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CORONAVIRUS


The latest on the disease, its effects, vaccines and steps to help keep you and your family safe.
This undated image shows artist Bob Ross, host of the series The Joy of Painting. (Bob Ross Inc. via AP)

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

Read full article: Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations.

The Capitol is illuminated at dawn in Washington, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Government shutdown drags on as health care compromise remains elusive

Read full article: Government shutdown drags on as health care compromise remains elusive

To hear party leaders talk, the seventh day of the government shutdown sounded a lot like the first.

Committee member Dr. Martin Kulldorf, speaks during a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at the CDC on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Chamblee, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

CDC stops recommending COVID-19 shots for all, leaves decision to patients

Read full article: CDC stops recommending COVID-19 shots for all, leaves decision to patients

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has adopted recommendations by a new group of vaccine advisers, and has stopped recommending COVID-19 shots for anyone.

Finland's Lauri Markkanen, left, and Greece's Giannis Antetokounmpo in action during the Eurobasket, European Basketball Championship third place match between Greece and Finland at the Riga Arena in Riga, Latvia, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Giannis Antetokounmpo returns to Milwaukee Bucks practice after COVID-19 recovery

Read full article: Giannis Antetokounmpo returns to Milwaukee Bucks practice after COVID-19 recovery

Giannis Antetokounmpo has joined the Milwaukee Bucks in practice for the first time this season.

New Mexico Republican state Senate Minority Leader Bill Sharer of Farmington, N.M., speaks at the opening of a special legislative session in Santa Fe, N.M., Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico governor signs bills to counter federal cuts, support health care and food assistance

Read full article: New Mexico governor signs bills to counter federal cuts, support health care and food assistance

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed a package of bills aimed at shoring up food assistance, rural health care and public broadcasting in response to recently enacted federal cuts.

FILE - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo attends a ceremony at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Aug. 3, 2020 at the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Former New York Gov. Cuomo apologizes to Jewish community for his COVID-19 response

Read full article: Former New York Gov. Cuomo apologizes to Jewish community for his COVID-19 response

Andrew Cuomo is apologizing to New York City’s Jewish community for his response to the COVID-19 pandemic when he was governor.

FILE - Michelle Mone poses for a picture on June 28, 2014. (Philip Toscano/PA via AP, File)

Firm linked to UK lingerie tycoon must repay $163 million for breaching COVID contracts

Read full article: Firm linked to UK lingerie tycoon must repay $163 million for breaching COVID contracts

A British High Court judge has ruled that a company linked to a lingerie tycoon must repay the government more than 121 million pounds.

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pfizer agrees to lower prescription drug costs for Medicaid in a deal with Trump

Read full article: Pfizer agrees to lower prescription drug costs for Medicaid in a deal with Trump

Drugmaker Pfizer has agreed to lower drug costs under a deal struck with President Donald Trump's administration.

A hiring sign is displayed at a post office in Schaumburg, Ill., Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

US job openings barely budged in August at 7.2 million

Read full article: US job openings barely budged in August at 7.2 million

U.S. jobs openings were essentially unchanged million last month amid economic uncertainty arising from President Donald Trump’s trade policies and an impending government shutdown.

FILE - Christian musician Sean Feucht of California sings to the crowd during a rally at the National Mall in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

Takeaways from AP’s report about financial allegations against worship leader Sean Feucht

Read full article: Takeaways from AP’s report about financial allegations against worship leader Sean Feucht

Sean Feucht, a conservative Christian worship leader, gained attention in 2020 by defying COVID-19 restrictions with protest concerts.

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Cheryl Ewaldsen bakes bread for Community Loaves at her home in Edmonds, Wash., Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

When food banks need bread, 900 home bakers answer the call

Read full article: When food banks need bread, 900 home bakers answer the call

A Seattle-area nonprofit group called Community Loaves donates home-baked bread and cookies to food banks in four states.

San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. watches his grand slam during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Fernando Tatís Jr. returns from bout with COVID-19 to hit a grand slam in the Padres' playoff push

Read full article: Fernando Tatís Jr. returns from bout with COVID-19 to hit a grand slam in the Padres' playoff push

Fernando Tatís Jr. says he fell ill with the COVID-19 virus several days ago, which meant he had to watch the party from his couch when the San Diego Padres clinched a playoff spot Monday.

