TOKYO (AP) — Japan approved new restrictions on Friday to curb a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in the three most affected southwestern regions of Okinawa, Yamaguchi and Hiroshima. "Given the sudden surge in infections, the medical system runs the risk of suffering a heavy burden in the ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California surge in coronavirus cases has shut down schools and sidelined thousands of police, firefighters, teachers and health care workers but officials are hoping it will be short-lived. "My hope is that, you know, by the time we get to February, we're on the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is surging and new omicron infections are spiking, but America's employers are thought to have kept right on hiring in December on the strength of solid consumer spending. One reason for optimism about the jobs data the government will issue Friday morning is ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A cruise ship that docked in San Francisco on Thursday is under observation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after a dozen vaccinated passengers tested positive for coronavirus. The results followed a random testing of 25% of the passengers aboard ...
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts' COVID-19 death total climbed past 20,000 on Wednesday. There were 54 deaths reported on the day, bringing the total number to 20,008 since the start of the pandemic. The state also reported another 27,600 confirmed new cases of the disease as the highly ...
CONCORD – School and child-care providers peppered top state officials with questions about CDC’s new quarantine and isolation guidance in its regular, virtual briefing Wednesday, telling them it is making their job harder. Dr. Benjamin Chan, the state epidemiologist, recognized over 200 ...
