CDC Leader: Masks, Vaccination Could Halt Surge
WASHINGTON -- Dr. Rochelle Walensky says new mask-wearing guidance, coupled with higher rates of vaccination against COVID-19, could halt the current escalation of infections in “a...
EXPLAINER: Employers Have Legal Right To Mandate COVID Shots
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The state of California. New York City. Hospitals and nursing homes. Colleges and universities. Employers are putting COV...
CDC Reverses Course On Indoor Masks In Some Parts Of US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reversed course Tuesday on some masking guidelines, recommending that even vaccinated people return to wearing mask...
Moderna Expanding Kids Vaccine Study To Better Assess Safety
WASHINGTON (AP) — Moderna said Monday it plans to expand the size of its COVID-19 vaccine study in younger children to better detect rare side effects, such as a type of heart infl...
New York City To Require Nearly All Municipal Workers To Get Vaccinated By September Or Undergo Weekly Coronavirus Tests
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will require all of its municipal workers — including teachers and police officers — to get coronavirus vaccines by mid-September or face weekly COVID...
Sparked By Pandemic Fallout, Homeschooling Surges Across US
UNITED STATES (AP) — Although the pandemic disrupted family life across the U.S. since taking hold in spring 2020, some parents are grateful for one consequence: They're now opting...
Germans Divided Over Restrictions For The Unvaccinated
BERLIN (AP) — German politicians were deeply divided Sunday over a warning by Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief of staff that restrictions for unvaccinated people may be necessary i...
Fauci Says US Headed In ‘Wrong Direction’ On Coronavirus
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The United States is in an ``unnecessary predicament” of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant, the nation’...
Fauci: CDC May Back Wearing Face Masks More
WASHINGTON -- Dr. Anthony Fauci says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are weighing revising their COVID-19 guidelines to recommend that even fully vaccinated ind...
DOJ Says No Probe Into State-Run Nursing Homes In New York
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Justice Department has decided not to open a civil rights investigation into government-run nursing homes in New York over their COVID-19 response, accordin...
US Diplomat Worried About Pandemic, Food Supply In N Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — America’s No. 2 diplomat on Friday expressed sympathy for North Koreans facing hardships and food shortages linked to the coronavirus pandemic and renewed...
Gov Defends Agency’s Vaccine Chief Firing, Outreach Rollback
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday came out in full defense of his administration’s firing of the state’s vaccination chief and rollback of outreach for c...
PM Urges Israelis To Get Vaccinated As Delta Variant Spreads
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister on Thursday called upon hundreds of thousands of citizens who have not yet been vaccinated against the coronavirus to get the shot. His app...
Bezos Comes Under Criticism For Saying Amazon Employees And Customers ‘Paid’ For His Space Trip
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos came under intense criticism after landing from his first space trip, when he mentioned casually that he wished to thank the employees an...
Israeli Police Withdraw Coronavirus Fines After Chareidi Group Petitions Against Selective Enforcement
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During the first, second and third waves of the coronavirus pandemic Israeli police distributed numerous fines in the chareidi sector over lack of adherence t...
14-Year-Old Daughter Of Belz Family In Manchester Killed In Road Accident, 2 Others Seriously Injured
NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a terrible road accident which occurred in Scotland, three members of a chareidi family from Manchester, England were badly injured. A 14-year-old girl pass...
Rare ‘Breakthrough’ COVID Cases Are Causing Alarm, Confusion
WASHINGTON (AP) — Reports of athletes, lawmakers and others getting the coronavirus despite vaccination may sound alarming but top health experts point to overwhelming evidence tha...
Lawmakers: Parental OK Needed For Minors To Get Covid Shot
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two Tennessee Republican lawmakers said Wednesday they received assurances that the state's health agency won't vaccinate minors for COVID-19 without parent...
US Airlines Say COVID-19 Variants Aren’t Hurting Bookings
ATLANTA (AP) — Rising concern about the fast-spreading delta variant of COVID-19 is creating turbulence for the stocks of big travel companies, but airline executives say they don’...
WHO: 3.4M Global Virus Cases Last Week, Up 12%
GENEVA — The World Health Organization says there were more than 3.4 million new global cases of the coronavirus last week, a 12% increase from the previous week.
The U.N. healt...