Author: Donald A Promnitz

(AP) — Virus cases are surging across Europe and many U.S. states, but responses by leaders are miles apart,

Matthew Davidson was beating his heroin addiction. The 31-year-old was attending group recovery meetings. He had a restaurant job

Paz Aguilar continued working seven days a week at two fast food restaurants and as a janitor, even as

(AP) — A late-stage study of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has been paused while the company investigates

Independent monitors have paused enrollment in a study testing the COVID-19 antiviral drug remdesivir plus an experimental antibody therapy

A Trump administration official leading the response to the coronavirus pandemic says the U.S. can expect delivery of a

(AP) — The White House is boosting its offer in up-and-down COVID-19 aid talks Friday in hopes of an

Wall Street closed out its best week in three months Friday as investors drew encouragement from ongoing negotiations on

(AP) — Virginia’s governor said he has developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus a little less than two weeks

(AP) — With speed and determination, nurses, doctors and caretakers move in and out of glassed rooms with beds

The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed 1 million, nine months into a crisis that has devastated

After preying heavily on the elderly in the spring, the coronavirus is increasingly infecting American children and teens in

The Madera Unified School District’s 23 comprehensive schools are being recognized by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation as

As parents across the United States try to find different ways to help their children navigate virtual education, Roller

Adventist Health’s Riverdale office has a new face to lead medical operations at the site. On Monday, it was

(AP) — The top U.S. public health agency stirred confusion by posting — and then taking down — an

Does the coronavirus spread easily among children? It appears the virus can spread among children and teens, but how

Another slide in technology companies helped pull stocks lower on Wall Street Thursday, extending losses from the day before.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is warning that authorities “may have no choice” but to enact even tighter measures

(AP) — Just two weeks after students started returning to Ball State University last month, the surrounding county had

(AP) — State and local officials around the U.S. are rolling back social-distancing rules again after an abortive effort

(AP) — Dangerously dirty air spewing from the West Coast wildfires is seeping into homes and businesses, sneaking into

The winter is usually the busiest time of year for charities. This year, however, has seen a major influx

The top executives of nine drugmakers likely to produce the first vaccines against the new coronavirus signed an unprecedented

(AP) — In the early days of the pandemic, doctors noticed something about the people severely ill from COVID-19:

(AP) — People experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County are testing positive for the coronavirus at rates far lower

(AP) — A mountain lion baby boom has occurred this summer in the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills

(AP) — California will roast in dangerous heat through the Labor Day weekend, forecasters said Thursday, and options for

After years of failed attempts and vociferous opposition, California lawmakers on Monday adopted a measure to grant nurse practitioners the

(AP) — A federal official said Tuesday the government plans to ship rapid coronavirus tests to assisted living facilities,

Antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do

In late August 2019, Shannon Harness awoke to serious pain in the lower right side of his abdomen —

(AP) — Responding to an outcry from medical experts, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn on Tuesday apologized

(AP) — The number of Americans newly diagnosed with the coronavirus is falling — a development experts say most

North Carolina’s flagship university canceled in-person classes for undergraduates just a week into the fall semester Monday as college

Daisy Conant, 91, thrives off routine. One of her favorites is reading the newspaper with her morning coffee. But,

(AP) — Stocks are closing with modest gains on Wall Street, leaving the S&P 500 just shy of its

From the dorms at North Carolina to the halls of Notre Dame, officials at universities around the U.S. scrambled

As the novel coronavirus began to spread through Minneapolis this spring, Health Commissioner Gretchen Musicant tore up her budget

(AP) — The head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention says he has been injected with

An experimental blood test was highly accurate at distinguishing people with Alzheimer’s disease from those without it in several

Younger people are less likely to be hospitalized or die of COVID-19 than their elders, but they circulate more

(AP) — Attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, alleging

As a veteran public health worker, Chantee Mack knew the coronavirus could kill. She already faced health challenges and

(AP) — A California appeals court on Monday upheld a groundbreaking verdict that Monsanto’s widely used weed killer caused

Stocks are extending Wall Street’s recent run of gains Tuesday afternoon, despite an early rally losing some of its

(AP) — California will kill 3.2 million trout to stop the outbreak of a bacterial infection that’s threatening hatcheries,

(AP) — Firefighters and aircraft worked Tuesday to halt the spread of two forest fires in rural northeastern California.

(AP) — The powerful Republican speaker of the Ohio House and four other people were arrested Tuesday in a

(AP) — Hackers working with the Chinese government targeted firms developing vaccines for the coronavirus and stole hundreds of