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Virus forces Lea Michele off Broadway stage in 'Funny Girl' 09/11/2022 09:07am • Fans of Lea Michele hoping to finally see her singing and dancing in “Funny Girl” on Broadway will have to be patient. The “Glee” actor has tested positive for COVID-19 — missing Saturday's matinee and evening performance — and must now quarantine, slated to return to the show on Tuesday China quarantines college students under strict COVID policy 09/11/2022 04:17am • BEIJING (AP) — Almost 500 students at China’s premier college for broadcast journalists have been sent to a quarantine center after a handful of COVID-19 cases were detected in their dormitory. The 488 students at Communication University of China, along with 19 teachers and five assistants, Poliovirus detected in more wastewater near New York City 09/09/2022 02:58pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday the state was stepping up its polio-fighting efforts as the virus that causes the life-threatening disease was detected in the wastewater of yet another county in the New York City area. Health officials began checking for signs of the vir NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 09/09/2022 08:48am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Judge’s order doesn’t show Biden ordered FBI search C Today in History: September 9, Elizabeth's reign is longest 09/09/2022 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2022. There are 113 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 9, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction, a measure primarily concerned with protect Queen Elizabeth II, a monarch bound by duty, dies at 96 09/08/2022 08:03pm • LONDON (AP) — On her 21st birthday in 1947, Princess Elizabeth went on the radio and made a promise to Britain and its Commonwealth nations: She pledged that “my whole life, whether it be short or long, will be devoted to your service.” Over her very long life, Queen Elizabeth II fulfilled tha Queen Elizabeth II dead at 96 after 70 years on the throne 09/08/2022 07:58pm • LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a symbol of stability in a turbulent era that saw the decline of the British empire and disarray in her own family, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. The palace announced she died at Balmoral Castle, h US may expand monkeypox vaccine eligibility to men with HIV 09/08/2022 05:05pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. officials are considering broadening recommendations for who gets vaccinated against monkeypox, possibly to include many men with HIV or those recently diagnosed with other sexually transmitted diseases. Driving the discussion is a study released Thursday showing that a higher Egypt latest in Mideast to detect 1st case of monkeypox 09/08/2022 09:40am • CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's health authorities have detected the country’s first case of monkeypox in a 42-year-old man who frequently travels to Europe. Authorities said the man is stable and has been isolated at a special hospital. Egypt is the latest in the Middle East to join countries with report Heavy rain after deadly China quake complicates recovery 09/08/2022 02:51am • BEIJING (AP) — Heavy rains are complicating earthquake recovery efforts in southwestern China, where the death toll from Monday’s disaster has risen to 82. More than 20,000 people have been moved to temporary shelters amid the threat of landslides and buildings collapsing in the mountainous reg When people should consider getting new bivalent, updated booster shot 09/07/2022 08:37pm • Supplies of COVID-19 bivalent updated booster shots are gradually becoming available, and many people are wondering who’s eligible to receive it and when. Montgomery County, Maryland, which is among the local D.C.-area counties distributing the vaccine, has received 1,100 doses so far between P Monkeypox cases dropping, but racial disparities growing 09/07/2022 08:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Wednesday it's optimistic about a decline in monkeypox cases and an uptick in vaccinations against the infectious virus, despite worsening racial disparities in reported cases. Promising to ramp up vaccination offerings at LGBTQ Pride festivals around the co GOP gives thumbs down to Biden's $47B emergency request 09/07/2022 05:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s request for more than $47 billion in emergency funding to help Ukraine and tackle COVID-19, monkeypox and natural disasters is encountering deep skepticism from Senate Republicans, signaling a showdown ahead. The early resistance on the size and scope of t DC Health promotes the newest COVID booster -- and a flu shot while you're at it 09/07/2022 02:04pm • DC Health has made the newest COVID-19 booster available to city residents, offering it to anyone who wants it at the COVID Centers set up in all eight wards of the District. Dr. Thomas Farley, the senior deputy director for the community health administration at DC Health, encouraged city reside WHO: COVID cases drop everywhere, but pandemic not over 09/07/2022 12:17pm • GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases fell everywhere in the world last week by about 12%, according to the World Health Organization's latest weekly review of the pandemic issued Wednesday. The U.N. health agency reported that there were just under 4.2 million new infections last w