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FILE - An athlete trains before the World Athletics Championships, Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. Shortly after last year’s Olympics, the urine samples of some six dozen athletes came back with traces of a banned stimulant. Career-altering penalties loomed. But they were avoided thanks to some nimble sleuthing by anti-doping scientists in the U.S. and Germany. The scientists discovered the stimulant could be found in an ingredient present in an over-the-counter sunscreen. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Doping sleuths keep sunscreen from burning track stars

By Eddie Pells Jul. 15, 2022 01:00 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2020, file photo, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announces a new round of restrictions due to rising cases of COVID-19 during a news conference in Annapolis, Md. Hogan has announced he is ending a state of emergency for COVID-19 on July 1. Hogan's announcement Tuesday, June 15, 2021, came one year and three months since Maryland confirmed its first cases of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)
Maryland governor ending COVID-19 state of emergency July 1

By Brian Witte Jun. 15, 2021 01:28 PM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, May 10, 2021, file photo, Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a news conference in Chicago. A white reporter for a conservative media outlet is suing Lightfoot over her decision to grant interviews at the midpoint of her first term only to journalists of color, saying she discriminated against him because of his race. Thomas Catenacci and his employer, the Daily Caller News Foundation, argue in the lawsuit filed Thursday, May, 27 that Lightfoot violated their First Amendment rights and Catenacci's right to equal protection. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)
Chicago to join Illinois in fully reopening June 11

Jun. 03, 2021 08:03 PM EDT

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announces the end of a statewide mask mandate during a news conference on Friday, May 14, 2021 in Annapolis, Md., following Centers for Disease Control guidance. The lifting of the mask mandate takes effect on Saturday, May 14, 2021. In alignment with CDC guidance, face coverings will still be required on public transportation, and in schools, child care and health care settings. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
Governor: Maryland ending statewide mask mandate on Saturday

By Brian Witte May. 14, 2021 05:10 PM EDT

Maria Castrejon, 71, grimaces as she is vaccinated with a second dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine at the Americas Cultural Center, in Ecatepec, Mexico, Saturday, April 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
Mexico's vaccine campaign faces problems, successes

Apr. 06, 2021 03:23 PM EDT

A hiring information sign is displayed at a fast food restaurant in Des Plaines, Ill., Friday, April 2, 2021. America's employers unleashed a burst of hiring in March, adding 916,000 jobs in a sign that a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession is taking hold as vaccinations accelerate, stimulus checks flow through the economy and businesses increasingly reopen. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
From child care to COVID, rising job market faces obstacles

By Christopher Rugaber Apr. 03, 2021 10:31 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 7, 2020, file photo, the entrance to the Labor Department is seen near the Capitol in Washington. Unemployment fraud in the U.S. has reached dramatic levels during the pandemic: more than $63 billion has been paid out improperly through fraud or errors since March 2020. Criminals are seizing on the opportunity created by the pandemic and are making false claims using stolen information. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
What to do if you are a victim of unemployment fraud

By Sarah Skidmore Sell Mar. 15, 2021 09:03 AM EDT

In this photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, third from left, poses with Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian, second from left, as they stand in front of a Chinese military plane carrying Sinovac vaccines from China at the Villamor Air Base in Manila, Philippines on Sunday Feb. 28, 2021. The Philippines received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccine Sunday, among the last in Southeast Asia to secure the critical doses despite having the second-highest number of coronavirus infections and deaths in the hard-hit region. (Toto Lozano/ Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP)
Philippines launches virus vaccinations amid supply problems

By Jim Gomez Mar. 01, 2021 12:15 AM EST

EU's anti-fraud body warns against COVID-19 vaccine scams

By Samuel Petrequin Feb. 15, 2021 08:19 AM EST
BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU's anti-fraud office, OLAF, is urging member states to be vigilant against scammers offering to sell fake COVID-19 vaccines as the 27...

Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, listens to a question from a journalist during a news conference in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (Kim Kyung-hoon/Pool Photo via AP)
Tokyo Olympics face another problem because of its president

By Stephen Wade Feb. 08, 2021 09:31 PM EST

FILE - This Wednesday, April 3, 2019, file photo shows a box filled with dollar bills, in New York.  Money is a huge source of stress for many people and more stress is the last thing anyone needs during a global pandemic. It can be easy to avoid checking your finances and dealing with issues, but that avoidance tends to backfire.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Millennial Money: Managing finances on top of COVID burnout

By Laura Mcmullen Of Nerdwallet Feb. 02, 2021 09:03 AM EST

Lee Norman, Kansas secretary of health and environment, speaks via video conference to a joint committee between House and Senate members Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)
Kansas lawmakers' ire rises over handling of COVID-19 shots

By John Hanna Jan. 26, 2021 05:10 PM EST

FILE - In this July 13, 2019, file photo, health workers wearing protective suits tend to an Ebola victim kept in an isolation tent in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo. The task of vaccinating millions of people in poor and developing countries against COVID-19 faces monumental obstacles, and it's not just a problem of affording and obtaining doses. Rumors flew about the Ebola vaccines, including the idea they were meant to kill people, said Dr. Maurice Kakule, an Ebola survivor who worked in vaccination campaigns. Similar suspicions are spreading about the COVID-19 vaccine, he said. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
Wars, instability pose vaccine challenges in poor nations

By Kathy Gannon, Andrew Meldrum And Lee Keath Dec. 27, 2020 02:08 AM EST

Dry ice is poured into a box containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as it is prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)
After 110K virus deaths, nursing homes face vaccine fears

By Bernard Condon And Matt Sedensky Dec. 14, 2020 01:05 AM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, file photo, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra talks to reporters after a news conference at UCLA. President-elect Joe Biden has picked Becerra to be his health secretary, putting a defender of the Affordable Care Act in a leading role to oversee his administration’s coronavirus response. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Becerra's big challenge: Vaccinating Americans against virus

By Jonathan Lemire, Lisa Mascaro, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar And Kathleen Ronayne Dec. 07, 2020 07:35 PM EST

Anti-mask doctor's medical license suspended

Dec. 04, 2020 09:32 PM EST
DALLAS, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Medical Board has suspended the license of a doctor who said he refuses to wear a mask in his clinic west of Salem and...

New Mexico opens alternate care facility for COVID patients

Nov. 20, 2020 01:38 PM EST
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — With New Mexico hospitals facing a capacity crunch because of the coronavirus outbreak, the state on Friday opened an alternate care...

Illinois Editorial Roundup:

By The Associated Press Nov. 18, 2020 04:01 PM EST
Here are excerpts of editorials published in Illinois newspapers. November 14, 2020 Sauk Valley Media ...

North Dakota mandates masks, capacity limits as virus surges

By James Macpherson Nov. 13, 2020 11:47 PM EST
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum ordered a statewide mask mandate and imposed several business restrictions late Friday in an effort to...

COVID-19 hospitalizations up more than 45% in Alabama

Nov. 09, 2020 03:56 PM EST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Hospitalizations from COVID-19 have increased more than 45% in the last month in Alabama, reaching a level by Monday not seen since the...

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