Tag: Demographics
Canada vs Zimbabwe: Two divergent paths of COVID vaccination
HARARE, Zimbabwe — When mother-of-three Amanda Wood heard that hundreds of coronavirus shots were available for teens, only one thing prevented her from racing...
AP FACT CHECK: Biden inflates jobs impact from his policies
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday inflated the impact of his policies on U.S. jobs created in his first half-year in office, misleadingly...
Death rates soar in Southeast Asia as virus wave spreads
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Indonesia has converted nearly its entire oxygen production to medical use just to meet the demand from COVID-19 patients struggling...
CDC probes deaths in immunized patients in nursing homes
WASHINGTON — Lagging vaccination rates among nursing home staff are being linked to a national increase in COVID-19 infections and deaths at senior facilities...
COVID-19 cases in US triple over 2 weeks amid misformation
MISSION, Kan. — COVID-19 cases triple tripled in the U.S. over two weeks amid an onslaught of vaccine misinformation that is straining hospitals, exhausting...
Purdue: 60% of students fully vaccinated against COVID-19
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University says 60% of incoming students and 66% of school employees have submitted proof of being fully vaccinated against...
Watchdog: Little help from Trump officials in census probe
A watchdog agency investigating the origins of a failed attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census form was unable to question...
Watchdog: Ross misled on reason for citizenship question
President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary misled Congress about why he sought to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, according to an investigation...
Tunisia puts military on vaccination duty as cases soar
KESRA, Tunisia — Soldiers hold rifles to guard the health center in the traditional Tunisian village of Kesra, while inside, military medics use other...
Biden grappling with ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’
WASHINGTON — Two weeks after celebrating America’s near “independence” from the coronavirus, President Joe Biden is confronting the worrying reality of rising cases and...