Jul 30 WATCH: WHO reports 80 percent rise in infections in last four weeks By Associated Press The World Health Organization warned on Friday of the vast spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus and said it should serve as a "call to action" to speed up vaccination around the world before "more variants emerge."… Continue reading
Jul 29 Breakthrough COVID infections show ‘the unvaccinated are now putting the vaccinated at risk’ By Laura Santhanam Occasional breakthroughs are expected with any vaccine, but more transmissible variants spread among so many unvaccinated people in the United States has placed greater strain on highly effective and safe COVID-19 vaccines. Continue reading
Jul 29 How these mutations made delta the most transmissible COVID variant yet By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News Scientists are trying to piece together why the delta variant so readily infects unvaccinated Americans, spewing 1,000 times more virus particles. Continue reading
Jul 29 Israel to offer 3rd COVID booster shot to older citizens By Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press Thursday's announcement by Naftali Bennett makes Israel the first country to offer a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine to its citizens on a wide scale. Continue reading
Jul 29 WATCH: Biden orders tough new vaccination rules for fed government By Alexandra Jaffe, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press The nation's millions of federal workers will be required to verify they've been vaccinated against the coronavirus or else face mandatory masking, weekly testing, distancing and other new rules. Continue reading
Jul 29 Biden to allow eviction moratorium to expire Saturday By Michael Casey, Associated Press The moratorium was put in place last September by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading
Jul 29 WATCH: House committee discusses pandemic impact on transportation sector By News Desk and Associated Press The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a discussion on the federal response to and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in transportation and infrastructure sectors on Thursday. Continue reading
Jul 28 Lollapalooza to require vaccination card or negative test By Kathleen Foody, Don Babwin, Associated Press The four-day festival starts Thursday and is expected to be back at full capacity, with roughly 100,000 daily attendees. After missing last summer because of the coronavirus, it will be easily Chicago's largest gathering since the pandemic started. Continue reading
Jul 28 New CDC guidelines set off rush to reimpose mask mandates By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press Governments and businesses are scrambling to change course following new federal guidance calling for the return of mask wearing in virus hot spots amid a dramatic spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. Continue reading
Jul 28 Google delays return to office, mandates vaccines By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press CEO Sundar Pichai told Google's more than 130,000 employees in a Wednesday email that the company is now aiming to bring them back to its offices Oct. 18, instead of its previous target date of Sept. 1. Continue reading