LONDON (AP) — Northern Ireland's health minister is suing Van Morrison after the singer called him "very dangerous" for his handling of coronavirus restrictions. The Belfast-born singer opposes restrictions to curb the spread of the virus, and has released several songs criticizing ...
CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT, France (AP) — The U.S. lifted restrictions this morning on travel from a long list of countries including Mexico, Canada and most of Europe, setting the stage for emotional reunions nearly two years in the making and providing a boost for the airline and tourism ...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russians went back to work today after a nine-day hiatus ordered by the authorities to tame a record-breaking surge of coronavirus infections and deaths. Despite the drastic move, the daily tallies of new cases and COVID-19 deaths remained high throughout the non-working ...
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost joined attorneys general from six other states to file a lawsuit against the federal government seeking to stop a national COVID-19 vaccination mandate. The federal lawsuit, filed Friday, contends the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration lacks the authority to require those working at companies with at least 100 employees to be vaccinated fully against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or be required to be tested weekly. “A nationwide vaccine mandate that has nothing to do with workplace risk is a dangerous and unlawful use of executive power,” ...
Gov. Mike DeWine opposes a federal vaccination mandate, but didn’t say if Ohio would take any steps to block it. The federal government announced Thursday that those who work at companies with at least 100 employees to be vaccinated fully against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested. Workers ...
Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, director of the Ohio Department of Health, called the impending vaccinations against COVID-19 of children between the ages of 5 and 11 “a long-awaited step that brings us ever closer to getting us through” the pandemic. Vanderhoff said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s authorization of a kid-size dose of the vaccine will “protect these school-aged children from severe complications from COVID-19.” The vaccinations now can be given to those ages 5 to 11. There are about 997,570 Ohioans between those ages, according to the ...
