Local pharmacists step up in COVID-19 vaccination effort In communities across the country, local pharmacy owners are among the people administering COVID-19 vaccinations By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer March 8, 2021, 10:30 PM • 6 min read Sh...

Hungary closes stores, schools to curb surge due to variants Hungary has imposed strict new lockdown measures aimed at slowing a record-breaking wave of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths which experts say are driven by virus variants By JUSTIN SPIKE...

Germany looks to AstraZeneca shot to boost vaccine rollout Germany has begun ramping up the use of the coronavirus vaccine made by AstraZeneca, after authorities last week gave the green light for it to be administered to people age 65 and over By FRANK...

Trump policy that weakened wild bird protections is revoked The Biden administration has reversed a policy imposed under President Donald Trump that drastically weakened the government’s power to enforce a century-old law protecting most U.S. bird spe...

Oil prices surge after attack on Saudi oil site Oil prices pressed higher Monday after strikes on major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, shook energy markets By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business writers...

Asia shares mostly lower on selling of tech stocks Asian shares are mostly lower despite hopes for a gradual global recovery after the U.S. stimulus package passed the Senate over the weekend By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer March 8, 2021, 7:25 AM •...

Photo taken on Jan. 14, 2021 shows a night view of Lujiazui in Pudong of east China...

Asian shares mixed after US stimulus bill, profit-taking Asian shares were mixed Monday, as some indexes were lifted by hopes for a gradual global recovery after the U.S. stimulus package passed the Senate over the weekend By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business W...

EU, US agree to suspend tariffs over Airbus-Boeing dispute In a sign of goodwill to rebuild trans-Atlantic relations, the European Union and the United States have decided to suspend tariffs used in the longstanding Airbus-Boeing dispute By RAF CASERT A...

Nonprofits stepping up to bolster COVID vaccination efforts The messy and confusing distribution of vaccines has prompted a broad array of nonprofits and volunteers nationwide to step in to fill the gaps By EMILY HAYNES of The Chronicle of Philanthropy...