Latest Pandemics News

MLB average salary rose 2.9% to record $4.66 million last year

Jan. 29, 2025 12:41 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The rate of increase for Major League Baseball’s average salary slowed to 2.9% last year to a record $4.66 million, according to the annual report of the players’ association. The average of $4,655,366 was up from $4,525,719 in 2023, which marked a 7% increase...

Pork giant Smithfield's CEO touts growth outlook, minimizes threats from deportations, bird flu

Jan. 28, 2025 18:06 PM EST

Smithfield Foods' CEO says he hopes that everything the company has done to make working in its plants more attractive ever since COVID tore through the industry during the pandemic will help it weather the impact of President Donald Trump’s promised mass deportations. Smithfield...

The CIA believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding

Jan. 26, 2025 11:54 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment that points the finger at China even while acknowledging that the spy agency has “low confidence” in its own conclusion. ...

Trump ends Fauci's security detail and says he'd feel no responsibility if harm befell him

Jan. 24, 2025 13:08 PM EST

FLETCHER, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump has ended the federal security detail for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert who advised him on the COVID-19 pandemic, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. Fauci is the latest in a string of former Trump...