The University of St. Thomas’ St. Paul campus was unintentionally included in a shelter-in-place alert Tuesday morning. The Chinese city of Shanghai started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine. A man who was intoxicated when he drove his SUV into a crowd of protesters in Minneapolis last year, has pleaded guilty to murder and assault just as his trial was set to begin. Mackenna Meyers has today’s News in :90.
Dollar Tree will raise its prices to $1.25, President Joe Biden will require essential and non-resident travelers to the U.S. to be fully vaccinated and a former middle school principal was found dead in a Minnesota jail. Cam Kauffman has today’s News in :90.
Medical professionals are suing a city-owned hospital after they were terminated for refusing to receive the COIVD-19 vaccine, Wong Yah-Ping has become the first Chinese woman to conduct a spacewalk, and 28 new positive COVID-19 cases have been reported by the Center For Well Being. Lucy Peterson has today’s News in :90.
The Biden administration sued Texas over new election laws, Minnesota school districts administer the COVID-19 vaccine to children and St. Thomas Dining Services introduced the OZZI reusable take-out system. Photographer Keaton Eakins has today’s News in :90.
Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey vowed to make his re-election a turning point after a bitterly divisive campaign, and New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy narrowly won reelection Wednesday. Sydney Labelle has today’s News in :90.
The first U.S. passport with an “X” gender designation was issued, the names of the jurors for the Derek Chauvin trial will be released, and seven positive COVID-19 cases were reported by the Center for Well-Being. Lauren Dettmer has today’s news in :90.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Wednesday signed off on extending COVID-19 boosters to Americans who got the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine and said anyone eligible for an extra dose can get a brand different from the one they received initially.
Minnesota reached 757 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, world leaders returned to the United Nations for the first time in two years, and the St. Thomas Center for Well-Being reported 18 positive COVID-19 cases during the second week of classes. Cam Kauffman has today’s News in :90.
The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Monday, a milestone that could lift public confidence in the shots and spur more companies, universities and local governments to make vaccinations mandatory.
The University of St. Thomas is requiring all students and employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning for the fall semester, a Monday email from the University Action and Response Team said, with some exemptions.
The University of St. Thomas will require those participating in university-sponsored travel to be vaccinated against COVID-19 beginning Monday, Aug. 2, a University Action and Response Team email said Tuesday.
Pfizer is about to seek U.S. authorization for a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, saying Thursday that another shot within 12 months could dramatically boost immunity and maybe help ward off the latest worrisome coronavirus mutant.
St. Thomas will not require community members working or learning on campus to get the COVID-19 vaccine “at this time,” a Wednesday email from the University Action and Response Team to St. Thomas community members said. However, all students and employees will be required to report their vaccination status to St. Thomas before the fall semester.
In a move to send the country back toward pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday eased indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, allowing them to safely stop wearing masks inside in most places.
Senior Austin Murr created COVIDvaccinate.me, an online website that allows St. Thomas community members and others to locate pharmacies with available COVID-19 vaccines. Natalie Hoepner and Lauren Dettmer have the story.
