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CDC says vaccine protectiveness slipped amid Delta variant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New data confirms that vaccine protection against COVID-19 has decreased for the Delta variant of the virus, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochell...
Aug 18, 2021
Grace strengthens into hurricane near Cayman Islands, says U.S. NHC
(Reuters) - Storm Grace has strengthened into a hurricane just west of Grand Cayman island, and is expected to make landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula on Thursday morning, the U.S National Hurricane Ce...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. may reinstate boost in automaker fines for not meeting emissions rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Wednesday it was considering reinstating a boost in higher penalties for automakers failing to meet fuel efficiency requi...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. to start offering COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in September
(Reuters) – The U.S. government said on Wednesday it plans to make COVID-19 vaccine booster shots widely available to all Americans starting on Sept. 20 as infections rise from the Delta variant...
Aug 18, 2021
Batman comic shifts focus to Robin’s private life, his sexuality
(Reuters) - Caped Crusaders Batman and Robin have been busy fighting crime together for years, but now the focus of the story has shifted to Robin's private life as he explores his sexuality. In the l...
Aug 18, 2021
Evacuations more important than U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal date -House panel chairman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Wednesday the U.S. military should stay in Afghanistan beyond the planned Aug. 31 withdrawal ...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. job growth through March revised down- BLS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy likely created 166,000 fewer jobs in the 12 months through March than previously estimated, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Wednesday....
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. CDC to create new information center to forecast disease threats
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday it is creating a new disease forecasting center to improve the ability to use data to predict and gauge emerging healt...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. to start offering COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in September
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Wednesday it plans to make COVID-19 vaccine booster shots widely available to all Americans starting on Sept. 20 as infections rise from the D...
Aug 18, 2021
Sweden’s HYBRIT delivers world’s first fossil-free steel
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish green steel venture HYBRIT said on Wednesday that it had made the world's first customer delivery of steel produced without using coal as it looks to revolutionize an ind...
Aug 18, 2021
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