More Americans getting vaccinated following full FDA approval of Pfizer COVID vaccine An ABC analysis found that the number of first doses administered has increased. By Arielle Mitropoulos August 31, 2021, 8:40 PM • 7 4:01 How COVID-19 vaccines work A visual explainer on how vaccines work, including how they work with the body’s immune…

Leeds United have signed Daniel James on a permanent deal from Manchester United for £25m.James underwent a Leeds medical on Tuesday ahead of flying out to Finland with the rest of the Wales squad for an international friendly.The 23-year-old Wales international winger started two of United’s first three Premier League matches of the season, including…

Enlarge this image Thousands of empty empty pairs of shoes for every child killed by guns in the U.S.since Sandy Hook cover the southeast lawn of U.S.Capitol on March 13, 2018, in Washington, D.C.Paul Morigi/AP hide caption toggle caption Paul Morigi/AP Thousands of empty empty pairs of shoes for every child killed by guns in…

Labor shortage accelerates shift away from drug testing for new hires – Oops!Something went wrong.Please try again later.- Oops!Something went wrong.Please try again later.- Oops!Something went wrong.Please try again later.Drug tests are no longer required for most jobs in the municipal offices for Isle, Minnesota, a small town tucked on the southeastern corner of the…

Walgreens became the latest large company to increase its starting hourly wage to all workers to $15 an hour by November of next year, the drugstore giant announced Tuesday. The move, made by new chief executive officer Rosalind Brewer, comes during a period of minimum wage increases generally for large corporations and during a shortage…

Barcelona have registered Sergio Aguero after Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba accepted salary reductions.The Spanish giants announced the addition of Manchester City’s record goalscorer in May but new financial fair play rules in the country restricted the La Liga club from registering new signings.Earlier in August, Gerard Pique took a pay cut to allow Memphis…

Young Australians overwhelmingly want to see immediate action on climate change but have little faith their leaders will do anything significant, a new survey suggests. The survey from Foundations For Tomorrow, an initiative of the World Economic Forum and supported by AwareSuper, received 10,000 responses from Australians aged under 30. Of these, 5,743 were obtained…

This live coverage has ended.For Wednesday’s live updates, click here .The White House said Tuesday that 350 medical workers were on the ground in Gulf Coast states hit hard by both the delta variant and Hurricane Ida, the storm that left at least four people dead and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of…

D ig for victory: this, repurposed from the second world war, could be the slogan of our times.All over the world, governments are using the pandemic and the environmental crisis to justify a new splurge of infrastructure spending.In the US, Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure framework “will make our economy more sustainable, resilient, and just”.In the…

I t was December 2020 and Janet (not her real name), a 53-year-old IT consultant from Edinburgh, was doing her weekly shop in the Sainsbury’s closest to her house.In went the toilet roll, meat and vegetables.She wheeled her trolley on to the feminine hygiene aisle and saw a pair of period knickers.They were £12. Janet…