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Month: March 2021

A new education secretary has been sworn in. What are the next steps for reopening schools?

The Senate confirmed Miguel Cardona as education secretary on Monday, jump-starting the Biden administration’s long journey toward reopening schools across the country. One of his first acts as a newly sworn-in secretary will be to join first lady Jill Biden in a trip to Meriden, Connecticut, and Waterford, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday to visit two public

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10-year-old boy gets heart transplant

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC ) — A 10-year-old boy has a new lease on life after receiving a new heart. “He had a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy,” said Ingrid Malsam. At just 4 months old, Garrett Malsam’s family knew that at some point he was probably going

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Some US bishops discourage Catholics from getting Johnson & Johnson vaccine if others are available

As officials and health experts race to get Americans vaccinated against Covid-19, some Catholic bishops have weighed in to discourage Church members from getting the latest, single-shot vaccine from Johnson & Johnson when alternatives are available. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as at least 6 other dioceses from across the country have

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Instagram accidentally hid likes for some users

An Instagram bug briefly hid likes from some of its users on Tuesday, after the company accidentally expanded a long-running test of the feature. “We’ve been testing a new experience to hide likes on… posts,” a spokesperson for Facebook, which owns Instagram, told CNN Business. “We unintentionally added more people to the test today, which

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Big companies in Texas and Mississippi will still require masks as states end mandates

The end of mask mandates in Texas and Mississippi has created a dilemma for businesses: Keep such safety rules in place to protect against Covid-19 spread, as leading health officials advise, or follow the two states’ decisions and loosen restrictions. Leading US grocery chains, pharmacies, retailers and auto manufacturers, including Target, Kroger, CVS, Walgreens, Best

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Maria Bello says goodbye to ‘NCIS’

Maria Bello is moving on. Bello, who played Dr. Jacqueline “Jack” Sloane on “NCIS” for three seasons, said goodbye to the CBS series following her final episode that aired Tuesday night. The actress posted a heartfelt tribute to her Instagram, writing: “And that’s a wrap for Jack Sloane @ncis_cbs !!! I’ve learned many things on

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Controversia por vacunación contra el covid-19 de las infantas Elena y Cristina de España durante su visita a Abu Dabi

(CNN) — Las infantas de España Elena y Cristina recibieron la vacuna contra el covid-19 recientemente mientras visitaban a su padre, el rey emérito de España, Juan Carlos, en Abu Dhabi, donde él vive, dijo la infanta Elena en un breve comunicado el miércoles. Las vacunas de los dos miembros de la familia real —mucho

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DC National Guard commander says ‘unusual’ Pentagon restrictions slowed response to Capitol riot

The commanding general of the Washington, DC, National Guard testified Wednesday that he did not need authorization from Pentagon leaders before deploying troops in response to protests at the nation’s capital last summer but that changed in the days before the January 6 insurrection. The shift in guidance, according to DC National Guard Commanding Maj.

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‘They just were not all in’: How the White House convinced two pharmaceutical giants to collaborate on a vaccine

President Joe Biden’s coronavirus response team learned two things his first week in office: Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot coronavirus vaccine was highly effective — but the company was millions of doses behind its production schedule. Preliminary conversations that began under the Trump administration about a vaccine manufacturing partnership between the pharmaceutical giant and its competitor,

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