Ali Khan
A nameplate stands at the entrance of the house of Dr. Jibraeil, assistant professor of history at Aligarh Muslim University, who died of COVID-19, in Aligarh, India, Saturday, June 12, 2021. Within just one month, the official Facebook page of Aligarh Muslim University, one of the topmost in India, published about two dozen obituaries of its teachers, all lost to the pandemic. Across the country, the deaths of educators during the devastating surge in April and May have left students and staff members grief-stricken and close-knit university communities shaken. (AP Photo/Manoj Aligadi)
Virus surge claims brightest minds at Indian universities

By Aijaz Hussain And Sheikh Saaliq Jun. 19, 2021 01:25 AM EDT

FILE - Medical Assistant Keona Shepard holds up the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as she prepares to administer it at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center during the mass coronavirus vaccination in New Orleans, in this Thursday, March 4, 2021, file photo. (Chris Granger/The Advocate via AP, File)
Fully vaccinated people can gather without masks, CDC says

By Mike Stobbe Mar. 08, 2021 11:01 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

By The Associated Press Feb. 22, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Omaha World-Herald. Feb. 19, 2021. Editorial: Nebraska officials must end the uncertainties about Medicaid expansion We...

Nebraska ranks 33rd in rate of administering virus shots

Feb. 16, 2021 11:48 AM EST
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska ranks in the middle of the pack in the rate of administering coronavirus vaccines, but state officials are working to speed up...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov 18, 2020 file photo, motorists wait in long lines to take a coronavirus test in a parking lot at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Health experts around the country are hoping the incoming Biden administration will put in place a comprehensive national testing strategy. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Will the US ever have a national COVID-19 testing strategy?

By Mike Stobbe And Matthew Perrone Dec. 06, 2020 10:04 AM EST

Passengers boards a Casco Bay Lines ferry bound for Peaks Island, Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Portland, Maine. State officials reported more cases of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
2nd US virus surge hits plateau, but few experts celebrate

By Mike Stobbe And Nicky Forster Jul. 30, 2020 11:39 AM EDT

This aerial photo shows the New National Stadium, main stadium for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 21, 2020. The postponed Tokyo Olympics have again reached the one-year-to-go mark. But the celebration is small this time with more questions than answers about how the Olympics can happen in the middle of a pandemic. That was before COVID-19 postponed the Olympics and pushed back the opening to July 23, 2021. (Kyodo News via AP)
Postponed Tokyo Olympics hit 1-year-to-go mark -- again

By Stephen Wade Jul. 22, 2020 10:39 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2017, file photo, a baseball is shown on the grass at the Cincinnati Reds baseball spring training facility in Goodyear, Ariz. Major League Baseball rejected the players' offer for a 114-game regular season in the pandemic-delayed season with no additional salary cuts and told the union it did not plan to make a counterproposal, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday, June 3, 2020, because no statements were authorized. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, FIle)
MLB rejects 114-game schedule, threatens plan of about 50

By Ronald Blum Jun. 03, 2020 02:40 PM EDT