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From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Birmingham: Hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 have jumped about 20% in less than two weeks in the state, a trend that health officials said Tuesday they were monitoring but don’t consider a sign of another coming crisis in the pandemic. Statistics from the Alabama Department of Public Health showed 362 people were hospitalized Monday for the illness caused by the coronavirus. Though up from the 301 patients just 10 days earlier, the total was still just a fraction of the 3,070 patients who pushed the state’s intensive care wards to near-ca...

Print article When the coronavirus pandemic began last year, Carolina Tolladay Vidal’s pinata business in Anchorage went to pieces — and not in a good way for a pinata maker. “Many of the projects I had were moved to other dates,” she told Alaska Public Media. “Many were canceled.” Tolladay Vidal had to find fresh ideas to rejuvenate her business and settled on making large, coronavirus-shaped pinatas. After Tolladay Vidal posted a photograph of a homemade coronavirus pinata on social media, the orders started piling up, she said. “I think you really smash them and break th...

Alaska pinata maker now makes coronavirus-shaped models April 20, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic began last year, Carolina Tolladay Vidal's pinata business in Alaska grounded almost to a halt. “Many of the projects I had were moved to other dates,” she told Alaska Public Media last Friday. “Many were canceled.” Tolladay Vidal had to find fresh ideas to rejuvenate her business and settled on making large, coronavirus shaped pinatas. After Tolladay Vidal posted a photograph of a homemade coronavirus pinata on social media, the orders s...