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June 24, 2021

Danish officials say delta variant reported during Euro 2020

Danish health officials have urged soccer fans who attended the European Championship game between Denmark and Belgium on June 17 to be checked for the coronavirus after they found at least three people who later tested positive for the delta variant.

June 24, 2021

In pandemic, drug overdose deaths soar among Black Americans

Craig Elazer had struggled all his life with anxiety so bad his whole body would shake. But because he was Black, he was seen as unruly, she said, not as a person who needed help.

June 24, 2021

Man believed to have longest coronavirus infection had virus for 300 days

A 72-year-old man in England is believed to be have had “the longest known PCR confirmed case of SARS-CoV-2 infection” after testing positive for coronavirus some 300 days.

June 24, 2021

Rep. Gallagher calls for probe into 2019 Wuhan Military Games and athletes who got sick

Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., said on Thursday that lawmakers are urging the Biden administration to investigate the Wuhan Military Games, a potential super-spreader which took place October 2019, months before China first reported its coronavirus case.

June 24, 2021

Delta variant on the rise in US: What to know

What should I know about the delta variant? It’s a version of the coronavirus that has been found in more than 80 countries since it was first detected in India.

June 24, 2021

NIH study assessing COVID-19 vaccine in pregnant, postpartum moms

The National Institutes of Health launched a new observational study to evaluate the immune responses generated by COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant and postpartum individuals.

June 24, 2021

Stefanik, Daines push bill to force Biden to open Canadian border, lament that Mexico border is 'wide open'

Rep. Elise Stefanik and Sen. Steve Daines on Thursday plan to introduce a bill to force Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to begin re-opening the U.S.-Canada border after more than a year of international travel being essentially cut off due to the coronavirus pandemic.

June 24, 2021

Republican Rep. Warren Davidson introduces bill to ban vaccine passports

Rep. Warren Davidson Thursday is introducing a bill to ban the federal government from issuing vaccine passports, severely restrict states from doing so and ban private businesses from requiring proof of COVID vaccination.

June 24, 2021

Nurse fired for refusing COVID vaccine: 'We worked so hard...and they're kicking us to the curb'

More than 150 employees at a Houston hospital system who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine have been fired or resigned after a judge dismissed an employee lawsuit over the vaccine requirement.

June 24, 2021

Fauci resisted Trump directive to cancel virus research grant linked to Wuhan lab: Book

Anthony Fauci resisted a White House directive in April of last year to cancel a research grant for a nonprofit linked to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, only complying after he learned that former President Donald Trump had explicitly ordered its cancellation, according to an exclusive excerpt from a book detailing the Trump administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.