Category Archives: Health
USDA to permanently boost food stamp benefits by 25 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has approved a significant and permanent increase in the levels of food stamp assistance available to needy families—the largest single increase in the program's history.
Election officials face complex challenges looking to 2022
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — State election officials say they are confronting a myriad of challenges heading into the 2022 midterm elections, from threats of foreign interference and ransomware to changes of election laws and concerns of physical safety —
US mulls COVID vaccine boosters for elderly as early as fall
WASHINGTON (AP) — Warning of tough days ahead with surging COVID-19 infections, the director of the National Institutes of Health said Sunday the U.S. could decide in the next couple weeks whether to offer coronavirus booster shots to Americans this
Church of MLK’s 1st leadership position gets museum funding
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — As the Alabama church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was elected to his first leadership position in the civil rights movement marks its 155th anniversary, work has begun to make a museum out of
The Latest: Australian state sees 478 new virus infections
SYDNEY — Australia’s most populous state on Monday reported its worst day of the pandemic with 478 new COVID-19 infections and seven deaths.
Misinformation at public forums vexes local boards, big tech
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There are plenty of places to turn for accurate information about COVID-19. Your physician. Local health departments. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
Study: German emissions to grow by largest amount since 1990
BERLIN (AP) — Germany is forecast to slip back below the threshold it had set for cutting greenhouse gases by 2020, amid a post-pandemic recovery and unfavorable conditions for renewable energy, according to a report by an environmental think tank
Federal court set to rule on eviction moratorium this week
WASHINGTON (AP) — A three-judge panel with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is expected to rule this week on whether a moratorium against evictions imposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will stand.
Ontario reports 511 new COVID-19 cases, no new virus-related deaths
Ontario is reporting 511 COVID-19 cases and no additional deaths from the virus on Sunday. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 350 of the infected people are unvaccinated and 67 people are partially immunized. The new case figures are based on 19,1...
Thai riot police, anti-gov’t protesters clash in Bangkok
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Thai riot police fired tear gas and sprayed water cannons Sunday as more than 100 anti-government protestors marched on an army base in the capital Bangkok where Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has his residence.
