While the rest of the country’s schools were losing ground in math during the COVID pandemic, student performance in a rural Alabama school district was soaring
September 19, 2023
The Biden administration has announced that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household
September 20, 2023
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July 02, 2024
Britain's inquiry into the response to the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the nation has entered the second phase with political decision-making taking center stage
October 03, 2023
The once-critical white COVID-19 vaccination cards are being phased out
October 04, 2023
The richest Americans are emerging from the coronavirus pandemic with their share of wealth and income on the rise again despite some thought that the tight
April 26, 2024
More than 7 million Americans had rolled up their sleeves for the updated COVID-19 vaccines as of Wednesday, according to the U.S.
April 26, 2024
Data in the FBI's annual crime report released Monday shows that violent crime across the U.S. decreased last year, dropping to about the same level as before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
October 16, 2023
The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say measles deaths globally spiked by more than 40% last year
November 16, 2023
Leading scientists urged caution over fears of another pandemic on Thursday after the World Health Organization requested more information from China on a rise of
April 26, 2024
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has acknowledged that his government was too slow to grasp the scale of the COVID-19 crisis
December 06, 2023
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in sometimes angry testimony to Britain’s inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic, on Thursday defended himself against suggestions that his indifference and failure to heed the advice of scientists led to thousands of unnecessary deaths
December 07, 2023
Fourteen years ago, Tony Shalhoub said goodbye to one of his most beloved creations — the obsessive-compulsive private detective Adrian Monk
December 08, 2023
As the year comes to an end with holiday parties and crowds, mask-wearing is much more off than on around the country even as COVID’s long tail lingers
December 17, 2023
The number of kindergartners in public school plunged during the COVID-19 pandemic
December 19, 2023
A federal appeals panel says a Missouri lawsuit accusing China of hoarding masks and other protective gear during the COVID-19 pandemic can move forward
January 10, 2024
The inflation-adjusted wealth of white households in the U.S. grew faster than that of Black and Hispanic households from the start of 2019 through the third
April 26, 2024
Americans are catching up on healthcare missed during the COVID-19 pandemic, a trend driven by heart procedures and outpatient orthopedic surgeries that
April 26, 2024
Giving students a voice in decision-making helps foster well-being, research has found.
February 16, 2024
The U.S. saw the most tuberculosis illnesses in a decade in 2023
March 28, 2024
A new survey shows that almost a quarter of people who have been dropped from Medicaid during post-pandemic eligibility reviews are still uninsured
April 11, 2024
Additional tests of milk showed that pasteurization killed the bird flu virus, federal health officials said on Friday, as Colorado became the ninth U.S.
May 13, 2024
U.S. defense contractor L3Harris cut 5% of its workforce earlier this month in a bid to streamline its business and save costs, CEO Chris Kubasik said in a post-earnings conference call on
May 13, 2024
The World Health Organization and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in a bid to avoid the
May 03, 2024
The Texas dairy farm worker infected with H5N1 bird flu was not wearing respiratory or eye protection and had been exposed to cattle that appeared to have the
May 20, 2024
The trial of lawyers who once represented late Kremlin foe Navalny gets underway in Russia
US companies see record-low profits in China amid geopolitical tensions and slow growth, report says
Indian state minister to meet Samsung officials in bid to resolve strike
European shares jump 1% on tech boost; ECB meet in focus
Pac-12 targeting Boise St., Fresno St., San Diego St., Colorado St. for rebuild, AP sources say
Murdoch succession battle to play out in Nevada courtroom
Reggie Bush was at his LA-area home when 3 male suspects attempted to break in