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A sign at a McDonald's restaurant is displayed on April 29, 2024, in Albany, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

McDonald’s-linked E. coli outbreak spreads to 13 states: CDC

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Fernando Hermida, who has moved several times to access HIV treatment, stands for a portrait in Charlotte, N.C., on May 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)

Young gay Latinos see a rising share of new HIV cases, leading to a call for targeted funding

By Vanessa G. Sanchez, Phillip Reese/KFF Health News and Devna Bose - Associated Press

Rep. Brad Wenstrup, Ohio Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

House panel launches investigation into illegal Chinese lab in California

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

A sign points visitors toward the financial services department at a hospital, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Medicaid coverage will end for millions of Americans in 2023, and that pushes many into unfamiliar territory: the health insurance marketplace. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Number of Americans without health insurance falls to record low, says CDC

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Illustration about the rise of a dangerous fungus called Candida auris.(Illustration/Amelia Bates, Grist via AP)

Dangerous fungus is becoming more prevalent. Scientists believe climate change could be to blame

By Camille Fassett - Associated Press

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging Americans to stop using EzriCare Artificial Tears after the product was linked to an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. (File photo credit: life-literacy via Shutterstock)

Bacterially tainted eyedrops infect 50 in 11 states, causing 1 death

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington, as the court hears arguments in a case from Mississippi, where a 2018 law would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, well before viability. An expected decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming year to severely restrict abortion rights or overturn Roe v. Wade entirely is setting off a renewed round of abortion battles in state legislatures. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

CDC report: U.S. abortion rate rose for second consecutive year

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 2, 2021, file photo the U.S. Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Joe Biden may have averted a flood of evictions and solved a growing political problem when his administration reinstated a temporary ban on evictions because of the COVID-19 crisis, but he left his lawyers with legal arguments that even he acknowledged might not stand up in court. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) **FILE**

Justice Department defends new evictions moratorium in court over landlord challenge

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention speaks during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis on the Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Amr Alfiky/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

CDC blows it (again) with mangled mask-mandate message

By Joseph Curl

In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, photo Reginald Henry, 69, of Washington, receives his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at Howard University, in Washington. &quot;I felt confident about getting the vaccine,&quot; says Henry, who lives in a senior building, &quot;because God helps those who help themselves.&quot; (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

CDC study: Pfizer, Moderna vaccines 94% effective against hospitalization in seniors

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Arizona health agency backs resumption of use of J&J vaccine

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Holocaust survivor Yehoshua Datsinger places tefillin on his arm above the Auschwitz concentration camp identification number tattoo, during morning prayer at a synagogue limited to 20 people during lockdown, in Bnei Brak, Israel, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Photographer Oded Balilty said he was struck that even though older people were the most vulnerable to the coronavirus, Datsinger still went to synagogue every morning to pray. “He survived this latest war as well,” Balilty said. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

The Latest: Michigan governor: State’s surge may be ending

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

People sit at setup tables outside a pub in Soho, in London, on the day some of England's third coronavirus lockdown restrictions were eased by the British government, Monday, April 12, 2021. People across England flocked to shed shaggy locks and browse for clothes, books and other &quot;non-essential&quot; items as shops, gyms, hairdressers, restaurant patios and beer gardens reopened Monday after months of lockdown. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

The Latest: Governor bans vaccine passports for Montana

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

An elderly woman receives her first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in Kitaaiki village, Nagano prefecture, central Japan, Monday, April 12, 2021. Japan started its vaccination drive with medical workers and expanded Monday to older residents, with the first shots being given in about 120 selected places around the country. (Yohei Nishimura/Kyodo News via AP)

The Latest: Australia has 2nd likely Astra-Zeneca clot case

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, March 1, 2021, file photo, a woman receives the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India. The world's largest vaccine maker, based in India, will be able to restart exports of AstraZeneca doses by June if new coronavirus infections subside in the country, its chief executive said Tuesday, April 6. But a continued surge could result in more delays because the Serum Institute of India would have to meet domestic needs, Adar Poonawalla warned in an interview with The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

The Latest: 11 new COVID-19 cases in China’s lone outbreak

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Worshippers celebrate a Good Friday service at the Marktkirche in Hanover, Germany, Friday, April 2, 2021. Despite the Corona pandemic and numerous contact restrictions, the churches are allowed to celebrate services around Easter. ( Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP)

The Latest: SKorea’s daily virus increase tops 500 again

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

European Council President Charles Michel speaks during an online joint press conference with Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)

The Latest: Wyoming governor sticks with ending mask mandate

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

An employee checks the newly arrived coronavirus vaccines from Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm at the logistics base set up to in the parking lot of the government office in the 13th district of Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 29, 2021. (Noemi Bruzak/MTI via AP)

The Latest: Trump blasts Fauci and Birx as ‘self-promoters’

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Buddhists monks wearing faces masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus pray to celebrate the Buddha's birthday at the Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

The Latest: LA mayor criticizes state over vaccination rules

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Police inspect vehicles at a checkpoint as curfew is imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in metro Manila, Philippines a year after the country imposed a lockdown on Monday, March 15, 2021. The Department of Health has been reporting a surge in infections for more than a week, adding to concerns over a sluggish start of a vaccination campaign that has faced supply problems and public reluctance. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

The Latest: Nevada to open vaccination to everyone over 16

By The Associated Press - Associated Press