By ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration opted last summer not to lock in a chance to buy millions of additional doses of one of the leading coron…
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Biden picks Xavier Becerra to lead HHS, coronavirus response
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, MICHAEL BALSAMO and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secr…
AP sources: Biden picks Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense
By ROBERT BURNS, MICHAEL BALSAMO, JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secret…
A bleak outlook for millions facing cutoff of US jobless aid
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and CASEY SMITH Associated Press Writers INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tina Morton recently faced a choice: Pay bills — or buy a birthday gift for a child? Derrisa Green is falling furthe…
Will the US ever have a national COVID-19 testing strategy?
By MIKE STOBBE and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As the coronavirus epidemic worsens, U.S. health experts hope Joe Biden’s administration will put in place something Donald Tr…
ER visits, long waits climb for kids in mental health crisis
By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer When children and teens are overwhelmed with anxiety, depression or thoughts of self-harm, they often wait days in emergency rooms because there aren’t enough psych…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump floods rally with audacious falsehoods
By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump flooded his first postelection political rally with debunked conspiracy theories and audacious falsehoods Saturday as he cl…
Gene-editing treatment shows promise for sickle cell disease
By MARION RENAULT Associated Press Scientists are seeing promising early results from the first studies testing gene editing for painful, inherited blood disorders that plague millions worldwide, espe…
Report finds microwave energy likely made US diplomats ill
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report by a National Academy of Sciences committee has found that “directed” microwave radiation is the likely cause of illnesses among American diplomats in Cuba and China. Th…
Colorado student, scientist named Time’s ‘Kid of the Year’
LONE TREE, Colo. (AP) — A 15-year-old Colorado high school student and young scientist who has used artificial intelligence and created apps to tackle contaminated drinking water, cyberbullying, opioi…