MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont homeowners who suffered pandemic-related financial hardships can apply for grants of up to $30,000 to pay overdue mortgage payments and other housing bills, Gov. Phil Scott has announced. The Homeowner Assistance Program is funded by $50 million in federal ...
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Vermont is declining, but those declines are lagging behind other nearby states that were hit earlier by the omicron variant of the virus, top state officials said Tuesday. State statistics released Tuesday show the number of new cases in Vermont declined ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The COVID-19 booster drive in the U.S. is losing steam, worrying health experts who have pleaded with Americans to get an extra shot to shore up their protection against the highly contagious omicron variant. Just 40% of fully vaccinated Americans have received a booster ...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills has convinced the White House to increase shipments of a key COVID-19 treatment after the number of doses was reduced. Mills announced Monday that the federal government will nearly double Maine's ration to 120 courses of the monoclonal antibody ...
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong expanded a partial lockdown and tightened pandemic restrictions Tuesday after more than 200 cases of COVID-19 were discovered at a public housing estate. Hong Kong has already suspended many overseas flights and requires arrivals be quarantined, similar to ...
BERLIN (AP) — Most countries have made little to no progress in bringing down corruption levels over the past decade, and authorities' response to the COVID-19 pandemic in many places has weighed on accountability, a closely watched study by an anti-graft organization found ...
