Though it was once a hotbed of COVID, California now has the lowest case rate in the country with barely 25 cases per 100,000 people. More than 60,000 people have died in Texas as a result of COVID. Western states are struggling with the COVID virus, pushing their healthcare systems to the limit. In addition, …

Anchorage, Alaska has run out of ICU beds, but the number of COVID-related hospitalizations just keep rising. The US has hit a new COVID milestones: 40 million cases. And the Delta variant is only just warming up––the former commissioner of the FDA has said that we haven’t seen the real Delta surge yet. It will …

The world’s largest machine that removes carbon from the air has opened in Iceland. It removes 4,000 tons of carbon from the air every year and sends it underground where it will turn into a mineral. Critics point out that the machine, which costs a whopping $10-15 million USD, isn’t enough to offset anything near …

Qantas airlines has banned unvaccinated passengers from international flights in an attempt to slow the spread of the Delta variant. The Seattle Seahawks are requiring proof of COVID vaccination or negative COVID tests to attend games. The Seahawks join a host of other companies and institutions requiring masks or vaccination status. United has become the …

Scientists have warned that a glacier in the Canadian Rockies is melting faster than it ever has in recorded history. This year’s heat waves and wildfires have caused massive ice loss, potentially disrupting the local ecosystem for generations to come. Meanwhile, all national forests in California have been closed until September due to the state’s …

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who famously forbade mask mandates, has tested positive for COVID. Schools, meanwhile, are trying to circumvent that mandate. One school district has done so by making masks a part of the dress code. COVID is wreaking havoc on southern schools. Some districts, like the Dallas district, are defying state orders against …

According to a healthcare expert, COVID is breaking our healthcare system. Oklahoma hospitals are out of space, and there are no pediatric ICU beds in north Texas. A man in Houston, who was shot six times last week, is still waiting for surgery because there are simply no beds available. Hospitals in Florida in Mississippi …

In Mississippi, a state already overrun with COVID cases, a rural county is running out of hospital space following a tightly-packed county fair. Meanwhile, on a Texas-based Carnival cruise, 27 people have tested positive for COVID. Oklahoma hospitals are out of space, and there are no pediatric ICU beds in north Texas.Hospitals in Florida in …

United has become the first domestic airline to require its employees be vaccinated. Masks are being required in even more places as the COVID virus resurges thanks to the Delta variant. San Francisco and neighboring counties have reinstated mask mandates, and McDonald’s throughout the U.S. will also require masks. Upscale fitness establishments Equinox and SoulCycle …

Russia has set another record––its third––for daily COIVD deaths after 799 people died of the virus. The nation has been registering record-breaking numbers of daily virus deaths for weeks as it struggles with a third wave of COVID. Russia has seen its highest daily rise in COVID cases since January. Last week, Russia set a …

The CDC has warned that fully vaccinated people may still be vulnerable to COVID variants.  The World Health Organization has therefore encouraged fully vaccinated people to keep practicing COVID precautions as the Delta variant spreads rapidly. In Springfield, MO, there has been a 225% increase in hospitalizations since June 1, in large part thanks to …

An Oath Keeper has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding, making him the 14th member of the group charged in the Capitol riots. Meanwhile, a District Court judge sentenced an Indiana woman, Anna Morgan-Lloyd pleaded, to three years of probation, $500 in restitution and 40 hours of community service. The woman …