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NYPD detective asks Supreme Court to block vaccine mandate 08/25/2022 05:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police detective has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the city from firing him and other workers for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Lawyers for Detective Anthony Marciano asked the court Thursday for an emergency injunction that would block the cit Views on pandemic clash in politically divided Kentucky 08/25/2022 03:26pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — As Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear defended his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, and offered a spirited assessment of the state's future after a series of tragedies, his predecessor Matt Bevin watched in the audience Thursday — fueling more speculation he wants a rematch. Amp Maryland confirms West Nile virus case in Baltimore area 08/25/2022 03:23pm • Maryland has its first confirmed case of West Nile virus this year. The Maryland Department of Health said an adult in the Baltimore metropolitan area has tested positive for the disease, which in most cases is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes that have fed on an infected bird. The disease WHO: Monkeypox cases drop 21%, reversing month-long increase 08/25/2022 11:21am • GENEVA (AP) — The number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped 21% in the last week, reversing a month-long trend of rising infections and signaling that Europe's outbreak may be starting to decline, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The U.N. health agency reported 5,907 new w Testing finds illness sickening Michigan dogs is parvovirus 08/25/2022 11:17am • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An illness that has sickened dogs in northern Michigan, killing some of them, was found to be canine parvovirus, a common ailment the affected dogs were not fully vaccinated against, state officials said. The ailing dogs displayed clinical signs suggesting they had parvovirus N. Korea sees suspected COVID-19 cases after victory claim 08/25/2022 04:30am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday said it found four new fever cases in its border region with China that may have been caused by coronavirus infections, two weeks after leader Kim Jong Un declared a widely disputed victory over COVID-19. North Korea’s state-run Korean Central Ne China broadens visa availability as pandemic concerns ease 08/24/2022 11:00pm • BEIJING (AP) — China is easing its tight restrictions on visas after it largely suspended issuing them to foreign students and others more than two years ago at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The website of the Chinese Embassy in India said the updated procedures would take effect from Wedne Study: Pfizer COVID pill showed no benefit in younger adults 08/24/2022 05:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer's COVID-19 pill appears to provide little or no benefit for younger adults, while still reducing the risk of hospitalization and death for high-risk seniors, according to a large study published Wednesday. The results from a 109,000-patient Israeli study are likely to rene Panel: Trump staffers pushed unproven COVID treatment at FDA 08/24/2022 03:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials in the Trump White House tried to pressure U.S. health experts into reauthorizing a discredited COVID-19 treatment, according to a congressional investigation that provides new evidence of that administration’s efforts to override Food and Drug Administration decision Jill Biden has 'rebound' COVID-19 case, president negative 08/24/2022 03:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again in an apparent “rebound” case, after she tested negative for the virus over the weekend. President Joe Biden, who spent three days with his wife at their Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, vacation home, continues to test ne WHO: COVID deaths down by 15%, cases fall nearly everywhere 08/24/2022 11:10am • GENEVA (AP) — The number of coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 15% in the past week while new infections dropped by 9%, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. In its latest weekly assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N. health agency said there were 5.3 million new cases an Germany tightens COVID rules for travel during fall, winter 08/24/2022 09:08am • BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Cabinet approved legislation Wednesday that ensures basic protective measures against the coronavirus pandemic are continued during the fall and winter when more virus cases are expected. The presentation of the rules — which also include the new Japan to ease COVID-19 border controls from Sept. 7 08/24/2022 04:31am • TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday announced plans to ease border controls from early September by eliminating requirements for pre-departure COVID-19 tests for travelers who have received at least three vaccine doses, and he will also consider increasing daily entry c Bethancourt stars at plate, on mound as Rays beat Angels 08/23/2022 11:10pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Christian Bethancourt had two run-scoring hits in the same inning and later moved from behind the plate to the mound to pitch a scoreless ninth as the surging Tampa Bay Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels 11-1 on Tuesday night. The Rays own the top AL wild-card spot. They Bird flu kills 700 black vultures, closes animal sanctuary 08/23/2022 03:15pm • LOCUST GROVE, Ga. (AP) — Bird flu has killed hundreds of wild black vultures at a Georgia sanctuary that houses more than 1,500 other animals. No other birds at Noah's Ark have tested positive for or shown symptoms of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain, sanctuary officials told news outlets. An out