Pittsburgh Penguins star center Sidney Crosby will miss Tuesday night’s game against the Flyers because he has landed on the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list, coach Mike Sullivan said Tuesday afternoon. “As I said to...
At least 15 people died after an SUV with dozens of passengers collided with a semitruck carrying gravel near the U.S.-Mexico border in California on Tuesday morning, according to officials with El Centro Regional...
Former President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump received coronavirus vaccines in early January on the advice of doctors, according to a Trump adviser speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the ex-president’s...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. is imposing new sanctions on Russia in response to the poisoning and continued detention of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and reiterating its call for the Kremlin critic’s release from prison,...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The PGA tour is expanding its coronavirus testing partnership with Sanford Health. The Sioux Falls-based health care system will continue to test players, caddies, and essential personnel at tournaments...
Rhonda Bomwell had never used a flea and tick collar before. Pierre, her 9-year-old Papillon service dog, was mostly an indoor animal. Still, her veterinarian recommended she purchase one, so Bomwell went to the...
No new COVID-19 cases reported on Tuesday evening, six more recoveries.
Samples collected from people returning to Hà Nội from outbreak-hit areas to be tested for COVID-19. — VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng HÀ NỘI — A COVID-19 patient in Hà Nội has tested positive for...
As of Monday, Nick Muerdter had gotten 2.4 million hits on a page he launched two weeks ago to help people find open COVID-19 vaccine appointments at nearby pharmacies. “I just wanted to simplify...
WASHINGTON – A 64-year-old woman whose $58,000 income puts her out-of-range for subsidized health insurance through Obamacare could see her premium drop from $12,900 to $4,950 under President Joe Biden’s pandemic relief bill that...
WASHINGTON – Advocates of a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage scored a temporary victory last week when the House approved the increase in its vote to advance President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief bill. But it...
A new drug that could help more than 128 million Americans read without needing glasses has been submitted to the Food and Drug Administration for approval. The investigational eye drop – called AGN-190584 –...
Health care experts are warning that it might be too soon to think the COVID-19 pandemic will be over by the end of 2021. The emergencies chief of the World Health Organization said it...
The last time Christopher Wray testified before a congressional committee, the FBI director offered a now-prescient warning of the threat posed by domestic extremists. “Trends may shift, but the underlying drivers for domestic violent...
Boy Scouts of America is proposing to pay $220 million toward a trust to compensate tens of thousands of former members who say they were abused during their time as scouts, according to a...
Border guards on patrol in Đồng Tháp Province to ensure everyone entering the country from Cambodia is quarantined and tested for COVID-19. — VNA/VNS.Photo Chương Đài HCM CITY — Mekong Delta provinces are tightening...
Many states prioritized COVID-19 vaccines for people over 75, then moved to those over 65, but they shouldn’t keep stepping down by age, an advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed Miguel Cardona as President Joe Biden’s education secretary Monday. Cardona, confirmed in a 64-33 vote, will oversee an Education Department that employs thousands and has an annual budget of...
All the new 11 COVID-19 cases are in Hải Dương Province and already quarantined.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose political future looked golden 11 months ago, is now fighting for survival after two former aides accused him of sexual harassment and his administration acknowledged withholding data on COVID-19 nursing...
WASHINGTON — Twenty-one Republican governors and one Democrat are taking aim at a key component of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief bill, arguing a proposed allocation of funds “punishes” states that did not fully...
A former employee of Trader Joe’s claims he was fired after he wrote a letter suggesting ways the grocery chain could improve its COVID-19 protections for workers. Ben Bonnema, who worked for a Trader...
Twitter is bolstering its efforts to point out misinformation on the platform, a long-standing problem across social media that has taken on new urgency amid last year’s election and through the pandemic. “Starting today,...
Creating vaccine navigators. Sending letters to all seniors. Setting up 24-hour hotlines. Cold-calling people to sign them up. States and counties are getting better at the nitty-gritty of what’s required to get COVID-19 vaccine...
WASHINGTON – Parents who were separated from their children at the border under the last administration could be allowed to live in the United States after they’re reunited, the Biden administration announced Monday. “We...
Apple has reopened all 270 of its stores across the U.S. as the effort to vaccinate more Americans against COVID-19 accelerates. The Cupertino tech giant confirmed each store may have different requirements for operation...
The oldest and largest electricity cooperative in Texas has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following the devastating winter storm that wreaked havoc on the state in February. Brazos Electric Power Cooperative filed its...
An employee with the McKesson Corporation scans a box of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as she fills an order at their shipping facility on March 1, 2021 in Shepherdsville, Ky. The FDA...
The push is to reopen offices, but a big chunk of the workforce wants to continue remotely. Smart integration can make them feel like part of the team.
Workers in an industrial zone in Hải Dương Province’s Cẩm Giàng District provide information to health workers before taking COVID-19 tests. — VNA/VNS Photo Mạnh Tú HÀ NỘI — Thirteen new COVID-19 cases were...
