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U.S. Surpasses 100 Million Initial Vaccine Doses: Virus Update Bloomberg 5 days ago (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. surpassed 100 million people with at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, less than four months into its vaccination drive. Fully vaccinated people can resume recreational travel in the U.S. at “low risk,” though they should wear masks and avoid crowds, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention update. New York’s arts and entertainment venues were allowed to reop...

U.S. States Warn on Fake Vaccine Pass; MLB Stymied: Virus Update Bloomberg 2 days ago Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) -- Attorneys general for most U.S. states warned Twitter, eBay and Shopify to take steps against the sale of fraudulent Covid-19 vaccine certificates on their sites. Thursday’s Opening Day game between the New York Mets and Washington Nationals has been postponed due to Covid-19 protocols, MLB.com reported. Popular Searches New York City’s health commissioner wa...

MLB Opener Scrapped; Chile to Close Its Borders: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) -- Thursday’s Opening Day game between the New York Mets and Washington Nationals has been postponed due to Covid-19 protocols, MLB.com reported. New York City’s health commissioner warned residents to take precautions during the Easter and Passover holidays as the city’s Covid-19 cases remain stubbornly high and more-contagious variants surpass 70% of them. Popula...

U.S. States Warn on Fake Vaccine Pass; MLB Stymied: Virus Update Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) -- Attorneys general for most U.S. states warned Twitter, eBay and Shopify to take steps against the sale of fraudulent Covid-19 vaccine certificates on their sites. Thursday’s Opening Day game between the New York Mets and Washington Nationals has been postponed due to Covid-19 protocols, MLB.com reported. Popular Searches New York City’s health commissioner war...

For the second consecutive day, Brazil reported a record number of deaths from the coronavirus. AstraZeneca Plc’s and Pfizer Inc.’s vaccines protected the elderly after a single dose in a new study that validates giving both shots to older people and spacing out injections.

Brazil Reports Record Deaths; N.Y. Eases Limits: Virus Update Bloomberg 3/3/2021 Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) -- For the second consecutive day, Brazil reported a record number of deaths from the coronavirus. AstraZeneca Plc’s and Pfizer Inc.’s vaccines protected the elderly after a single dose in a new study that validates giving both shots to older people and spacing out injections. U.S. health officials called on Texas and Mississippi residents to keep wearing masks as go...

Police Target the Most Lucrative of Environmental Crimes   LYON, France, February 16, 2021 (ENS) – A decade of forestry crime operations, fighting the looting of natural resources such as timber and charcoal in some of the world’s poorest countries, has given the international police force, Interpol, some powerful tools to carry on the fight against its powerful adversaries. Al-Shabaab, a violent terrorist group responsible for major attacks in Somalia and Kenya, has been one of the main b...

UpdatedTue, Jan 19, 2021 at 3:57 pm ET Reply Kamala Harris, now the vice president-elect, danced with the Isiserettes Drill & Drum Corps in Des Moines, Iowa, after launching her presidential campaign. Harris will become the nations first woman, Black and South Asian vice president Wednesday. (Getty Images) ACROSS AMERICA — "You cannot be what you cannot see." As a young girl growing up in Atlanta, Kimberly Mitchem-Rasmussen often heard that quote by Marian Wright Edelman. This week, as the Un...

Swiss Stock Exchanges Crypto Trading Volume Soars — Hits Record $1.2 Billion Switzerland’s principal stock exchange has revealed that its crypto trading volume hit a record high of CHF 1.1 billion ($1.23 billion) in 2020. The exchange now offers 34 exchange-traded products, allowing investors “access to 100 different crypto products trading on our platform,” said the exchange’s head of markets. Crypto Trading Volume on Switzerland’s Stock Exchange Hit Record H...

California Deaths Hit Record as U.S. Cases Soar: Virus Update Bloomberg 1/9/2021 Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) -- California, where the latest surge in the virus has filled hospitals and morgues, reported its worst day for fatalities so far. Arizona surpassed 10,000 deaths. North Carolina and Virginia reported a record number of new infections. The U.S. recorded its second-highest number of new cases on Friday. The U.K. became the first country in western Europe to report more th...