Health

Amazon’s plan to hire 133,000 new workers flies in the face of sharp layoffs and company closures that have eliminated tens of thousands of American jobs since March. The national unemployment rate fell to 8.4% […]

Love to work out, but wary of going to the gym in the face of the pandemic? You’re not alone. Exercise is Medicine, a global health initiative managed by the American College of Sports Medicine, […]

Covid-19 isn’t the only plague hitting Nigeria. Sexual assaults are on the rise as lockdowns freeze men out of work and keep women and children trapped indoors. Nigerian police reported a total of 717 rape […]

The number of new confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 continued to trend lower in Texas, as did the number of related deaths, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported Wednesday. At […]

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ U.S. health officials have sparked a wave of confusion after posting guidelines that coronavirus testing is not necessary for people who have been in close […]

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press Mental health officials said Monday that children are a particular concern during the coronavirus pandemic both as patients and as offspring of providers working from home. The pandemic has exacerbated […]

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/ Report for America JACKSON, MISS. (AP) _ More than 500 people in one of the poorest counties in Mississippi were tested for the coronavirus by the state Department of Health […]

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ A new lawsuit says Mississippi’s absentee voting law is confusing and could be applied inconsistently during the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in […]