FILE - Chinese Premier Li Qiang, right, shakes hands with Director-General of the World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in Tianjin, ahead of the annual World Economic Forum New Champions meeting Monday, June 26, 2023. (Wang Zhao/Pool Photo via AP, Filer)

China's Xi takes a step back, putting a lieutenant in the limelight at UN meeting

Read full article: China's Xi takes a step back, putting a lieutenant in the limelight at UN meeting

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is skipping this week's U.N. General Assembly, with Premier Li Qiang speaking instead.

President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Dr. Trump? The president reprises his COVID era, this time sharing unproven medical advice on autism

Read full article: Dr. Trump? The president reprises his COVID era, this time sharing unproven medical advice on autism

President Donald Trump isn't a doctor.

Committee member, Dr. Joseph Hibbeln, listens during a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at the CDC on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Chamblee, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Kennedy's vaccine advisers change COVID shot guidance, calling them an individual choice

Read full article: Kennedy's vaccine advisers change COVID shot guidance, calling them an individual choice

Health Secretary Robert F.

Committee member Dr. Martin Kulldorf, speaks during a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at the CDC on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Chamblee, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Kennedy's advisory panel recommends new restrictions on MMRV vaccines

Read full article: Kennedy's advisory panel recommends new restrictions on MMRV vaccines

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

Clinic support supervisor May Fengmei Lin, CMA, displays a syringe of the Fluarix flu vaccine at International Community Health Services, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

West Coast states issue joint vaccine recommendations ahead of CDC advisers meeting

Read full article: West Coast states issue joint vaccine recommendations ahead of CDC advisers meeting

Four Democratic-led Western states announced joint recommendations Wednesday about who should be vaccinated for seasonal respiratory viruses, including the flu and COVID-19, saying the Trump administration has jeopardized public health by politicizing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

FILE - Demonstrators rally for support of the CDC during a meeting of the Advisory Committee in Immunization Practices, June 25, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Kennedy's vaccine committee plans to vote on COVID-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox shots

Read full article: Kennedy's vaccine committee plans to vote on COVID-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox shots

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined at left by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after meeting about Republican efforts to cut health care spending, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Millions face skyrocketing health insurance costs unless Congress extends subsidies

Read full article: Millions face skyrocketing health insurance costs unless Congress extends subsidies

There’s bipartisan support in Congress for extending tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable for millions of people since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Operation Warp Speed was one of Trump's biggest achievements. Then came RFK Jr. and vaccine skeptics

Read full article: Operation Warp Speed was one of Trump's biggest achievements. Then came RFK Jr. and vaccine skeptics

President Donald Trump launched Operation Warp Speed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and, as recently as last week, praised it as a major achievement.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s contentious hearing before Senate lawmakers

Read full article: Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s contentious hearing before Senate lawmakers

Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. faced bipartisan questioning over recent changes to health agencies, vaccine approvals and other priorities at a contentious three-hour Senate hearing.

(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

Facing stiff competition, remote workers up their game

Read full article: Facing stiff competition, remote workers up their game

The trend of ditching traditional office space to work from living rooms and hotels accelerated when the coronavirus hit in 2020.

FILE - This photo combination shows, from left, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, Jan. 31, 2024, in Salem, Ore., Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, Jan. 27, 2025, in Seattle and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Aug. 21, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, Lindsey Wasson, Godofredo A. Vsquez)

Washington, Oregon and California governors form alliance in rebuke of Trump administration

Read full article: Washington, Oregon and California governors form alliance in rebuke of Trump administration

The Democratic governors of Washington, Oregon and California have created an alliance to safeguard health policies, believing the Trump administration is putting Americans’ health and safety at risk by politicizing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A sign marks the entrance to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

With CDC in chaos, scientists and physicians piece together replacements for agency's lost work

Read full article: With CDC in chaos, scientists and physicians piece together replacements for agency's lost work

The CDC is in turmoil, with outside groups stepping in to handle work once done by the agency.

JOHNS HOPKINS COVID-19 TRACKING

This photo provided by Pfizer in August 2025 shows a vial of the updated COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty. (Pfizer via AP)

FDA approves updated COVID-19 shots with limits for some kids and adults

Read full article: FDA approves updated COVID-19 shots with limits for some kids and adults

The Food and Drug Administration has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for the upcoming fall and winter season.

