67°F
weather icon Windy
Filters Reset
1 - 10 of about 20 Results
Content Type
Categories
Authors
Tags
Year
Month
older archives
Biden administration withdraws vaccine mandate for businesses

The Biden administration has officially withdrawn a rule that would have required workers at big companies to get vaccinated or face regular COVID testing requirements.

Hawaii governor ends mask mandate for outdoors

Hawaii Gov. David Ige said Tuesday people will no longer have to wear masks outdoors as the number of COVID-19 cases drop and more people get vaccinated.

Moderna says its COVID shot works in kids as young as 12

Moderna said it will submit data to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other global regulators early next month for authorization to be used starting at age 12.

Arizona’s mask mandate ends, bars reopen

Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday lifted Arizona’s remaining restrictions to curb the coronavirus, prohibiting government mask mandates and allowing bars and nightclubs shuttered for months to open their doors without restrictions.

Some Hawaiians embrace tourist-free state during pandemic

Locals, many of whom depend on tourism jobs, have long felt ambivalence about living in an island paradise that relies heavily on visitor spending, but many saw an upshot to a health crisis that threatened their livelihoods.

Arizona halts some transfers of patients from Nevada, other states

With Arizona hospitals admitting increasing numbers of COVID-19 patients, state health officials said Wednesday that they suspended some transfers of patients from other states.

 
California sees new high in coronavirus cases

California reported a record number of coronavirus cases Wednesday as Los Angeles restaurants prepared to close for three weeks.

Navajo casino employees might stop receiving paychecks

More than 1,000 people who work for the Navajo Nation’s gambling enterprise have been told to prepare for the possibility they will not receive paychecks while on administrative leave.

Mnuchin: Virus aid package soon, $1,200 checks by August

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday that Republicans were set to roll out the next COVID-19 aid package Monday and assured there was backing from the White House after he and President Donald Trump’s top aide met to salvage the $1 trillion proposal that had floundered just days before.