Tag: Epidemics
France’s pandemic death toll set to pass 100,000 amid surge
PARIS — France's coronavirus death toll is expected to pass 100,000 on Thursday after a year of hospital tensions, on-and-off lockdowns and personal loss...
France fights kids’ mental health woes with free counseling
REIMS, France — France's president promised free psychological counseling Wednesday for children and teenagers struck by a wave of mental health difficulties that accompanied...
Israel honors Pfizer chief at Independence Day celebrations
JERUSALEM — Israel paid tribute to the chief executive of international drug maker Pfizer Inc. during its Independence Day celebrations Wednesday, thanking him for...
Report: Mexico’s COVID-19 policies cost huge number of lives
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s unwillingness to spend money, do more testing, change course or react to new scientific evidence contributed to the country being...
German government seeks more powers to set pandemic rules
BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that her government wants clear rules that include nighttime curfews imposed in all regions with high numbers...
Poll: 15% of Americans worse off a year into pandemic
While most Americans have weathered the pandemic financially, about 38 million say they are worse off now than before the outbreak began in the...
AP PHOTOS: Rio de Janeiro artists languish in online exile
RIO DE JANEIRO — Georgia Szpilman’s soprano voice resounds beautifully in the apartment’s small living room, though the space lacks the acoustics of where...
Huge gatherings at India’s Hindu festival as virus surges
NEW DELHI — Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees gathered by the Ganges River for special prayers Monday, many of them flouting social distancing...
Czechs start to ease lockdown, youngest kids back to schools
PRAGUE — As the coronavirus pandemic eases up in the Czech Republic, one of the European Union’s hardest-hit countries took its first steps on...
All schools in Ontario to shut and go to online learning
TORONTO — All schools in Canada’s most populous province will be shut down and move to online learning because of a record number of...
