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COVID-19 boosters are coming, but who will get them and when?

By Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press

COVID-19 booster shots may be coming for at least some Americans, but there's still important science to be worked out about who really needs them and when.

Idaho enacts crisis hospital care standards amid COVID surge

By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press

The activation includes 10 hospitals and healthcare systems in Idaho's panhandle and north-central Idaho. The move allows hospitals to allot scarce resources like intensive care unit rooms to those most likely to survive.

Despite vaccines' positive impact, unvaccinated hotspots and delta raise COVID numbers

When the summer of 2021 began, COVID-19 seemed to be on the retreat in most of the U.S. President Joe Biden talked about celebrating America's "independence" from the virus on July 4. But the delta variant has changed the game.

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Police investigating 4 Argentines over World Cup qualifier chaos

By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press

The Brazil-Argentina qualifier on Sunday was interrupted after seven minutes when agents of Brazil's health agency, Anvisa, insisted they should take England-based players Emiliano Martinez, Emiliano Buendia, Giovanni Lo Celso, and Cristian Romero to the airport for breaching coronavirus protocols.

More U.S. first responders are dying of COVID-19

By Associated Press

Despite mandates with consequences that range from weekly testing to suspension to termination, the virus is now the leading cause of U.S. law enforcement line-of-duty deaths.

Texas' abortion law and what it means for the future of abortion rights in the U.S.

By Chloe Jones

The landmark Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision is functionally overturned in Texas after the Supreme Court did not block enforcement of a new abortion law because of a technicality. Experts say this could set a precedent of lawmakers side-stepping…

AP EXPLAINER: The language, reach of new Texas abortion law

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

The Supreme Court has allowed a Texas law banning most abortions to remain in effect, marking a key turning point for abortion opponents in their fight to implement stronger restrictions.

Hawaii health care workers decry lack of COVID mandates

By Caleb Jones, Associated Press

Health care workers in Hawaii say a lack of government action is worsening an already crippling surge of coronavirus cases in the islands, and without effective policy changes the state's limited hospitals could face a grim crisis.

5 Stories: A new 4-legged whale fossil, why China is limiting online gaming for kids, and other stories you missed

By Deema Zein, Julia Griffin

Egyptian researchers unearth a four-legged whale fossil, the EPA bans a pesticide linked to neurological problems in kids and China limits kids under 18 to three hours of online gaming a week. Check out these stories and others you might…

Idaho hospitals nearly buckling in relentless COVID surge

By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press

Intensive care beds are full of unvaccinated coronavirus patients at a hospital in Boise, Idaho, and doctors are bracing for the need to conserve scarce resources for the patients most likely to survive.