Author Archives: Syndicated Content
CDC says Americans should wear masks in 73.8% of U.S. counties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday that 73.8% of U.S. counties had transmission rates of COVID-19 high enough to warrant indoor masking in publi...
Jul 30, 2021
FDA okays Regeneron COVID-19 antibody as preventive in high-risk settings
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded the emergency use authorization of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc's COVID-19 antibody cocktail, enabling its use as a preventive treatment...
Jul 30, 2021
White House says average number of people getting COVID-19 vaccination shots is up 30%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Friday the average number of people getting COVID-19 vaccination shots is up 30% at a time when the Delta...
Jul 30, 2021
U.S. administers 344.93 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines - CDC
(Reuters) - The United States had administered 344,928,514 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country and distributed 399,090,105 doses as of Friday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Jul 30, 2021
Guatemalans protest for second day to demand president resigns
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters blocked intersections across Guatemala for the second day in a row on Friday, as calls intensified for President Alejandro Giammattei and the atto...
Jul 30, 2021
Quake strikes Peru-Ecuador border region, minor damages reported
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 jolted the Peru-Ecuador border region on Friday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said, but only minor reports of damage were registered ...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Baseball-'Best ball in the world' gets mud bath, gloved treatment
By Paresh Dave YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - They hail from Sri Lanka, enjoy 30-second rubs in U.S. mud, get top-notch service in Japan because of the pandemic and are called the best in the world by Jo...
Jul 30, 2021
Mali's interim government is mindful of fixed election timeline - PM
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's transitional government is conscious of its commitment to a fixed deadline for arranging elections to restore democracy after last year's coup, Prime Minister Choguel Maiga s...
Jul 30, 2021
Bosnian Serbs defy international envoy's decree against genocide denial
BELGRADE (Reuters) - The Bosnian Serb entity in Bosnia decided on Friday to defy the recent decision of the international peace overseer in the Balkan country to ban the denial of the 1995 Srebrenica ...
Jul 30, 2021
Worker sued Lyondell in May over safety at Texas plant that killed two
By Liz Hampton (Reuters) - A contractor sued LyondellBasell Industries in May, alleging lax safety measures led to a workplace accident at the same plant that leaked chemicals this week, killing two c...
Jul 30, 2021
