Category Archives: Lifestyle
FDA head calls for inquiry into Alzheimer’s drug review
WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting head of the Food and Drug Administration on Friday called for a government investigation into highly unusual contacts between her agency's drug reviewers and the maker of a controversial new Alzheimer's drug.
Travel firms sue UK government over its travel restrictions
LONDON (AP) — A group of British airports and airlines took the U.K. government to court Friday, demanding it disclose the evidence behind its coronavirus travel restrictions that they say is ruining their business.
Thailand sets curfew for capital to combat coronavirus surge
BANGKOK (AP) — Officials in Thailand on Friday announced a seven-hour curfew and other restrictions for the capital and nine other provinces to try to slow a growing number of cases and deaths in a coronavirus surge that began in
Spain, Portugal frustrated by shifting virus travel policies
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Spain’s top diplomat pushed back Friday against French cautions over vacationing in the Iberian peninsula, as southern Europe’s holiday hotspots worry that repeated changes to rules on who can visit is putting people off travel....
Lockdowns in Asia as some nations see 1st major virus surges
BANGKOK (AP) — Several countries around Asia and the Pacific that are experiencing their first major surges of the coronavirus rushed to impose tough restrictions, a year and a half into a pandemic that many initially weathered well.
Pakistan opens state-run school for transgender students
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan opened its first government-run school for transgender students on Thursday in the central city of Multan, a provincial education minister said, promising to set up more such schools in the future.
Na cites travel restrictions in pulling out of British Open
Kevin Na has withdrawn from the British Open next week at Royal St. George's because of the international travel requirements getting to England.
FDA trims use of contentious Alzheimer’s drug amid backlash
WASHINGTON (AP) — A month after approving a controversial new Alzheimer’s drug, U.S. health regulators on Thursday signed off on new prescribing instructions that are likely to limit its use.
Debate over eating meat gets heated in Spanish politics
MADRID (AP) — The amount of meat that Spaniards eat has rattled the unity of Spain's governing coalition. Members of Prime
Families fostering migrant kids offer what shelters cannot
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Chris Umphlett and his family worked in small ways to help the 12-year-old girl from Honduras — who barely uttered a word when she arrived after crossing the Mexican border alone — feel comfortable in their