Crystina Page, back, hugs a well-wisher outside the El Paso County Courthouse after a judge ruled against accepting a plea deal in the case of a funeral home owner who stored roughly 189 decomposing bodies in a building Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado judge rejects plea deal for funeral director who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses

Read full article: Colorado judge rejects plea deal for funeral director who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses

A Colorado judge has rejected a plea agreement for a funeral home owner who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses.

CORRECTS THAT OFFICER WAS KILLED, NOT WOUNDED - A memorial is seen in the aftermath of a shooting near the CDC where DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose was killed while responding, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Georgia man may have tried to enter CDC campus two days before he attacked agency

Read full article: Georgia man may have tried to enter CDC campus two days before he attacked agency

An internal CDC email reveals that the Georgia man who shot at CDC buildings on Aug. 8 likely tried to enter the campus two days earlier.

(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

In a tough job market for new workers, networking and adaptability can make a difference

Read full article: In a tough job market for new workers, networking and adaptability can make a difference

Many people looking for entry-level jobs are struggling to get hired at a time when economic uncertainty has discouraged employers from adding staff.

FILE - A pharmacist holds a Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot on Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

US pediatricians' new COVID-19 shot recommendations differ from CDC advice

Read full article: US pediatricians' new COVID-19 shot recommendations differ from CDC advice

For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from U.S. government vaccine recommendations.

FILE - A pharmacist holds a Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot on Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Got the sniffles? Here's what to know about summer colds and the COVID-19 variant called stratus

Read full article: Got the sniffles? Here's what to know about summer colds and the COVID-19 variant called stratus

COVID-19 activity is rising in much of the country.

CORRECTS THAT OFFICER WAS KILLED, NOT WOUNDED - A memorial is seen in the aftermath of a shooting near the CDC where DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose was killed while responding, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

CDC shooting marks latest in a string of hostility directed at health workers. Many aren't surprised

Read full article: CDC shooting marks latest in a string of hostility directed at health workers. Many aren't surprised

Gunfire aimed at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by a man authorities say was angry over COVID-19 vaccines is the latest in a string of violence and harassment directed at health care workers amid hostility lingering from the pandemic.

FILE - Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arrives at the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon,File)

US national debt reaches a record $37 trillion, the Treasury Department reports

Read full article: US national debt reaches a record $37 trillion, the Treasury Department reports

The U.S. government’s gross national debt has surpassed $37 trillion, setting a new record.

People leave flowers Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, at a makeshift memorial in honor of David Rose, the officer who was killed in the shooting at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlotte Kramon)

CDC union condemns vaccine misinformation after shooter blamed COVID vaccine for depression

Read full article: CDC union condemns vaccine misinformation after shooter blamed COVID vaccine for depression

A Georgia man who blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him suicidal has been identified as the person who fired shots at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters.

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, May 15, 2020, in Washington. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, left, and Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listen. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump once hailed mRNA vaccines as a 'medical miracle.' Now RFK Jr. is halting advancement

Read full article: Trump once hailed mRNA vaccines as a 'medical miracle.' Now RFK Jr. is halting advancement

President Donald Trump once hailed mRNA vaccines as a "miracle" for combating COVID-19.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as President Donald Trump listens at an event to promote his proposal to improve Americans' access to their medical records in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

What to know about mRNA vaccines

Read full article: What to know about mRNA vaccines

Research shows mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as President Donald Trump listens at an event to promote his proposal to improve Americans' access to their medical records in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development

Read full article: RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development

The Department of Health and Human Services plans to cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.

FILE - The seal of The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seen on the Headquarters in Washington, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Violent crime in the US dropped 4.5% last year, FBI data shows

Read full article: Violent crime in the US dropped 4.5% last year, FBI data shows

A new FBI report says violent crime in the United States fell 4.5% last year while property crime dropped 8% from the year before.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Lehigh Valley International Airport, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Allentown, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data

Read full article: In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data

President Donald Trump has a pattern of dismissing or altering data that reflects poorly on him.

FILE- A sign announces hiring, July 15, 2025, in Richardson, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Trump says he doesn't trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do

Read full article: Trump says he doesn't trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do

The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after President Donald Trump on Friday fired the official who oversees it.

