July 7, 2021 WHO chief warns 'variants are currently winning the race against vaccines' as Delta spreads On the same day that the world reached the grim milestone of 4 million COVID-19 deaths, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that variants are causing a “wave of death” in some parts of the world with less access to vaccines.
July 7, 2021 Michigan auditor general to review whether COVID-related nursing home deaths were underreported Michigan’s top oversight body will review data on the number of coronavirus-related deaths in nursing homes following GOP suspicions of underreporting.
July 7, 2021 ‘Too soon’: NYC firefighters boycott ticker-tape parade for frontline workers New York City’s firefighters and correction officers were noticeably absent from Mayor Bill de Blasio’s ticker-tape parade for the “Hometown Heroes” of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday — due to a boycott called by their union because a smoke-eater is critically ill with COVID-19.
July 7, 2021 NFL reports just under 70% of players are vaccinated About 68% of NFL players have now received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
July 7, 2021 Olympics likely to open during COVID 'state of emergency' Surging COVID-19 cases in Tokyo have hit a two-month high that almost guarantees the Japanese government will declare a new state of emergency to start next week and continue for the duration of the Tokyo Olympics.
July 7, 2021 John Kerry caught maskless at airport in 2nd mask mishap this year Kerry can be seen going through security maskless at the Boston Logan International Airport on Monday morning in photos published Wednesday, directly contradicting the CDC’s policy — again.
July 7, 2021 Reporter's Notebook: US Capitol to lose fencing, but still not be back to normal The Smithsonian, National Mall, Nats Park are all fully open, but the U.S. Capitol remains mostly closed.
July 7, 2021 White House defends door-to-door vaccination push amid backlash The White House Wednesday sought to clarify its new door-to-door coronavirus vaccine push amid fresh criticism from the right that the home visit approach is government overreach.
July 7, 2021 Eastern US sees Songbirds dying from mysterious illness, scientists ask public for help Across the eastern and mid-Atlantic United States, songbirds are dying and scientists are asking for the public's help to understand why.
July 7, 2021 Arizona AG Brnovich ‘greatly alarmed’ by White House’s ‘door-to-door’ vaccine push, raises privacy concerns EXCLUSIVE: Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich on Tuesday wrote to President Biden expressing his concern about a plan by the White House to go "door-to-door" to encourage unvaccinated Americans to receive the COVID-19 vaccine – raising privacy concerns and warning that Arizona will not tolerate potential federal government intrusion.
