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Pfizer CEO not panicking about monkeypox, doesn’t see an all-out crisis

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said Wednesday he isn't too worried about the monkeypox outbreak in multiple countries becoming a global panic like COVID-19.

May 25, 2022

All shooting victims were in one classroom in Texas elementary school: police

Texas authorities say all of the fatalities and injuries in Tuesday's school shooting in Uvalde took place in one classroom.

May 25, 2022

Migrants stuck in Mexico protest Title 42 ruling: report

Migrant groups are protesting a judge's order that kept Title 42 in place despite President Biden's attempt to end the pandemic-era measure that turned away many people at the border.

May 25, 2022

Active shooter events spiked in 2021, says FBI report

Active shooter incidents in the U.S. jumped by more than 50% in 2021 compared to 2020 and resulted in a higher number of deaths in such incidents since 2017, the FBI says in a new report.

May 25, 2022

North Korea tests missiles after Biden’s departure from Asia

North Korea fired a series of ballistic missiles early Wednesday, shortly after President Biden's departure from East Asia.

May 25, 2022

Mexican Consulate offers assistance to nationals after Texas school shooting

The Mexican government is offering to assist families after the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which is about 50 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.

May 25, 2022

CDC: Fast-moving omicron variant becomes dominant virus strain

A fast-moving form of omicron is now the dominant coronavirus variant as the U.S. heads into the third Memorial Day weekend of the pandemic.

May 25, 2022

U.S., nations tap vaccine stockpiles, buy shots to combat monkeypox

The U.S. and other countries are scouring their vaccine stockpiles or ordering smallpox shots in a bid to control a global outbreak of the related monkeypox disease, though officials say the effort will be targeted and not a mass drive like the COVID-19 push.

May 24, 2022

EU condemns Russia for sparking food crisis as part of Ukraine invasion

The European Commission has accused Moscow of manufacturing a global crisis by destroying or blocking critical supplies from Ukraine, which is considered the breadbasket of Europe.

May 24, 2022

Pence rallies for Georgia Gov. Kemp in rebuke of Trump

Former Vice President Mike Pence took an implicit swipe at his old boss late Monday as he boosted Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp for reelection in Tuesday's primary against ex-Sen. David Perdue, who is backed by former President Donald Trump.

May 24, 2022

Philly reinstates mask mandate in schools, part of a national trend

Students and teachers in Philadelphia are required to wear masks again after city officials warned of a spike in coronavirus infections.

May 24, 2022

CDC: U.S. to release vaccines from stockpile for monkeypox fight

The U.S. is set to release vaccines from the Strategic National Stockpile to protect high-risk contacts of people who have contracted monkeypox.

May 24, 2022

Biden says Taiwan policy has not changed, one day after dust-up

President Biden on Tuesday said the U.S. policy of "strategic ambiguity" toward Taiwan remains intact, hoping to tamp down the furor over his assertion Monday that he would intervene militarily if China invaded the island.

May 24, 2022

CDC: U.S. has 1 confirmed, 4 presumed cases of monkeypox

The U.S. is investigating four presumed cases of monkeypox in addition to the confirmed case out of Massachusetts, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.

May 23, 2022

Pfizer: Children under 5 show strong immune response in three-shot, COVID-19 vaccine regimen

Drugmaker Pfizer on Monday said the third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine produced a strong immune response in children ages 6 months to under 5 years and should meet the criteria for emergency authorization.

May 23, 2022

Florida officials report presumptive monkeypox case, third in U.S.

Officials in Broward County, Florida, are investigating a presumptive case of monkeypox, the first in the state amid unusual clusters of the virus outside of Africa.

May 23, 2022

Military plane with 78K pounds of baby formula lands in Indiana

A military plane carrying 78,000 pounds of specialty infant formula landed Sunday in Indiana as part of President Biden's scramble to shore up a nationwide shortage.

May 23, 2022

Biden says U.S. would use military to defend Taiwan if China invades

President Biden said Monday the U.S. would get involved militarily if China were to invade Taiwan, a blunt statement that went beyond the "strategic ambiguity" that previous presidents have employed in talking about the island nation that Beijing considers a breakaway province.

May 23, 2022

VP Harris, Surgeon General Murthy sound alarm over health worker burnout

Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy are sounding the alarm Monday over health worker "burnout" because of systemic challenges in the sector and the pandemic's toll.

May 23, 2022

Virus surges again, but the era of sweeping COVID-19 mandates may be over

COVID-19 is surging across the country and filling hospitals again, but leaders from coast to coast have bucked the return of mask mandates, signaling on-again, off-again rules are no longer politically tenable and nearing extinction.

May 20, 2022