WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government...
August 22, 2022 9:37 am / no comments
Pfizer has asked U.S. regulators to authorize its combination COVID-19 vaccine that adds protection against the newest omicron relatives. The move Monday is a key step toward opening a fall booster campaign. The Food and Drug Administration...
August 22, 2022 9:29 am / no comments
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney says after losing a Republican primary she’s thinking about running for president. Cheney is ex-President Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican adversary in Congress and lost the primary Tuesday...
August 17, 2022 11:36 am / no comments
The top executive at Pfizer, a leading producer of COVID-19 vaccines, has tested positive for the virus and says he is experiencing very mild symptoms. Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla said that he started taking Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill treatment,...
August 15, 2022 9:10 am / no comments
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top public health agency is relaxing its COVID-19 guidelines and dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person. The Centers for Disease...
August 11, 2022 3:23 pm / no comments
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former Miss America Cara Mund says her concern about the erosion of abortion rights prompted her independent bid for the U.S. House in her home state of North Dakota. Mund is running against the odds in the...
August 10, 2022 4:10 pm / no comments
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) (8-7-22) — Ending his most recent COVID-19 isolation, President Joe Biden has left the White House for the first time since becoming infected last month. He’s settling in for a reunion with first lady Jill...
August 7, 2022 10:00 am / no comments
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years, died Tuesday night. He was 94. The Dodgers...
August 3, 2022 5:29 am / no comments
Biden hopes al-Qaida strike brings comfort to 9/11 victims
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is expressing hope that the killing of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri brings “one more measure of closure” to families of the victims...
August 1, 2022 7:10 pm / no comments
WASHINGTON (AP) (7-31-22) — President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second straight day, in what appears to be a rare case of “rebound” following treatment with an anti-viral drug. White House physician Dr. Kevin...
July 31, 2022 2:20 pm / no comments