, health officials said. Bird flu, also known as avian influenza, normally spreads in poultry and wasn’t deemed a threat to people until a 1997 outbreak Flu vaccine worked well in season that faded fast, CDC says 02/22/2023 03:49pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Early estimates suggest the flu vaccine performed well in a U.S. winter flu season that has already dissipated. The vaccines were more than 40% effective in preventing adults from getting sick enough from the flu that they had to go to a doctor's office, clinic or hospital, health Restaurants, jobs asked for proof of COVID vaccine. So did it increase DC’s vaccine rates? 02/22/2023 08:51am • When the COVID-19 vaccines started becoming readily available, several cities around the country, including D.C., rolled out indoor vaccination mandates. These required restaurants to check for a customer's proof of vaccination before seating them inside, and they required some people to get a va CNBC: la vacuna Pfizer contra el RSV que protege a bebés podría recibir aprobación de la FDA este verano 02/21/2023 04:03pm • • La FDA está revisando la vacuna RSV de Pfizer de forma acelerada y tomará una decisión sobre si aprobar la inyección en agosto. • La vacuna de dosis única se administra a las futuras madres en el segundo o tercer trimestre de su embarazo. • Los anticuerpos activados por la inyec Bigger, better, tougher? A look at 2023's new garden plants 02/21/2023 10:40am • Most gardeners have favorite go-to plants that perform well in their climate and simply make them happy. For me, those are coneflowers, catmint, liatris, alliums, daylilies, black-eyed Susans and oh so many tomatoes. But every year, I manage to find at least a little space for something new that woo