REGENSBURG, Germany (AP) — Werder Bremen’s German Cup final against Jahn Regensburg is on the verge of being called off due to coronavirus infections among the second division team. Regensburg managing director Christian Keller...
WASHINGTON – Eduardo Sainz was standing at the front door of a home in Tucson, Arizona, encouraging the family inside to vote when the young man and his mom asked for a favor that...
If we still have to mask and distance after the shots, why take them? Because they stop severe COVID infections that lead to hospitalization and death.
The U.S. reported 306 new coronavirus variant cases Sunday, a record increase for viruses that can spread more easily, dodge some treatments and immunities, or both. Nearly all the new cases were in three...
Brian Caswell, owner of Wolkar Drug in Baxter Springs, Kansas, has been eager for his independent pharmacy to help with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. He bought a specially equipped freezer for storage purposes, certified...
Well, that was something. Sunday’s Golden Globes were even more unpredictable and chaotic than usual, thanks in large part to the show’s hybrid virtual format. The three-hour ceremony was plagued by frequent sound issues...
Việt Nam’s seafood exports this year are expected to be worth US$9.4 billion in all, an increase of 10 per cent from 2020. —Photo tapchitaichinh.vn Compiled by Thiên Lý Việt Nam exported 160 tonnes...
Are you ready for the strangest awards season of all time? Well, it’s getting real with tonight’s Golden Globes. Separated by two coasts, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler joked about the difference between movies...
A Michigan university professor has been fired after posting racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic comments on Twitter. Ferris State University physical sciences professor Thomas Brennan announced his firing Saturday on Twitter, and the university confirmed...
Nguyễn Đức Tuấn (Third from the left) – Chairman of the Việt Nam Fatherland Front Committee of Hải Dương, received VNĐ20 billion from An Phát Holdings. — Photo courtesy of the group HẢI DƯƠNG...
People are more health-conscious because of the global outbreak and stingless bee honey is one Superfood they’re embracing SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 1 March 2021 – As people become more health-conscious about nutritial...
Young actors of the Phú Nhuận Drama Stage. Photo courtesy of the theatre HCM CITY — Phú Nhuận Drama Stage, a leading private theatre in HCM City, will close in April as its investors...
WASHINGTON – Vaccine distribution centers will start receiving 3.9 million doses of the new Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as early as Tuesday, White House officials announced Sunday. A total 20 million doses will...
ORLANDO, Fla. – Donald Trump plans to re-enter political life Sunday by attacking President Joe Biden, condemning Republican opponents, and proclaiming himself the leader of a GOP riven by election defeat and a pro-Trump...
Can’t wait to get the COVID-19 vaccine? “Saturday Night Live” has got a competition you might be interested in. This week’s episode of the sketch show opened with a skit that saw Dr. Anthony...
The much-ballyhooed, steady decline in new coronavirus infections and hospitalizations appears to have stalled. Experts now are trying to determine whether a new surge is underway. In the seven-day period ending Thursday, 17 states...
WASHINGTON — A screaming man with his fist raised, a Byzantine cross emblazoned in red on his T-shirt. A white flag with a lone green pine tree and the words “An Appeal to Heaven”...
People in Hải Dương Province wait for COVID-19 tests as part of the province’s large-scale testing campaign. —VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Sixteen new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Viet Nam on Sunday evening,...
Funeral director Goulade Farrah is haunted by his clients, whose bereavement over loved ones lost to COVID-19 play over and over in his head. The hospital told us he was fine, and the next...
Misinformation runs rampant online, even from my colleagues in the health care industry. We need to do better.
Jodi Schumaker cried while she drove north on Interstate 75 through Kentucky on Tuesday afternoon, feeling defeated as she headed home to Michigan without getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Her hopes had been crushed by...
Shirley Collado still remembers the bus ride. Shortly after Collado, now the president of Ithaca College in upstate New York, graduated from high school in Brooklyn in 1990, she boarded a bus bound for...
Border guards in Đồng Tháp Province are working with police to patrol the border and dirt trails to prevent illegal entries. VNA/VNS Photo Chương Đài HCM CITY— The People’s Committee in the Mekong Delta...
At the handover ceremony. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health (MoH) on February 27 received VNĐ20 billion (US$866,620) from conglomerate Vingroup for the clinical trials of homegrown COVID-19 vaccine COVIVAC. The...
ALBANY, N.Y. – Gov. Andrew Cuomo was accused Saturday by a second former female aide of sexual harassment. The ex-aide, Charlotte Bennett, told The New York Times that she was repeatedly made to feel...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized a third COVID-19 vaccine for public use. As expected on Saturday, acting Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock granted an emergency use authorization for a vaccine developed by...
Humanity is facing not only a coronavirus pandemic and a climate crisis, its existence is also threatened by falling sperm counts due to chemical exposures, a new book authored by a prominent epidemiologist warns....
