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USDA says more than $200M will help meat processors expand 11/02/2022 05:42pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Agriculture Department announced more than $223 million in grants and loans Wednesday to help small- and mid-sized meat processing plants expand as part of a larger $1 billion effort to boost competition in the highly concentrated industry. The effort is expected to increase CVS Health tops forecasts, reserves billions for settlement 11/02/2022 12:23pm • CVS Health booked a third-quarter loss of more than $3 billion after setting aside money for a potential opioid litigation deal but still beat expectations and raised its 2022 forecast. The health care giant detailed on Wednesday a planned nationwide settlement of lawsuits over how it has handled p Danish leader quits in bid to form new Cabinet despite win 11/02/2022 11:19am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Despite finishing first in Denmark's election, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen decided to step down along with her Social Democratic government Wednesday in an attempt to build a broader coalition across the political divide. Frederiksen's announcement came after a dram Uganda's Ebola responders fret as some people fight measures 11/02/2022 10:40am • KASSANDA, Uganda (AP) — The recent explosion of Ebola virus cases in a Ugandan rural community began when defiant residents exhumed a body at night, undoing the work of a safe burial team in order to give the deceased man a proper Islamic funeral. Within days, at least 23 of the mourners had contr Estee Lauder among multinationals hit by China lockdowns 11/02/2022 09:55am • The devastating effects of COVID-19 lockdowns in China overshadowed a strong quarter at Estee Lauder and shares of the cosmetics company tumbled before the opening bell Wednesday. International companies that rely on sales in China have been hammered by Beijing's “Zero COVID” policies that have Trone, Parrott on the issues in Maryland's 6th District 11/02/2022 09:25am • The campaign for the U.S. House in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District is expected to be the site of the closest congressional race in the state come Nov. 8. Democratic Rep. David Trone, who’s running for a third term, handily beat Republican Del. Neil Parrott two years ago. But redistricti China closes zone around iPhone factory after virus cases 11/02/2022 06:32am • BEIJING (AP) — Access to an industrial zone in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou was suspended Wednesday after the city reported 64 coronavirus cases and workers who assemble Apple Inc. iPhones left their factory in the zone following outbreaks. The announcement did not say whether the isolati COVID-19 continues to impact DC-area live theater performances, survey finds 11/02/2022 05:43am • Almost three years after the first outbreak of COVID-19, a new survey of more than 2,700 people finds the virus is still having an impact on D.C.-area theaters with live performances. According to a survey for the local theaters by Limelight Insights by Shugoll, a national marketing research, the Philippine schools ordered to reopen after virus lockdowns 11/02/2022 12:33am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Millions of students trooped back to public schools across the Philippines on Wednesday as the government enforced the mandatory resumption of in-person classes after more than two years of coronavirus pandemic lockdowns. Daunting problems hounded the reopening of classe Denmark PM to try to form new government after election win 11/01/2022 10:59pm • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was in a strong position to remain in power after her Social Democrats won the most votes Tuesday in Denmark’s election and a center-left bloc in Parliament that backs her appeared set to retain a majority by just one seat. The resul 'Choice between two harms:' DC Council delays COVID-19 vaccination requirements for students 11/01/2022 09:30pm • Families of D.C. students will not need to have their children vaccinated against the coronavirus by Jan. 3, 2023, or risk having their kids pulled out of school per the city's "no shots, no school" policy. The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to delay enforcement of the COVID-19 vaccination mandate f Education secretary tests positive for COVID-19 11/01/2022 01:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's education secretary has tested positive for COVID-19. Miguel Cardona, who has been vaccinated and boosted against the virus, tested positive Tuesday and has mild symptoms, the Education Department said in a statement. He tested positive the morning aft Strong RSV vaccine data lifts hopes after years of futility 11/01/2022 12:46pm • New research shows vaccinating pregnant women helped protect their newborns from the common but scary respiratory virus called RSV that fills hospitals with wheezing babies each fall. The preliminary results buoy hope that after decades of failure and frustration, vaccines against RSV may finally Pfizer rides Paxlovid sales to better-than-expected quarter 11/01/2022 11:28am • Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment helped the pharmaceutical giant balance tumbling international sales for its coronavirus vaccine and top third-quarter expectations. The pill treatment Paxlovid brought in $7.5 billion in sales in the quarter and has generated more than $17 billion so far this year. Sal Shanghai Disney guests kept in closed park for virus testing 11/01/2022 05:17am • BEIJING (AP) — Visitors to Shanghai Disneyland were temporarily blocked from leaving as part of virus testing that extended to more than 400,000 people, the city government announced Tuesday. The park closed Monday for testing of staff and visitors, Walt Disney Co. and the government said in separ