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Pandemic-delayed surgeries share blame for blood shortage

Jun. 20, 2021 01:09 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — Some New England hospitals are delaying or rescheduling surgeries because of a shortage of blood donations during the pandemic. ...

People queue at an NHS Vaccination Clinic at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium in north London, Sunday, June 20, 2021. The NHS is braced for high demand as anyone in England over the age of 18 can now book a Covid-19 vaccination jab. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)
The Latest: Blood shortage forces New England surgery delay

By The Associated Press Jun. 20, 2021 05:32 AM EDT

Prof working to make environmentally friendly disinfectant

May. 16, 2021 10:33 AM EDT
ORONO, Maine (AP) — The federal government has awarded more than $300,000 to a University of Maine engineering professor who is working to increase production...

FILE - Procter & Gamble Chief Brand Officer Marc Pritchard holds up the Gillette Heated Razor during a Procter & Gamble news conference, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in Las Vegas. Procter & Gamble's sales were up last year, since it happens to make just about everything people needed while staying at home: Charmin toilet paper, Bounty paper towels and Tide laundry detergent. While Gillette razors sales have slumped Pritchard has talked about people's shaving habits and how P&G is creating products for consumers who are home more. (AP Photo/John Locher, file)
What do consumers want now? P&G bets on beard oil, cleaners

By Joseph Pisani Jan. 31, 2021 01:00 PM EST

In this photo provided by Paul Juarez, refrigerators are stocked with produce, milk and juice at Linda Tutt High School's student-led grocery store on Nov. 20, 2020, in Sanger, Texas. (Paul Juarez via AP)
Student-run free grocery store helps feed town's hungry

By Luis Andres Henao Jan. 26, 2021 10:13 AM EST

Buildings and homes are damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, near Lake Charles, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
The Latest: Laura weakens inland to a tropical depression

The Associated Press Aug. 27, 2020 02:45 PM EDT

Buildings and homes are flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Cameron, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Laura thrashes Louisiana, nearby states face tornado threats

By Melinda Deslatte, Stacey Plaisance And Gerald Herbert Aug. 27, 2020 04:15 AM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, May 15, 2020, in Washington. Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci listens at left. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Analysis: Trump flouts the experts, even in own government

By Aamer Madhani And Julie Pace May. 19, 2020 05:40 PM EDT

FILE - This Jan. 29, 2010, file photo, shows the company logo and view of Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos, Calif. COVID-19 may have knocked U.S. stocks into a bear market and pummeled the U.S. economy, but the disease has also left some companies asking the question: “What recession?” (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
How some companies survive, even thrive, in viral crisis

By Paul Wiseman And Anne Dínnocenzio Apr. 28, 2020 10:15 AM EDT

In this Monday, April 27, 2020 photo, a worker welds metal that will be a part of a gate system made by Guard ME that conducts temperature checks and fogs disinfectants on users, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. As confirmed coronavirus cases spike, the United Arab Emirates is opening up its cavernous malls and restaurants in a gamble to stimulate its economy while still trying to fight off the pandemic. That's led to a new normal here of temperature checks, social distancing monitors at supermarkets and marked-off empty seats on the city's driverless Metro. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
As virus cases rise, UAE adjusts to a new normal in pandemic

By Jon Gambrell Apr. 28, 2020 02:07 AM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks during a signing of a coronavirus aid package to direct funds to small businesses, hospitals, and testing, in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, April 24, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Don't inject disinfectant: Blunt pushback on Trump musing

By Deb Riechmann And Aamer Madhani Apr. 24, 2020 08:15 AM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Don't inject disinfectants, Lysol warns as Trump raises idea

By Kevin Freking Apr. 24, 2020 12:54 AM EDT

FILE - This Oct. 3, 2012 file photo shows the Jim Beam visitors center at its central distillery in Clermont, Ky. Kentucky's whiskey industry is always looking for the newest twist to its spirits products, but its inventiveness took a gooey turn when the coronavirus pandemic hit. Jim Beam, the world's largest bourbon producer, is making sanitizer at its Global Innovation Center at its Clermont operation. It fills about 1,500 1.75-liter bottles of sanitizer each production day, said Eric Schuetzler, the spirits company's vice president of global innovation. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner, File)
Kentucky distillers churn out sanitizer in fighting virus

By Bruce Schreiner Apr. 17, 2020 01:04 AM EDT