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MORSHYN, Ukraine (AP) — A small spa town in western Ukraine is standing out in a European country where only 29% of the people have received COVID-19 vaccine shots, and locals credit their …
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By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and YURAS KARMANAU
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12/9/21
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Vaccine makers are racing to update their COVID-19 shots against the newest coronavirus threat even before it’s clear a change is needed, just in case.
Experts doubt today’s shots will …
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD
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12/9/21
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How will the world decide when the pandemic is over?
There’s no clear-cut definition for when a pandemic starts and ends, and how much of a threat a global outbreak is posing can vary by …
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By MARIA CHENG
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12/9/21
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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech women’s basketball associate head coach Tasha Butts said Wednesday she has been diagnosed with an advanced stage of breast cancer.
The 39-year-old Butts said she …
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By PAUL NEWBERRY
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12/8/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate narrowly approved a resolution Wednesday to nullify the Biden administration's requirement that businesses with 100 or more workers have their employees be vaccinated …
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By KEVIN FREKING
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12/8/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A new $56,000-a-year Alzheimer’s medication that’s leading to one of the biggest increases ever in Medicare premiums is highlighting the limitations of President Joe Biden’s …
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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
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12/8/21
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LONDON (AP) — A leaked video that shows staff members in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office joking about holding a lockdown-breaching Christmas party is adding fuel to allegations that …
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By JILL LAWLESS
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12/8/21
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The City of Crawfordsville is poised to begin ambulance service to Clark and Walnut townships pending approval from the city council.
Agreements between the city and the townships would allow the …
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Nick Hedrick | nhedrick@jrpress.com
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12/8/21
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes spent another five hours on the witness stand Tuesday sparring with a federal prosecutor aiming to prove criminal allegations that she …
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
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12/7/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Merrick Garland finally made his Supreme Court debut on Tuesday. Not in a justice’s black robe, but wearing the striped pants and jacket with tails reserved for government …
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By JESSICA GRESKO
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12/7/21
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Eight years ago, a team of researchers launched a project to carefully repeat early but influential lab experiments in cancer research.
They recreated 50 experiments, the type of preliminary …
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By CARLA K. JOHNSON
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12/7/21
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union drug regulator gave its backing Tuesday to mixing different types of vaccines in initial vaccination and booster campaigns to battle the …
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12/7/21
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KUJE, Nigeria (AP) — Yunusa Bawa rolled his motorcycle away from the health care clinic where he works in Kuje, southwest of Nigeria's capital of Abuja, and secured a black box of COVID-19 vaccine …
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By CHINEDU ASADU
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12/7/21
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BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel was assured of a place in the history books as soon as she became Germany's first female chancellor on Nov. 22, 2005.
Over the next 16 years, she was credited with …
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By GEIR MOULSON
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12/7/21
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“Cheugy” is apparently a lot to chew on. Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce have something in common — broadcasters butcher their …
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By WILLIAM J. KOLE
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12/7/21
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S. David Long keeps a list of dates in his portfolio folder.
The timeline helps Long keep track of his battle with COVID-19. Meticulously updated by his daughter, it begins at the end of September …
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Nick Hedrick | nhedrick@jrpress.com
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12/7/21
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BEIJING (AP) — Asia stock markets followed Wall Street higher Tuesday as anxiety about the coronavirus's latest variant eased.
Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong advanced. Oil prices gained for a …
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By JOE McDONALD
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12/7/21
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SYDNEY (AP) — Novak Djokovic has been named in the Serbian team for January’s ATP Cup, an indication that Djokovic could play in the Australian Open a week later despite controversy over his …
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12/6/21
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bulls leading scorer DeMar DeRozan entered the NBA's health and safety protocols on Monday, a major blow for a team with the second-best record in the Eastern Conference.
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By ANDREW SELIGMAN
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12/6/21
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As the omicron coronavirus variant spreads in southern Africa and pops up in countries all around the world, scientists are anxiously watching a battle play out that could determine the future of the …
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By LAURA UNGAR and ANDREW MELDRUM
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12/6/21
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