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Celine Dion makes musical comeback at Paris Olympics with Eiffel Tower serenade

Jul. 26, 2024 18:19 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Celine Dion made a triumphant return Friday with a very public performance: closing out the Paris Olympics' opening ceremony from the Eiffel Tower. Nearly two years after revealing her stiff person syndrome diagnosis, Dion belted Edith Piaf's “Hymne à l’amour”...

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

Jun. 05, 2024 19:33 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government advisers Wednesday said it’s time to update the recipe for the COVID-19 vaccines Americans will receive in the fall -- targeting a version of the ever-evolving coronavirus called JN.1. While COVID-19 cases currently are low, more surges are inevitable...

Fauci pushes back partisan attacks in fiery House hearing over COVID origins and controversies

Jun. 03, 2024 16:32 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert until leaving the government in 2022, was back before Congress on Monday, calling “simply preposterous” Republican allegations that he'd tried to cover up origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. A GOP-led...