Tag: Humanitarian crises
UK infections drop about 60% amid vaccinations, lockdown
LONDON — The U.K.'s COVID-19 vaccination program is beginning to break the link between infection and serious illness or death, according to the latest...
Pandemic-weary chefs, cooks enjoy serving from home
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — When COVID-19 shutdowns hit in March 2020, Mike Winneker, a hotel executive sous chef, found himself without work for the first...
Doctors in Hungary question reopening amid spike in deaths
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Doctors in Hungary are questioning the government's decision to lift some lockdown restrictions amid peaking COVID-19 infections and deaths, saying that...
US suicides dropped last year, defying pandemic expectations
NEW YORK — The number of U.S. suicides fell nearly 6% last year amid the coronavirus pandemic — the largest annual decline in at...
EU life expectancy drops across bloc amid virus pandemic
BRUSSELS — Life expectancy across much of the European Union has dropped last year, as the 27-nation bloc struggled with the impact of the...
Merkel backs ‘short, uniform lockdown’ across Germany
BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday threw her weight behind a “short, uniform lockdown” as the country grapples with a high level...
COVID testing blitz undermined screening, fight against STDs
WASHINGTON — After an unprecedented push to test and track COVID-19, public health workers are grappling with a worrisome side effect: a collapse in...
California to move to statewide reopening plan in June
SAN FRANCISCO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has led the nation’s most populous state through the pandemic using complicated metrics, county-by-county rules and a...
Battle for Yemen desert city now a key to Iran, US tension
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The battle for an ancient desert city in war-torn Yemen has become a key to understanding wider tensions now...
Bosnians protest over government’s pandemic handling
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Over 1,000 people marched through the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, on Tuesday to demand the resignation of the government over what they...
