Oct 19 U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas tests positive for COVID By Associated Press A DHS statement says the secretary has only "mild congestion" after taking a routine test Tuesday and testing positive. Mayorkas is fully vaccinated. Continue reading
Oct 19 USDA rethinks approach to controlling salmonella in poultry By Josh Funk, Associated Press The USDA says the industry has succeeded in reducing the level of salmonella contamination found in poultry plants in recent years, but that hasn’t translated into a significant reduction in the 1.35 million salmonella illnesses reported each year. Continue reading
Oct 19 U.S. regulators lay out plan for over-the-counter hearing aids By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press Tuesday's announcement is a long-awaited move intended to make the devices more accessible to millions of Americans with hearing problems. Continue reading
Oct 19 Some pregnant people report regret after not getting vaccinated against COVID-19 By Kim Chandler, Associated Press Two women from Georgia and Alabama who contracted COVID-19 during their pregnancies are urging other pregnant people to get vaccinated. Continue reading
Oct 19 U.S. expected to authorize mix-and-match COVID booster shots By Zeke Miller, Associated Press Federal regulators are expected to authorize the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster shots this week in an effort to provide flexibility for those seeking to maintain protection against the coronavirus. Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch 5:44 Can the world’s whitest paint save Earth? By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin A special experimental white paint that recently made it into the Guinness World Records could one day help keep the world from heating up. John Yang explains from West Lafayette, Indiana. Continue watching
Oct 18 EPA unveils strategy to regulate toxic ‘forever chemicals’ By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The Biden administration is launching a wide-ranging strategy to regulate toxic industrial compounds used in products including cookware, carpets and firefighting foams. Continue reading
Oct 18 Biden team asks Supreme Court to pause Texas abortion law By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The law has been in effect since September, aside from a district court-ordered pause that lasted just 48 hours, and bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks and before some women know they are pregnant. Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch 4:06 Booster shots challenge governments during global vaccine inequality By PBS NewsHour COVID-19 was the number one cause of death for people between the ages of 35 to 54 during some months since the pandemic began last year, according to recent data. Meanwhile, as the Delta variant continues to drive infections around… Continue watching
Oct 16 Russia’s daily COVID-19 deaths top 1,000 for first time By Jim Heintz, Associated Press Russia’s daily death toll from COVID-19 has exceeded 1,000 for the first time as the country faces a sustained wave of rising infections. Continue reading