‘FLiRT’ COVID-19 subvariant dominant in Canada. What to know about the strain
Canada’s lull in COVID-19 cases faces a potential disruption with the emergence of a new family of subvariants, playfully dubbed the ‘FLiRT’ variants.
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Countries struggle to draft ‘pandemic treaty’ to avoid mistakes made during COVID
GENEVA (AP) — After the coronavirus pandemic triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions, leaders at the World Health Organization and worldwide vowed to do better in the future. Years later, countries are still struggling to come up with an agreed-upon plan for how the world might respond to the next global outbreak.
1 lawmaker stops South Carolina health care consolidation bill that had overwhelming support
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill that would have consolidated six South Carolina heath care agencies and was overwhelmingly passed by both chambers of the General Assembly died on the session’s final day Thursday in a procedural move by a member angry he was mocked by his colleagues.
Stephen Colbert isn’t surprised by RFK Jr’s bizarre worm revelation: ‘Insanity now explained’
Late-night show host Stephen Colbert has reacted to Robert F Kennedy Jr’s extraordinary revelation that a worm ate part of his brain and died inside his dead by launching a spoof campaign video entitled: “The Amazing Adventures of Worm in Brain-Man.”
RFK Jr. hires GOP operative who called Jan. 6 'Democrat misdirection'
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign has hired a former top spokesperson to hard-right Republican candidates who has called the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol “Democrat misdirection.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says Americans Are ‘Voting Out of Fear’
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sought to make the case on Sunday that he can do something no third-party or independent candidate has come close to doing in modern U.S. history: win a presidential election. Although polls show him far behind, both major-party campaigns, those of President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump, view Mr. Kennedy as a potential spoiler.
R.F.K. Jr. Raises New Uncertainty for Biden in Michigan
The prospect of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatening to upend the presidential race went from an idea to a reality in one of the country’s most consequential battlegrounds on Thursday, when Mr. Kennedy qualified for the ballot in Michigan.
R.F.K. Jr.’s Environmental Colleagues Urge Him to Drop Presidential Bid
As an independent candidate for the White House, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., claims he would be the “best environment president in American history,” drawing on his past as a crusading lawyer who went after polluters in New York.