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Health expert: Back-to-school checklist should include flu shot
09/02/2022 04:22am • Pencils, notebooks, backpacks and lunchboxes are common back-to-school staples, but pediatric health experts recommend parents add flu shots to the checklist. Fall and winter are
virus
seasons. Because children are together in contained classrooms, health care providers commonly see more viral in
DC to provide both flu vaccine, COVID-19 booster at the same time
09/01/2022 11:46pm • D.C. residents can receive their annual flu shot and the bivalent COVID-19 booster at the same time starting next week. Hours after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed updated COVID-19 boosters, the District said in a statement that both corona
virus
and flu vaccines would be a
Asian stock markets mixed ahead of latest US jobs reading
09/01/2022 11:43pm • BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Friday ahead of U.S. jobs data that might influence Federal Reserve plans for more interest rate hikes to cool surging inflation. Shanghai and Seoul advanced while Tokyo and Hong Kong retreated. Oil prices rose more than $1.50 per barrel. Investors loo
CDC endorses updated COVID boosters, shots to begin soon
09/01/2022 08:04pm • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday endorsed updated COIVD-19 boosters, opening the way for a fall vaccination campaign that could blunt a winter surge if enough Americans roll up their sleeves. The new boosters targeting today's most common omicron strains should begin arrivi
Roddick a Colorado captain year after myocarditis recovery
09/01/2022 05:55pm • BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado offensive lineman Casey Roddick was on the field for roughly 565 snaps last season. Not one did he take for granted. The fifth-year player nearly had football taken away last year when he tested positive for COVID-19 and was diagnosed with myocarditis, which is an in
Reading, math scores fell sharply during pandemic, data show
09/01/2022 05:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Math and reading scores for America’s 9-year-olds fell dramatically during the first two years of the pandemic, according to a new federal study — offering an early glimpse of the sheer magnitude of the learning setbacks dealt to the nation's children. Readi
EU regulator clears tweaked versions of COVID vaccines
09/01/2022 09:36am • LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorization of two corona
virus
vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Inc., tweaked to include protection against an early version of the omicron variant. In a statement on Thursday, the EU drug regulator said the two messenge
Limited funding hampers charities’ early monkeypox response
09/01/2022 09:19am • Two biopharmaceutical companies will give $5 million and $500,000, respectively, to nonprofit organizations in the United States and abroad that are responding to the growing monkeypox outbreak. The pledges come as the early philanthropic response to the disease, which disproportionately affects LGB
China locks down 21 million in Chengdu in COVID-19 outbreak
09/01/2022 06:20am • BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have locked down Chengdu, a southwestern city of 21 million people, following a spike in COVID-19 cases. Residents have been ordered to stay home, and about 70% of the flights have been suspended to and from the city, which is a major transit hub in Sichuan pr
US clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest variants
08/31/2022 05:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Wednesday authorized its first update to COVID-19 vaccines, booster doses that target today’s most common omicron strain. Shots could begin within days. The move by the Food and Drug Administration tweaks the recipe of shots made by Pfizer and rival Moderna that alr
India quarterly growth rises to 13.5% after pandemic slump
08/31/2022 09:52am • NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s economy grew by 13.5% in the April-June quarter from a year earlier, pushed up by a boost in agriculture and manufacturing as pandemic curbs eased, official figures released Wednesday show. The jump follows a 4.1% slump in the January-March quarter, but is lower than the
French tourism better than pre-COVID, despite climate woes
08/31/2022 04:38am • PARIS (AP) — Tourism came back with a vengeance to France this summer, sending revenues over pre-pandemic levels, according to government estimates released this week. Crowds packed Paris landmarks and Riviera beaches, notably thanks to an influx of Americans benefiting from the weak euro, but als
Data: Most DC-area kids have already gotten COVID
08/30/2022 03:31pm • Kids are back in school this week, and while COVID-19 might still be on parents' minds, chances are their children already got it sometime over the past two years. New data from a CDC study show the vast majority of children -- just shy of 80% -- contracted the
virus
at some time over the past two
Diana's death stunned the world — and changed the royals
08/30/2022 08:32am • LONDON (AP) — Above all, there was shock. That’s the word people use over and over again when they remember Princess Diana’s death in a Paris car crash 25 years ago this week. The woman the world watched grow from a shy teenage nursery school teacher into a glamorous celebrity who comforted A
Anne Arundel opens preregistration for monkeypox vaccines
08/30/2022 08:13am • Eligible residents in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, can preregister to get vaccinated against monkeypox as the health department grapples with limited supply during the public health emergency. The free vaccines are available to residents who fall into the high risk category, according to a news
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