Jun 26 Supreme Court sides with Biden administration over COVID-era social media dispute By Mark Sherman, Associated Press By a 6-3 vote, the justices threw out lower-court rulings that favored Louisiana, Missouri and other parties in their claims that officials in the Democratic administration leaned on the social media platforms to unconstitutionally squelch conservative points of view. Continue reading
Jun 03 WATCH: Fauci testifies on COVID-19 origins and response in GOP-led House hearing A Republican-led subcommittee has spent over a year probing the nation’s response to the pandemic and whether U.S.-funded research in China may have played any role in how it started. Continue reading
May 27 World Health Assembly hopes to reinforce pandemic readiness after bold treaty project stalls By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insists it's not a "failure" and the World Health Assembly this week can still plot the way forward. Continue reading
May 23 This COVID vaccine program offered a ‘bridge’ to uninsured adults, and then the funding crumbled By Laura Santhanam The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched the Bridge Access Program to connect U.S. adults with little to no health insurance to COVID vaccines. But funding cuts mean it will end this August. Continue reading
May 11 Watch 6:43 What to know about new COVID variants and the spread of bird flu and measles By John Yang, Andrew Corkery, Kaisha Young Hospitalizations for COVID are at an all-time low four years after the start of the pandemic, but new variants are in circulation. Meanwhile, bird flu has been found in 36 dairy herds across nine states, though there has been only… Continue watching
May 10 Leaders worldwide struggle to draft ‘pandemic treaty’ to avoid COVID mistakes in the future By Maria Cheng, Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Envoys have been working long hours in recent weeks to prepare a draft ahead of a self-imposed deadline later this month: ratification of the accord at WHO's annual meeting. But deep divisions could derail it. Continue reading
Apr 30 Chinese scientist who first published COVID sequence stages protest after being locked out of lab By Dake Kang, Associated Press When Zhang tried to go to the lab over the weekend, guards barred him from entering. In protest, he sat outside on flattened cardboard in drizzling rain, pictures from the scene posted online show. Continue reading
Mar 20 As several probes target Brazil’s Bolsonaro, his pandemic decisions are catching up to him By Eléonore Hughes, Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro under investigation for falsifying documents. Continue reading
Mar 19 Brazil’s Bolsonaro indicted for suspected falsification of his personal vaccine records By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press During the pandemic, Bolsonaro was one of the few world leaders who railed against the vaccine, openly flouting health restrictions and encouraging other Brazilians to follow his example. Continue reading
Mar 16 Marriages in the U.S. are back to pre-pandemic levels, according to the CDC By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press The COVID-19 pandemic threw many people's wedding plans into disarray. In 2020, there were 1.7 million weddings in the U.S. New York, the District of Columbia and Hawaii saw the largest increases in marriages from 2021 to 2022. Continue reading