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Coronavirus

Yes, there are turkeys for Thanksgiving — for a price

Turkeys may not be able to fly very far. But their prices can soar — along with the costs of other holiday staples like cranberry sauce and pie filling. The Thanksgiving table hasn’t been spared the price inflation that is rampant elsewhere in the economy because of strong consumer ...

How COVID shots for kids help prevent new variants

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Cadell Walker rushed to get her 9-year-old daughter Solome vaccinated against COVID-19 — not just to protect her but to help stop the coronavirus from spreading and spawning even more dangerous variants. “Love thy neighbor is something that we really do believe, ...

A bounty of food and travelers for Thanksgiving holiday

MARTINS FERRY — The First Presbyterian Church of Martins Ferry is offering free Thanksgiving dinners to anyone in need this Thursday. The free meals will be available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thanksgiving Day at the church, located at 400 Walnut St. Barbara Vickers Morris, an elder of the ...

Drug-maker Pfizer agrees to let other companies make its COVID-19 pill

LONDON (AP) — Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with a U.N.-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, a move that could make the treatment available to more than half of the world’s population. In a statement issued Tuesday, Pfizer said it ...

GOP-majority court chosen to consider Biden vaccine mandate

Challenges to President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers will be consolidated in the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, a panel dominated by judges appointed by Republicans. The Cincinnati-based court was selected Tuesday in a random drawing using ping-pong balls, ...

Key reason for supply shortages: Americans keep spending

DETROIT (AP) — Take a step back from the picked-over store shelves, the stalled container ships and the empty auto showrooms, and you’ll find a root cause of shortages of just about everything. Even as the pandemic has dragged on, U.S. households flush with cash from stimulus checks, ...