Texas ends mask mandate after 8 months, becoming largest state to lift order intended to prevent spread of COVID-19

March 2, 2021 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas ends mask mandate after 8 months, becoming largest state to lift order intended to prevent spread of COVID-19.

Beat poet, publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies at 101

By JANIE HAR and HILLEL ITALIEFebruary 23, 2021 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet, publisher, bookseller and activist who helped launch the Beat movement in the 1950s and embodied its curious and rebellious spirit well into...

The African continent has surpassed 100,000 known COVID-19 deaths as few vaccines have yet arrived

February 19, 2021 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The African continent has surpassed 100,000 known COVID-19 deaths as few vaccines have yet arrived.

Israeli DM Gantz’s office confirms it is transferring 5,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine for Palestinian medical workers

January 31, 2021 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli DM Gantz's office confirms it is transferring 5,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine for Palestinian medical workers.

Rhode Island vaccine plan based on age, health, location

By MARK PRATTJanuary 28, 2021 GMT

Rhode Island plans on expanding its coronavirus vaccine program as soon as next week to residents age 75 and older who have not already received a shot, and then to residents 65 and older by...

Kansas coach who survived lung transplant dies of virus

January 20, 2021 GMT

COFFEYVILLE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas football coach who survived and even resumed coaching following a double-lung transplant three years ago has died of COVID-19 complications.

Isolated at home, California woman connects by giving

By LUIS ANDRES HENAOJanuary 14, 2021 GMT

Even as she fights cancer and struggles with a rare lung disease, Corinna Dewar thinks of helping others.

In past holiday seasons, she would bake cookies for some of her neighbors in a...

Colorado regulators planning ban on cannabis vape additives

October 14, 2019 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Colorado marijuana regulators are finalizing a ban on certain additives in cannabis vape products in response to the spread of a lung disease linked to e-cigarettes and marijuana...

Marijuana vape sales lag as lung illnesses rise in US

By GILLIAN FLACCUS and JENNIFER PELTZSeptember 27, 2019 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Vaping products, one of the fastest-growing segments of the legal marijuana industry, have taken a hit from consumers as public health experts scramble to determine what's...

Massachusetts temporarily banning sale of vaping products

By STEVE LeBLANCSeptember 24, 2019 GMT

New Mexico agency: Lung disease possible linked with vaping

August 22, 2019 GMT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Department of Health is investigating possible cases of lung disease associated with vaping and recommends against using vaping cartridges containing an active...