Tag: Disease outbreaks
Clinics wait to vaccinate farmworkers: ‘Our hands are tied’
With Georgia's sweet onion harvest approaching and COVID-19 vaccine arriving in increasing quantities from the federal government, migrant health centers around the state want...
House panel rejects push to oust judge over absentee voting
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee House panel on Tuesday rejected a push to remove a judge for expanding absentee voting in 2020 in response...
Music? Yes. Dancing? No, as New Orleans eases virus rules
NEW ORLEANS — Live indoor music can resume in New Orleans beginning this weekend, city officials announced Wednesday, but dancing will remain prohibited, while...
AP FACT CHECK: Biden admin wrong on vaccine pace, elderly
WASHINGTON — For an administration that prides itself on talking straight about the pandemic, the self-congratulation Wednesday went too far.
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COVID bill to deliver big health insurance savings for many
WASHINGTON — Several million people stand to save hundreds of dollars in health insurance costs, or more, under the Democratic coronavirus relief legislation on...
Appointments filled at 2 upcoming Indiana mass vaccine sites
INDIANAPOLIS — Coronavirus vaccine shots were given to more than 16,000 people during Indiana’s first mass vaccination clinic and all appointments have been filled...
Child tax credit expansion sets up showdown with GOP
WASHINGTON — The massive coronavirus relief plan making its way to President Joe Biden’s desk includes a plan to temporarily raise the child tax...
Tunisia receives first batch of coronavirus vaccines
TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia received its first batch of coronavirus vaccines on Tuesday — 30,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V — and will start...
Case of virus variant from South Africa detected in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. — The first known case of a new variant of the coronavirus was reported in Michigan, in a boy living in Jackson...
Column: MVP or MBE? Highs and lows of sports’ strange year
The transformation of the sports world began unassumingly enough, while Adam Silver sat in a car outside his New York City apartment making phone...
