• CDC director Rochelle Walensky cites ‘new science’• People with outbreak infections can pass on virusThe director of the Centers for Disease Control and Protection spoke on Wednesday about evidence that vaccinated people can spread the Covid-19 Delta…
Voters reject Trump-endorsed Republican in Texas special election
• Jake Ellzey defeats fellow Republican for vacant House seat• Susan Wright hoped to succeed husband who died of Covid-19Jake Ellzey of Texas won a US House seat on Tuesday night over a fellow Republican rival backed by Donald Trump, dealing the former…
Joey Jordison, Slipknot’s founding drummer, dies at age 46
Family announce that metal musician, who had transverse myelitis, a nerve disease, died ‘peacefully in his sleep’Jordison corralled chaos with his explosive talent – tributeJoey Jordison, the drummer whose dynamic playing helped to power the metal band…
Bob Odenkirk collapses on set of Better Call Saul
Crew members called an ambulance that took the 58-year-old actor to a hospital where he remained on Tuesday nightBetter Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk collapsed on the show’s New Mexico set on Tuesday and had to be hospitalised.Crew members called an ambu…
CDC says vaccinated Americans should wear masks indoors in areas with high Delta spread – live
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Atlanta spa shootings: suspect pleads guilty to four counts of murder
• Robert Aaron Long agrees plea deal but faces four more charges• Eight people, six women of Asian descent, died in shootingsA Georgia man charged in the shooting deaths of eight people at three Atlanta-area massage businesses was pleading guilty in Ch…
Dozens of medical groups call for mandatory health worker vaccinations – US politics live
Statement comes as vaccinations stall in US and Delta variant surgesNew York mayor requires city workers to get vaccinatedBiden announces protections for Americans with long-term Covid Why has US vaccine effort stalled?Sign up for our First Thing newsl…