By ALI SWENSON Associated Press A routine meeting of the Washington State Board of Health on Wednesday became the topic of a nationwide misinformation campaign this week as social media users, politic…
ABC News draws fire for editing of CDC director’s interview
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News is under fire for its editing of a “Good Morning America” interview with CDC Director Rochelle Walensky that created uncertainty that’s being e…
Ohio takes big step by sending body cams to all its prisons
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio will deploy more than 5,000 body cameras in all 28 prisons and its adult parole authority offices by May, the state corrections agen…
When am I contagious if infected with omicron?
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer When am I contagious if infected with omicron? It’s not yet clear, but some early data suggests people might become contagious sooner than with earlier variants — p…
FACT FOCUS: Federal agents didn’t orchestrate Jan. 6
By ALI SWENSON Associated Press The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection poked another hole in the pro-Trump conspiracy theory that federal agents orchestrated the attack, confirming …
Partisan divide on COVID policy widens in state legislatures
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In Democratic-led Washington state, just four lawmakers were present in the 98-member House this week as they convened a mostly remote sess…
Democrats try to stamp out school closures as omicron surges
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press When Chicago teachers voted to work remotely last week to protest COVID-19 safety protections in the nation’s third-largest school district, De…
EPA moves to crack down on dangerous coal ash storage ponds
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power plants, ordering utilities t…
Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their plans. The Biden ad…
FACT FOCUS: Unfounded theory used to dismiss COVID measures
By ANGELO FICHERA and JOSH KELETY Associated Press An unfounded theory taking root online suggests millions of people have been “hypnotized” into believing mainstream ideas about COVID-19, including s…