COVID-19 conspiracies soar after latest report on origins
The history of COVID-19 is unclear. Even now, three years after the pandemic first appeared, nobody knows for sure whether the coronavirus responsible for it escaped from a laboratory or…
US ending extra help for groceries that started during COVID
There’s a major drive to ensure sure the almost 30 million Americans who received additional government help with shopping expenditures during the epidemic aren’t caught off guard when that aid…
Study hints healthier school lunch can reduce obesity
New research suggests that a federal rule passed in 2010 that increased nutrition requirements for school meals has helped to curb the growth in childhood obesity in the United States,…
NYC ending COVID-19 vaccination mandate for city employees
New York City, which has the most stringent workplace vaccination restrictions in the US for COVID-19, is discontinuing one of the remaining such mandates, announcing that it would no longer…
Dubbed torture, ID policies leave transgender people sterile
She was the only woman soldier working in the guard room, surrounded by men who harassed and frightened her after she said she was transgender. She tried to ignore them…
Egypt puts activist on hunger strike on medical treatment
The family of imprisoned Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah demanded word on his condition after prison authorities on Thursday told them he was undergoing an undefined medical intervention and blocked…
