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Senate confirms Jackson to Supreme Court
The Senate chamber galleries were full for the first time in two years on Thursday while lawmakers voted 53-47 to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the […]
CDC to end pandemic border restriction
On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it will officially revoke Title 42 on May 23, giving the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) time to […]
Public transportation mask mandate extended
The requirement to wear a mask on planes, buses, trains, and in transit facilities was set to expire on March 18, but a Centers for Disease […]
U.S. bans Russian oil imports
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that Americans can expect even higher prices at the gas pumps as the U.S. halts all imports of Russian oil. “We […]
White House unveils new COVID response plan
At the State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Joe Biden said the country can “move forward safely, back to more normal routines.” The White […]
States drop mask mandates
Illinois, Massachusetts and New York joined the list of states planning to lift public face-covering requirements by the end of February or in March. New York Gov. […]
Olympics open amid boycotts, protests
A Uyghur skier helped carry the flame to the Olympic cauldron during Friday’s opening ceremony at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. The Chinese government’s decision […]
Pfizer to conduct omicron-specific vaccine trial
Pfizer and partner BioNTech are enrolling nearly 1,500 healthy adults to test a reformulated COVID-19 vaccine for effectiveness against the omicron variant. While the World Health […]
Judge blocks federal worker vaccine mandate
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown of Texas issued a nationwide injunction Friday, ruling the government cannot enforce a requirement that more than 3.5 million federal employees […]
China enforces zero-COVID policy before Olympics
Citing concerns of widespread COVID-19 infection, the Olympics organizing committee shortened the torch relay to only three days. The flame will be displayed in enclosed venues, […]
Omicron wave hits nursing homes
The American Health Care Association, which represents more than 14,000 nursing homes nationwide, found that as of Jan. 9, the daily average number of COVID-19 cases among nursing […]
Supreme Court splits decision on vaccine mandates
The nation’s highest court blocked the Biden administration’s order that employees at large businesses must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or test weekly and wear masks. The […]
Supply chain issues leave grocery shelves sparse
In an average year, U.S. grocery stores might have 5 percent to 10 percent of items out of stock. But according to Consumer Brands Association President […]
Experts: Omicron cases might have peaked
A model by the University of Washington estimates the wave of COVID-19 infection in the United States brought on by the omicron variant has crested and will […]
U.S. Supreme Court considers vaccine mandates
The nation’s highest court heard more than three hours of oral arguments in person on Friday about the constitutionality of two federal vaccine mandates. Lawyers representing businesses […]
U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations rise
Continuing recent trends, U.S. airlines canceled more than 1,300 flights nationwide on Thursday due to workers calling in sick with the coronavirus. The shortages track with […]
Washington remembers Jan. 6
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a full schedule to c of the day protesters entered the U.S. Capitol to halt the certification of President Joe Biden’s […]
Johnson & Johnson: Booster works against omicron
A recent study of 69,000 health workers in South Africa found a second shot of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine is 85 percent effective at […]
Judge partially reinstates healthcare vaccine rule
Healthcare workers in roughly half of U.S. states are now shielded from a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate, while those in the other half must get vaccinated by Jan. 4. […]
Amazon Web Services outage stalls sites, apps
Amazon’s US-East-1 servers, a major hub for the company’s cloud computing platform, shut down Tuesday morning. The company services governments, universities, and businesses, many of which […]
Biden announces winter COVID-19 strategy
U.S. President Joe Biden announced a nine-part plan to combat COVID-19 during the winter on Thursday—the same day that health officials announced cases of the new […]
Omicron arrives in the United States
The White House reported on Wednesday that a traveler who arrived in California from South Africa had tested positive for the new omicron variant of the […]
Judge blocks healthcare vaccine mandate for some
U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp in Missouri ruled in favor of 10 states that filed the first legal challenge to the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate […]