Health

China won't accept WHO's second phase plan to study COVID-19 origins

By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

China's vice minister of the country's National Health Commission said he was "rather taken aback" that the plan includes further investigation of the theory that the virus might have leaked from a Chinese lab.

Tokyo new virus cases near 2,000 a day before Olympics open

By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

Thursday's 1,979 new cases are the highest since 2,044 were recorded on Jan. 15.

WATCH: House GOP say Democrats are 'stonewalling' COVID-19 origins probe

By Associated Press

House Republicans are calling for hearings into the origins of the COVID-19 virus.

'Breakthrough' COVID cases are causing confusion. Here's what you need to know

By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press

U.S. hospitalizations and deaths are nearly all among the unvaccinated.

COVID-19 cases in U.S. triple over two weeks amid misinformation

By Heather Hollingsworth, Jim Salter, Associated Press

Across the U.S., the seven-day rolling average for daily new cases rose over the past two weeks to more than 37,000 on Tuesday, up from less than 13,700 on July 6.

COVID patients are flooding this hospital. Again.

By Laura Santhanam

Arkansas is among the top five states for new infections, and still has one of the lowest rates of vaccination nationwide.

WATCH: State attorneys general make opioid announcement

By News Desk

State attorneys general made an announcement about opioid companies on Wednesday.

U.S. life expectancy in 2020 saw biggest drop since WWII

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since World War II, public health officials said Wednesday.

U.S. opioid lawsuits on verge of settlements with 4 companies

By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

Full details of the settlement involving AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson could come this week but it could take months to get final approval from state and local governments.

Amazon to end testing for COVID-19 at warehouses this month

By Joseph Pisani, Associated Press

In May, the online shopping giant said fully vaccinated warehouse workers could stop wearing face masks inside its facilities as long as they uploaded a picture of their vaccine cards to an Amazon worker app.