‘Trust God to be our healer:’ As COVID-19 vaccine mandates grow, so are requests for religious exemptions
WASHINGTON – After Denver announced this month that city employees and workers in hospitals and other high-risk settings must be…
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New Orleans to require vaccines, negative COVID-19 test for indoor venues
New Orleans became the latest American city to impose health requirements on patrons of indoor venues Thursday. Mayor LaToya Cantrell…
Biden to announce vaccine rules for federal employees; Disney tells visitors to mask up starting Friday: COVID-19 updates
President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that all civilian federal employees must be vaccinated against the coronavirus or to regularly…
Miami-Dade commission chairman, vaccinated for COVID-19, tests positive for the virus
The chairman of Miami-Dade’s county commission has tested positive for COVID-19 about four months after he said he was fully…
Newsom draws first lottery winners in effort to boost California COVID-19 vaccinations
Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils a $116.5-million COVID-19 vaccine incentive plan, including cash prizes and gift cards, on May 27 in…
Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine restores a Brazilian city to near normal
SERRANA, Brazil — Just one COVID-19 patient is in critical condition at the Dr. Geraldo Cesar Reis clinic in Serrana,…
Kauai beat COVID-19. Now the Hawaiian island faces a new challenge: Rebuilding the economy
Cynthia and Lance Keener, owners of Ohana Fishing Charters, felt officials on Kauai went too far in imposing virus restrictions.…
The victims of the Italian cable car crash include a frontline COVID-19 doctor, 2 children, and 2 Israelis looking for relief from the conflict with Gaza
The Guardian Luckless Lake Charles: Louisiana city battered by extreme weather – again Two big hurricanes, a paralyzing deep freeze,…
India, hard hit by COVID-19, faces intensifying Tropical Cyclone Tauktae
AccuWeather Death toll rises as Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Tauktae pummels COVID-ravaged India The first Arabian Sea cyclonic storm of…
Welcome to America — for a COVID-19 vaccine shot
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers remarks in Times Square after he toured the grand opening of a Broadway…