Category Archives: National
Biden sets broad new vaccine, mask guidelines for millions of federal workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal workers and onsite contractors will have to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or wear masks, practice social distancing and submit to regular testing under sweep...
Jul 29, 2021 REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
Masks now required at indoor portions of Busch Stadium
ST. LOUIS -- Masks will be required again in some parts of Busch Stadium in St. Louis. The move by the St. Louis Cardinals comes after St. Louis City and County implemented a mask mandate late last we...
Jul 29, 2021 Mitch Bennett / CC
ZZ Top bassist dies at 72
HOUSTON -- Longtime ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill has died at 72. Hill passed away at his home in Houston, TX, according to band mates Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard. It's unclear if Hill's death is connec...
Jul 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
Google will require COVID-19 vaccine for U.S. employees to step into campuses
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Wednesday it would require employees in the United States to be vaccinated for stepping into its campuses, in an effort to get its workers immunized against C...
Jul 28, 2021 REUTERS/Paresh Dave/File Photo
U.S. CDC recommends vaccinated Americans wear masks indoors in many cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 should go back to wearing masks in indoor public places in regions where the coronavirus and especially the Delta variant are spreadin...
Jul 27, 2021 REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Biles uncertain if she will continue at Tokyo Games
TOKYO (Reuters) -Simone Biles was left weighing her Olympic future on Tuesday after dropping out of the women's gymnastics team final at the Tokyo Summer Games after one disappointing vault saying she...
Jul 27, 2021 REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
U.S. veterans agency mandates COVID-19 shots for medical staff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday mandated that its doctors and other medical staff get COVID-19 vaccines, becoming the first federal agency to impose such a requ...
Jul 26, 2021 REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Moderna in talks with FDA to expand COVID-19 vaccine pediatric study
(Reuters) -Moderna Inc is in talks with U.S. regulators to expand the size of an ongoing trial testing its COVID-19 vaccines in children aged between five and 11, the drugmaker said on Monday. The obj...
Jul 26, 2021 REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi names Republican Kinzinger to Jan. 6 panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday formally named Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger to serve on a select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attac...
Jul 25, 2021 Ting Shen/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Fauci: Some Americans could need COVID-19 vaccine booster
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. infectious disease official Anthony Fauci said on Sunday that Americans who are immune compromised may end up needing COVID-19 vaccine booster shots. "Those who are tran...
Jul 25, 2021 Midwest Communications
