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Honduras holds 2 ex-officials on pandemic-tied fraud charges

By Marlon González Apr. 09, 2021 07:23 PM EDT
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — One year after the Honduran government paid $47 million for seven mobile hospitals to expand its bed space for the COVID-19...

Arizona daily virus count jumps as older cases included

By Terry Tang And Paul Davenport Apr. 09, 2021 01:50 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — The slight increases of COVID-19 cases reported in Arizona in recent days are to be expected and not necessarily cause for alarm, the state's...

Caesars adds more worker shot clinics after regulatory call

Apr. 06, 2021 07:38 PM EDT
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A big casino company said Tuesday it will expand employee coronavirus vaccination clinics to more of its Las Vegas properties, days after...

Oregon lawmakers look at improving long-term facilities

Apr. 06, 2021 04:27 PM EDT
Oregon lawmakers have been considering a bill which would establish staffing ratios in long-term care facilities based on patient needs. ...

People queue as they arrive at the Stade de France stadium to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. While France remains far behind Britain and the United States in terms of vaccinating its population, the pace is starting to pick up. (Thomas Samson, Pool via AP)
France opens giant stadium for vaccinations amid virus surge

Apr. 06, 2021 10:40 AM EDT

Illinois bar event caused 46 COVID-19 cases, school closure

By Sophia Tareen Apr. 05, 2021 03:21 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — An indoor event at a bar in rural Illinois triggered 46 cases of COVID-19, the hospitalization of a resident of a long-term care facility and a...

A health worker carries medication inside the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Monday March 26, 2021. Polish hospitals struggled over the Easter weekend with a massive number of people infected with COVID-19 following a huge surge in infections across Central and Eastern Europe in recent weeks. Tougher new pandemic restrictions were ordered in Poland for a two-week period surrounding Easter in order to slow down the infection rate. (AP Photo/Omar Marques)
Polish hospitals struggle with surge of virus patients

By Rafal Niedzielski Apr. 05, 2021 02:26 AM EDT

An Indian police officer wearing mask patrols at the Gateway of India in Mumbai, India, Monday, April 5, 2021. India reported its biggest single-day spike in confirmed coronavirus cases since the pandemic began Monday, and officials in the hard-hit state home to Mumbai are returning to the closure of some businesses and places of worship in a bid to slow the spread. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Asia Today: Philippines extends lockdown as infections spike

Apr. 04, 2021 11:48 PM EDT

Patients receive an injection of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine on the opening day of a mass vaccination centre set up in the Olympique Lyonnais soccer Stadium, in Decines-Charpieu, Saturday, April 3, 2021. (Jean-Philippe Ksiazek, Pool via AP)
French hospitals boost Easter staff to battle virus resurge

Apr. 03, 2021 09:18 AM EDT

Arizona governor eases some restrictions as virus cases wane

Apr. 01, 2021 11:56 AM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — With the number of COVID-19 cases continuing to decline around Arizona, Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday eased restrictions on elective surgeries and...

Medical workers tend to a patient affected with the COVID-19 in the Amiens Picardie hospital Tuesday, March 30, 2021 in Amiens, 160 km (100 miles) north of Paris. France is now facing a deadly new surge of the virus that is overwhelming many hospitals, as critics accuse the government of ignoring warning signs and favoring political concerns over public health. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Hospital workers despair as France's virus strategy flails

By Angela Charlton Apr. 01, 2021 03:12 AM EDT

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Blake Tillery speaks in the Senate chamber at the State Capitol on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Georgia lawmakers ink final deal on $27.3B state budget

By Jeff Amy Mar. 31, 2021 08:48 PM EDT

Expansive COVID-19 bill advancing in Maryland Legislature

By Callan Tansill-Suddath Of Capital News Service Mar. 31, 2021 04:21 PM EDT
A bill that would require the Maryland Department of Health to create and implement a two-year plan for COVID-19 recovery by June 1, among other measures, is...

Medical staff gather during a rally to protest over a dispute with Evangelismos state hospital administration in Athens, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Despite five months of lockdown measures, COVID-19 infections on Tuesday hit a new record in Greece. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Greece relaxes some lockdown measures, despite virus surge

By Elena Becatoros And Costas Kantouris Mar. 31, 2021 09:06 AM EDT

Youths gather along the Ill riverbanks in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to impose new virus restrictions in a televised address to the nation Wednesday night, amid growing pressure to act more boldly to combat surging coronavirus hospitalizations. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
France to close schools, ban domestic travel as virus surges

By Sylvie Corbet Mar. 31, 2021 04:48 AM EDT

This Jan. 5, 2021 photo shows George Miller, CEO of Loretto Hospital, during a news conference after the first five health care workers to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Chicago. The Chicago hospital's CEO has been suspended for two weeks following a series of COVID-19 vaccination events involving alleged favoritism, including one in which ineligible Trump Tower workers were vaccinated. The unpaid suspension of Miller, is on hold until the hospital finds a new chief operating officer and chief financial officer, a hospital spokeswoman said late Monday, March 29. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Chicago hospital CEO suspended after improper vaccinations

Mar. 30, 2021 12:30 PM EDT

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt looks away while he is administered the Johnson & Johnson vaccine following a news conference about opening vaccine eligibility, Monday, March 29, 2021, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Stitt gets vaccinated as Oklahoma expands eligibility

By Sean Murphy Mar. 29, 2021 04:58 PM EDT

Rhode Island sees a rise in COVID-19 cases among children

Mar. 29, 2021 09:05 AM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Public health officials are monitoring a recent rise in new confirmed COVID-19 cases among children ages 10 to 14 in Rhode Island. ...

Michigan Senate OKs tying restaurant limits to virus metrics

By David Eggert Mar. 25, 2021 05:32 PM EDT
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led Michigan Senate voted Thursday in favor of legislation that would automatically tie restaurant capacity limits to...

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2020, file photo, Jeremiah Young, 11, right, listens as Dr. Janice Bacon, a primary care physician with Central Mississippi Health Services, explains the necessity of receiving inoculations prior to attending school, while at the Community Health Care Center on the Tougaloo College campus in Tougaloo, Miss. Twenty community health centers in Mississippi will receive around $77.5 million in April 2021 to support COVID-19 vaccination and other services for vulnerable populations, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday, March 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Health centers receive $77.5 million to care for underserved

By Leah Willingham Mar. 25, 2021 05:22 PM EDT