FILE - A pharmacist holds a Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot on Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Got the sniffles? Here's what to know about summer colds, COVID-19 and more

Read full article: Got the sniffles? Here's what to know about summer colds, COVID-19 and more

COVID-19 activity is rising in much of the country.

FILE - David Nabarro, World Health Organisation Special Envoy for Covid-19 Prevention and Response, poses after he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George during an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London, Friday March 3, 2023. (Victoria Jones/Pool via AP, file)

David Nabarro, British physician who led UN response to Ebola and COVID-19, dies

Read full article: David Nabarro, British physician who led UN response to Ebola and COVID-19, dies

Dr. David Nabarro, a British physician who led the U.N. response to some of the biggest health crises in recent years, including bird flu, Ebola and the coronavirus pandemic, has died.

This combination of photos boarding Air Force One shows President Donald Trump, left, April 29, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., and President Joe Biden, April 16, 2024, at Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport in Scranton, Pa.. (AP Photo)

Trump's pace of early travel largely mirrors Biden's, but with more sports events and golf

Read full article: Trump's pace of early travel largely mirrors Biden's, but with more sports events and golf

Moving at the “speed of Trump” is one of the White House’s favorite phrases, but when it comes to presidential travel, Donald Trump’s pace is about the same as that of his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to the media, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses

Read full article: Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses

The federal government has dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines worth thousands of dollars during the pandemic.

FILE - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign event Nov. 1, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Doctors and public health organizations sue Kennedy over vaccine policy change

Read full article: Doctors and public health organizations sue Kennedy over vaccine policy change

Doctors groups and public health organizations are suing the U.S. government over the decision to stop recommending COVID-19 vaccinations for most children and pregnant women.

FILE - A nurse loads a syringe with a COVID-19 booster vaccine at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., Nov. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

FDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against the advice of agency staff

Read full article: FDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against the advice of agency staff

A top official at the Food and Drug Administration recently overruled government scientists on the availability of two COVID-19 vaccines.

A patient is hooked up to an IV for a hangover treatment in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Thinking about taking a stab at IV therapy? Ask some questions first

Read full article: Thinking about taking a stab at IV therapy? Ask some questions first

IV therapy clinics are springing up around the country, touting quick ways to recover from a hangover or a hard workout.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee, Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

RFK Jr. made promises about vaccines. Here's what he's done as health secretary

Read full article: RFK Jr. made promises about vaccines. Here's what he's done as health secretary

The Department of Health and Human Services under Robert F.

Crystina Page, right, hugs Beth Mosley, who both had retained the services of a Colorado funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 decomposing bodies, after the owner was sentenced to 20 years prison on federal fraud charges, Friday, June 27, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 decaying bodies sentenced to 20 years in prison

Read full article: Funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 decaying bodies sentenced to 20 years in prison

A federal judge has sentenced a Colorado funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 decomposing bodies to 20 years in prison on federal fraud charges.

This September 2022 photo provided by the World Food Program shows internally displaced people at the ZamZam camp in El Fasher, North Darfur state, Sudan. (Leni Kinzli/WFP via AP)

World Bank warns that 39 fragile states are falling further behind as conflicts grow, get deadlier

Read full article: World Bank warns that 39 fragile states are falling further behind as conflicts grow, get deadlier

The world’s most desperate countries are falling further and further behind, their plight worsened by conflicts that are growing deadlier and more frequent.

FILE - Morehouse College students line up before the school's commencement ceremonies in Atlanta on May 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Unemployment among young college graduates outpaces overall US joblessness rate

Read full article: Unemployment among young college graduates outpaces overall US joblessness rate

Young people graduating from college this spring and summer are facing one of the toughest job markets in more than a decade.

FILE - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md., is photographed on Oct. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

FDA requires updated warning about rare heart risk with COVID shots

Read full article: FDA requires updated warning about rare heart risk with COVID shots

U.S. health officials have expanded warnings about a rare heart side effect associated with the two leading COVID-19 vaccines.

Dr. Martin Kulldorf speaks during a meeting of the Advisory Committee in Immunization Practices at the CDC, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Kennedy's new vaccine panel alarms pediatricians with inquiries into long-settled questions

Read full article: Kennedy's new vaccine panel alarms pediatricians with inquiries into long-settled questions

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

FILE - A shopper selects a carton of 18 Large Grade A eggs from a cooler in a Costco Warehouse in Cranberry, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Americans sour on US economy and anxiety over tariffs remains the chief culprit

Read full article: Americans sour on US economy and anxiety over tariffs remains the chief culprit

Americans’ view of the economy worsened in June, wiping out much of the previous month’s gain which followed a string of declines that had dragged consumer confidence to its lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic five years ago.

