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FILE - In this May 26, 2021 file photo, Dr. Anthony Fauci, speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee looking into the budget estimates for NIH and the state of medical research, on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Friday, June 11, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming people should stop wearing masks because leaked emails written by Fauci said masks aren’t effective against COVID-19. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press Jun. 11, 2021 01:42 PM EDT

This undated photo shows Alicia Wooten, who works with a COVID-19 team at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., and said getting the word out to deaf people about vaccination availability is a problem because so much notification is done by platforms including radio. The confusing maze of websites, phone numbers, emails and paper documents required to sign up for an immunization in the United States is presenting a challenge for people who are visually impaired or hard of hearing. (Alicia Wooten via AP)
Balky sign-ups complicate virus vaccinations for blind, deaf

By Jay Reeves Mar. 27, 2021 10:57 AM EDT

Emails show Georgia dorm contractor cut maintenance

By Jeff Amy Mar. 11, 2021 04:20 PM EST
ATLANTA (AP) — Emails obtained by a campus workers' group show that a contractor who runs dormitories at eight public universities in Georgia laid off workers...

Prisoners criticize VADOC vaccine rollout, COVID-19 response

By Andrew Ringle Of Capital News Service Feb. 11, 2021 06:46 PM EST
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jillian Floyd hasn’t seen her son in a year. She is one of many Virginia prisoners experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic in Virginia’s...

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2020, file photo, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky. Gov. Andy Beshear proposed an infusion of aid into Kentucky's coronavirus-battered economy on Thursday evening, Jan. 7, 2021, announcing an ambitious budget plan that includes down-payments on his long-running goals of raising salaries for teachers and boosting public education funding.(AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
Audit shows backlog of unread emails at unemployment office

By Bruce Schreiner Feb. 09, 2021 12:17 PM EST

Minnesotans received emails canceling COVID vaccine in error

Jan. 30, 2021 04:28 PM EST
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Some Minnesotans enrolled in the state’s pilot COVID-19 vaccination program received emails and text messages on Saturday that erroneously...

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 file photo, a droplet falls from a syringe after a health care worker was injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Providence, R.I. Some hospitals around the U.S. are facing complaints about favoritism and line-jumping after their board members and donors received COVID-19 vaccinations or offers for the prized inoculations. In Rhode Island, Attorney General Peter Neronha opened an inquiry after reports that two hospital systems offered their board members vaccinations. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
Playing favorites? Hospital boards, donors get COVID shots

By Russ Bynum, Michelle R. Smith And Rachel La Corte Jan. 30, 2021 12:19 PM EST

Francesco Zambon, lead author of a withdrawn WHO report into Italy's coronavirus response speaks with The Associated Press in Rome, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Zambon warned his U.N. bosses in May of lost lives and "catastrophic" reputational damage if they allowed Italian political interests to suppress the document, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
WHO was warned lives were at risk over yanked Italy report

By Nicole Winfield Dec. 19, 2020 02:22 AM EST

A refrigerated truck drives out of the Pfizer Manufacturing plant in Puurs, Belgium, on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. British officials on Wednesday authorized a COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, greenlighting the world's first shot against the virus that's backed by rigorous science and taking a major step toward eventually ending the pandemic. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Phishing ploy targets COVID-19 vaccine distribution effort

By Frank Bajak Dec. 03, 2020 06:00 AM EST

Shanghai-based testing kit company BioGerm presents a booth at a trade fair in Nanchang in eastern China's Jiangxi province on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. BioGerm was one of three companies that gained privileged access to crucial information on the coronavirus from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention at the beginning of the outbreak, allowing them to make kits ahead of competitors. The move delayed China's response to the outbreak and caused critical shortages of kits. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms

By Dake Kang Dec. 02, 2020 11:59 PM EST

Caleb Frostman, former secretary of Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, is seen at the Wisconsin State Capitol on Jan. 7, 2019 in Madison, Wis. Gov. Tony Evers in September 2020 asked Frostman to resign as secretary, citing a backlog of unemployment insurance claims. (Emily Hamer/Wisconsin Watch via AP)
Wisconsin jobless claims rise as state's system woes persist

By Marty Hobe Of Wtmj-Tv And Bram Sable-Smith Of Wisconsin Watch/Wisconsin Public Radio. Nov. 21, 2020 01:01 AM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2015 file photo, Kelby Krabbenhoft, president and CEO of Sanford Health, poses for a photo at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. Krabbenhoft, the head of one of the largest regional health systems in the Midwest, has told his employees that he has recovered from COVID-19 and is back in the office — without a mask. Krabbenhoft, said in an email that he believes he's now immune to the disease for "at least seven months and perhaps years to come." (Joe Ahlquist/The Argus Leader via AP, File)
Midwest health system CEO says he had virus, won't wear mask

By Steve Karnowski And Doug Glass Nov. 20, 2020 01:41 PM EST

This photo shows the outside of a Charleston, S.C., condominium belonging to Eugene Zurlo on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. The Trump administration recently gave the longtime Republican political donor seed money to test a possible COVID-19-fighting blood plasma technology, noting Zurlo's "manufacturing facilities" in Charleston. An AP investigation found no manufacturing facilities. The company operates out of Zurlo's condo. He and his partners may now be in line for as much as $65 million in taxpayer money. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
Trump admin funds plasma company based in owner's condo

By Richard Lardner And Jason Dearen Nov. 01, 2020 08:13 AM EST

Pandemic lawyers: 2 Louisiana bar exams open book, by email

Aug. 12, 2020 05:17 PM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Because of problems caused by the continuing coronavirus pandemic, the state’s next two bar exams will be open book and administered by...

Wisconsin contact tracers fight COVID-19 amid conspiracies

By Howard Hardee Of Wisconsin Watch. Jul. 19, 2020 01:01 AM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Having posed a series of increasingly paranoid-sounding questions about the local response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Appleton City Council...

Tech glitches keep Atlanta voters waiting for mail ballots

By Ben Nadler May. 14, 2020 04:25 PM EDT
ATLANTA (AP) — The election director for Georgia’s most populous county said Thursday that technical issues have prevented officials from processing absentee...

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. In the United States, the nation with the most pandemic deaths, the reporting of vital coronavirus case and testing data is not keeping pace with its speedy spread. Public health officials nationwide lean too heavily on faxes, email and spreadsheets, sluggish and inefficient 20th-century tools. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
How faxes and email are slowing the U.S. COVID-19 response

By Frank Bajak May. 13, 2020 02:41 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. In the United States, the nation with the most pandemic deaths, the reporting of vital coronavirus case and testing data is not keeping pace with its speedy spread. Public health officials nationwide lean too heavily on faxes, email and spreadsheets, sluggish and inefficient 20th-century tools. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
Faxes and email: Old technology slows COVID-19 response

By Frank Bajak May. 13, 2020 01:17 PM EDT