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Here are the numbers: COVID-19 is ticking up in some places, but levels remain low

Jun. 27, 2024 17:41 PM EDT

Here's a look at the state of COVID-19 in the U.S. as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention establishes its latest advice on vaccinations. Deaths About 300 COVID-19-associated deaths were occurring weekly in May, according to the most recent provisional CDC...

Wisconsin AG argues letting disabled people vote electronically at home would create confusion

Jun. 24, 2024 14:17 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Democratic attorney general pushed back Monday against a request to let people with disabilities vote electronically from home this fall. Attorney General Josh Kaul's attorneys told Dane County Circuit Judge Everett Mitchell during a hearing that...

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

Apr. 22, 2024 13:03 PM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting after a series of stalled and thwarted attempts to find the source of the virus that killed millions and paralyzed the world for months. The Chinese government froze...

Biden administration announces new partnership with 50 countries to stifle future pandemics

Apr. 16, 2024 16:26 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like the COVID-19 outbreak that suddenly halted normal life around the globe in 2020. U.S. government officials will...