FILE - Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, left, and teammate Matteo Jorgenson, of the U.S., wear face masks to protect themselves from the Corona virus prior to the start of the fourteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 151.9 kilometers (94.4 miles) with start in Pau and finish in Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet, France, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

What to know about the COVID variant that may cause 'razor blade' sore throats

Read full article: What to know about the COVID variant that may cause 'razor blade' sore throats

A new COVID-19 variant may be causing “razor blade” sore throats in people who get it.

In this photo released by the Iranian Red Crescent Society rescuers work at the scene of an explosion after an Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. (Iranian Red Crescent Society via AP)

Middle East conflict threatens to exacerbate inflationary pressure on some things

Read full article: Middle East conflict threatens to exacerbate inflationary pressure on some things

Israel’s attack on Iran has catapulted their long-running conflict into what could become a wider, more dangerous regional war and potentially drive prices higher for both businesses and households.

FILE - Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., asks questions during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing May 14, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP File)

Ex-congressman Billy Long confirmed as commissioner of the IRS, an agency he once sought to abolish

Read full article: Ex-congressman Billy Long confirmed as commissioner of the IRS, an agency he once sought to abolish

Former congressman Billy Long of Missouri has been confirmed to lead the Internal Revenue Service, an agency he once sought to abolish.

FILE - Dr. Robert Malone gestures as he stands in his barn on his horse farm July 22, 2020, in Madison, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Kennedy's new CDC panel includes members who have criticized vaccines and spread misinformation

Read full article: Kennedy's new CDC panel includes members who have criticized vaccines and spread misinformation

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

FILE - A sign is displayed on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Google offers buyouts to more workers amid AI-driven tech upheaval and antitrust uncertainty

Read full article: Google offers buyouts to more workers amid AI-driven tech upheaval and antitrust uncertainty

Google has offered buyouts to another swath of its workforce across several key divisions in a fresh round of cost cutting coming ahead of a court decision that could order a breakup of its internet empire.

A view shows the exterior of the Casa Pedro restaurant in Madrid, Spain, on May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

The world's oldest restaurant faces a challenge from another Madrid tavern that says its even older

Read full article: The world's oldest restaurant faces a challenge from another Madrid tavern that says its even older

In the heart of Spain’s capital, the famous Sobrino de Botín restaurant proudly holds the title of being the world’s oldest restaurant.

FILE - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference on the Autism report by the CDC at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee

Read full article: RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee

Health Secretary Robert F.

FILE - A vial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine rests on a table at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., on July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

WHO adopts a 'pandemic agreement' after the chaos of COVID

Read full article: WHO adopts a 'pandemic agreement' after the chaos of COVID

The World Health Organization's member countries have approved an agreement to better prevent, prepare for and respond to future pandemics in the wake of the devastation wrought by the coronavirus.

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Working Well: Returning to the office can disrupt life. Here are some tips to navigate the changes

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FILE - People rest after receiving the vaccination against the new coronavirus in the 'Austria Center Vienna' in Vienna, Austria, Friday, April 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner, File)

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Read full article: Austrian woman is found guilty of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19

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This photo released by the Olympic Broadcasting Services shows Canadian Singer Celine Dion performing on the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Olympic Broadcasting Services via AP)

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Celine Dion made a triumphant return Friday with a very public performance, closing out the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony from the Eiffel Tower.

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FILE - Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center nurse Maggie Bass, right, gives a COVID-19 vaccine to an unidentified person, Sept. 21, 2021, in Jackson, Miss. COVID-19 vaccines get updated each fall to match newer strains of the virus and government advisers on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, are urging that Americans' next shot target a strain called JN.1. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Read full article: FDA advisers urge targeting JN.1 strain in recipe for fall's COVID vaccines

Government advisers say it’s time to update the recipe for the COVID-19 vaccines Americans will receive in the fall.

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President Joe Biden arrives on Air Force One Wednesday March 20, 2024, at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are posing the time-tested question “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?”.

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