As the federal government releases historic sums of pandemic aid to the nation's schools, it's urging them to dream big and invest in seismic changes that will benefit students for generations to come. But many districts say they have more urgent problems to tackle first. In Detroit, that means fixing buildings with crumbling ceilings and [...]
COLUMBUS — The vaccinations that U.S. schoolchildren are required to get to hold terrible diseases such as polio, measles, tetanus and whooping cough in check are way behind schedule this year, threatening further complications to a school year already marred by COVID-19. The lag was caused by pandemic-related disruptions last year to routine doctor's visits, [...]
DENVER — Anxiety in the United States over COVID-19 is at its highest level since winter, a new poll shows, as the delta variant rages, more states and school districts adopt mask and vaccination requirements, and the nation's hospitals once again fill to capacity. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research [...]
GULF SHORES, Ala. — Tourists and servers alike dance atop tables and in the aisles at one restaurant on the "Redneck Riviera," a beloved stretch of towns along the northern Gulf Coast where beaches, bars and stores are packed. Yet just a few miles away, a hospital is running out of critical care beds, its [...]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There are plenty of places to turn for accurate information about COVID-19: a family physician, local health departments or the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. But not, perhaps, your local government's public comment session. During a meeting of the St. Louis County Council earlier this month, opponents of a possible [...]
As the pandemic took hold, a Kansas City-area meeting and event planning business began hawking "I Shake Hands" stickers to help ease awkward social encounters. "We didn't want the sticker to say, 'We Don't Shake Hands' because that is kind of off-putting," said John DeLeon, vice president of operations and sales at MTI Events, adding [...]
NEWPORT, R.I. — Ready to go out on the town before summer ends? In parts of the U.S., you might have to carry your COVID-19 vaccine card or a digital copy to get into restaurants, bars, nightclubs and outdoor music festivals. After resisting the divisive concept of vaccine passports through most of the pandemic, a [...]
Impatient with years of inaction in Washington on prescription drug costs, hospital groups, startups and nonprofits have started making their own medicines in a bid to combat stubbornly high prices and persistent shortages of drugs with little competition. The efforts are at varying stages, but some have already made and shipped millions of doses. Nearly [...]
DENVER (AP) — As a police sergeant in a rural town, Carlos Cornejo isn't the prototypical social media influencer, but his Spanish-language Facebook page with 650,000 followers was exactly what Colorado leaders were looking for as they recruited residents to try to persuade the most vaccine-hesitant. Cornejo, 32, is one of dozens of influencers, ranging [...]
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — As the delta variant of the coronavirus sweeps across the United States, a growing number of colleges and universities are requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for students to attend in-person classes. But the mandatory requirement has opened the door for those opposed to getting the vaccine to cheat the [...]