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China's consumer, factory activity improve but still weak 09/16/2022 02:01am • BEIJING (AP) — Chinese consumer spending and factory output edged up in August but still were weak, official data showed Friday, and forecasters warned the second-largest economy is vulnerable to repeated shutdowns of cities to fight virus outbreaks. Housing sales plummeted while prices edged lowe George Floyd biography among National Book Award nominees 09/15/2022 08:49pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A biography of the late George Floyd and poetry by Pulitzer Prize winner Sharon Olds were among the works included Thursday on long lists for the National Book Awards. “His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice,” by Washington Post report US warns monkeypox could mutate to resist antiviral drug 09/15/2022 03:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are warning against overuse of the lone drug available to treat monkeypox, saying that even a small mutation in the virus could render the pills ineffective. The Food and Drug Administration updated its guidance this week for Tpoxx, which has been prescribed Retail sales up 0.3% in Aug. from July amid inflation 09/15/2022 12:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Americans picked up their spending a bit in August from July even as surging inflation on household necessities like rent and food took a toll on family budgets. U.S. retail sales rose an unexpected 0.3% last month after falling 0.4% in July, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Biden approval rises sharply ahead of midterms: AP-NORC poll 09/15/2022 09:40am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s popularity improved substantially from his lowest point this summer, but concerns about his handling of the economy persist, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Support for Biden recovered from a low of 36 US moved online, worked more from home as pandemic raged 09/15/2022 09:38am • During the first two years of the pandemic, the number of people working from home in the United States tripled, home values grew and the percentage of people who spent more than a third of their income on rent went up, according to survey results released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Providi M.D.-M.P.H. Programs: What to Consider 09/14/2022 08:00pm • In recent years and particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic, many premedical students have become interested in applying to combined M.D.-M.P.H. programs to obtain both a medical degree and a master of public health. There are many advantages to receiving a public health degree in conjunction with WHO: COVID end 'in sight,' deaths at lowest since March 2020 09/14/2022 12:04pm • GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that the number of coronavirus deaths worldwide last week was the lowest reported in the pandemic since March 2020, marking what could be a turning point in the years-long global outbreak. At a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Under COVID lockdown, Xinjiang residents complain of hunger 09/14/2022 04:57am • BEIJING (AP) — Residents of a city in China’s far western Xinjiang region say they are experiencing hunger, forced quarantines and dwindling supplies of medicine and daily necessities after more than 40 days in a virus lockdown. Hundreds of posts from Ghulja riveted users of Chinese social medi As monkeypox drops in the West, still no vaccines for Africa 09/14/2022 04:37am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — With monkeypox cases subsiding in Europe and parts of North America, many scientists say now is the time to prioritize stopping the virus in Africa. In July, the U.N. health agency designated monkeypox as a global emergency and appealed to the world to support African countri EU regulator clears Pfizer-BioNTech's tweaked COVID booster 09/12/2022 11:52am • LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorization of a tweaked booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine that includes protection against two of the latest versions of omicron, as countries look to bolster their immunization programs ahead of winter. The Americans give health care system failing mark: AP-NORC poll 09/12/2022 08:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) — When Emmanuel Obeng-Dankwa is worried about making rent on his New York City apartment, he sometimes holds off on filling his blood pressure medication. “If there’s no money, I prefer to skip the medication to being homeless,” said Obeng-Dankwa, a 58-year-old security guar Montenegro wrestles with massive cyberattack, Russia blamed 09/12/2022 06:58am • PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — At the government headquarters in NATO-member Montenegro, the computers are unplugged, the internet is switched off and the state's main websites are down. The blackout comes amid a massive cyberattack against the small Balkan state which officials say bears the hallma Philippines extending state of calamity for virus pandemic 09/12/2022 05:18am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is extending a state of calamity declared by his predecessor more than two years ago to deal with continuing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, an official said Monday. Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles also said a previou New Zealand removes most remaining COVID rules as cases wane 09/12/2022 03:26am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand removed most of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions Monday as the government signaled a return to normalcy for the first time since the pandemic began. People will no longer be required to wear masks in supermarkets, stores, busses or planes. The last rem