Jan 14 Ex-Michigan health chief charged with manslaughter in Flint By David Eggert, Ed White, Corey Williams, Associated Press Michigan's former health director was charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of nine people who got Legionnaires' disease during the Flint water crisis. Continue reading
Jan 14 WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate pandemic origins By Sam McNeil, Huizhong Wu, Associated Press A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries. Continue reading
Jan 13 Ex.-Michigan Gov. Snyder charged in Flint water crisis By Ed White, David Eggert, Associated Press Despite desperate pleas from residents holding jugs of discolored, skunky water, the Snyder administration took no significant action until a doctor reported elevated lead levels in children about 18 months later. Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch 8:27 Medical community scrambles to understand COVID-19 'long haulers' By Stephanie Sy, Lorna Baldwin They’ve become known as "long haulers" -- people who’ve been infected with COVID-19 but can’t seem to rid their bodies of its effects months later. Their symptoms run the gamut, from shortness of breath to heart palpitations to extreme fatigue. Continue watching
Jan 13 Navajo Nation, New Mexico reach settlements over 2015 mine spill By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press The Navajo Nation and the state of New Mexico have settled with mining companies to resolve claims stemming from a 2015 spill that sent wastewater rushing downstream from the inactive Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado. Continue reading
Jan 13 Kennedy Center to honor Debbie Allen, Joan Baez, others in rescheduled ceremony By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press Five months after they were postponed because of the coronavirus, the annual Kennedy Center Honors are coming back in May, possibly in a series of small events. The honorees are country music legend Garth Brooks, dancer and actress Debbie Allen,… Continue reading
Jan 13 Indonesia starts mass coronavirus vaccinations over vast territory By Associated Press Indonesian President Joko Widodo received the first shot of a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine Wednesday after the government authorized it for emergency use and began efforts to vaccinate millions. Continue reading
Jan 13 U.S. coronavirus deaths hit another one-day high at over 4,300 By Associated Press The nation's overall death toll from COVID-19 has eclipsed 380,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch 6:29 Glacial pace of the U.S. inoculation campaign raises questions about priorities By John Yang Operation Warp Speed may have produced effective COVID vaccines in record time, but administering them has been another matter. Just 9 million of the more than 25 million doses distributed have been given out, according to the CDC. But the… Continue watching
Jan 12 Supreme Court justices say women must obtain abortion pill in person By Associated Press Eight days before President Donald Trump leaves office, the justices on Tuesday granted a Trump administration appeal to be able to enforce a longstanding rule on getting the abortion pill, mifepristone. Continue reading