Biden administration still weighing whether to declare monkeypox a public health emergency
ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) — With new cases of monkeypox emerging rapidly across the country, the Biden administration is weighing whether to declare the growing outbreak a public health emergency, federal health officials said …
As US economy slows, Biden resists recession label and touts ‘historically strong’ job market
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday pointed to robust job growth and low unemployment that should, he argued, quell growing concerns of a financial downturn after it was announced that the economy contracted for …
Man cured of HIV, cancer following breakthrough stem cell transplant: Doctors
Westend61/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A 66-year-old man who was diagnosed with HIV in 1988 is said to be free of both the HIV virus and cancer, following a stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor for leukemia, according to a breakthrough announcemen…
Minorities are bearing the brunt of monkeypox cases in the US: CDC
Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images, FILE(ATLANTA) — Minorities are bearing the brunt of monkeypox cases in the United States, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.
During a telemedia briefing Thursday, Capt. Jennifer McQuiston, d…
73 migrants — including 13 kids — found in D.C. ‘stash houses,’ official says; smuggling suspected
Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday found 73 migrants — including 13 children — in multiple Washington, D.C., homes believed to be operated by human smugglers, acco…
Krysten Ritter to star in, produce ‘Orphan Black’ spin-off, ‘Echoes’
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicAMC has tapped Jessica Jones vet Krysten Ritter to produce and star in the spin-off to the Emmy-winning drama Orphan Black called Orphan Black: Echoes.
For Ritter, the 10-episode series is a return to the network, for whi…
Trump PAC made large donations to Michigan group and others pushing voting restrictions or false election claims
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — As former President Donald Trump continues to push false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, his political action committee has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to organizations and can…
Trevor Reed ‘cautiously optimistic’ about proposal to free Griner and Whelan from Russia
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Trevor Reed, a former Marine from Texas who served nearly three years in a Russian prison before he was freed in a prison swap this spring, said he is “cautiously optimistic” that a similar deal can be worked out in the high-profi…
After 1st case of pregnant woman with monkeypox in US, what pregnant women should know
Mike Harrington/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As the number of cases of monkeypox continue to rise in the United States, pregnant women are now among those affected.
The first case of monkeypox in a pregnant woman in the U.S. has been reported, according …
Democrats blast the party for spotlighting challenger to Republican who voted to impeach Trump
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Just 10 days into his congressional career, Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer broke with his party and voted with nine other Republicans and every Democrat in the House to impeach President Donald Trump over the Capitol…