Category Archives: Health
US border encounters of migrant families rise despite heat
PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. officials say the number of migrant families they encountered at the border in June increased by 25% from the previous month even as summer temperatures rise in the deserts and mountain terrain of the southwestern borderlands.
Key lawmaker quizzes airlines on delays, worker shortages
WASHINGTON (AP) — A key senator is asking six U.S. airlines to explain the high rates of delayed and canceled flights this summer, and she's asking whether there are labor shortages despite the airlines getting billions in federal aid to
UK reverses plan to open up travel to France due to variant
LONDON (AP) — The British government threw the holiday plans of tens of thousands of people into disarray Friday night when it reversed plans to open up travel from France because of concerns about a COVID-19 variant circulating in the
Biden: Social media platforms ‘killing people’ with misinfo
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that social media companies are “killing people” by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines.
New Merck pneumonia vaccine OK’d in US weeks after Pfizer’s
U.S. regulators have approved a new pneumonia vaccine from Merck, more than a month after OK'ing an improved version of rival Pfizer’s shot.
US to send first vaccine doses to Africa in coming days
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will begin making its first COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa in the coming days, with the ultimate goal of sharing 25 million doses this summer across the continent in partnership with the African Union.
Judge scraps order halting West Virginia needle exchange law
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge has scrapped a temporary restraining order on West Virginia’s new law that tightens requirements on needle exchange programs.
Gente de Zona on Cuba: ‘It is the people who are marching’
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The slogan “¡Patria y vida!” — “Homeland and life!” — is heard loudly during the demonstrations in Cuba. It is a verse of a song that has become the anthem of these protests and that emerged
Cuomo faces questioning, other fallout from harassment probe
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — With New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo set to be questioned Saturday, investigators appear close to finishing an investigation into the sexual harassment and misconduct allegations that have shadowed him for months.
N.B. heath minister says investigation into mysterious brain syndrome continues
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's health minister says experts are working as quickly as possible to study a mysterious neurological disease that has killed six people and infected 48. But Dorothy Shephard says there is no guarantee they will find answers ...
