Insights and Stories on COVID-19

U.S. extends travel restrictions at Canada, Mexico borders

Sep. 20, 2021 at 2:39 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The United States on Monday extended restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico through Oct. 21 that bar nonessential travel such as tourism by foreigners despite Ottawa’s decision to open its border to vaccinated Americans. Canada on Aug. 9 began allowing fully vaccinated U.S. […]

Health Canada warns people not to take livestock dewormers

Sep. 1, 2021 at 6:12 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. reports world’s first deer with COVID-19

Aug. 27, 2021 at 2:50 pm CDT

By Reuters

Afghanistan ‘marching towards starvation,’ UN food chief says

Aug. 24, 2021 at 7:34 pm CDT

By Alexander Cornwell

U.S. extends travel curbs at Canada, Mexico land borders

Aug. 20, 2021 at 6:53 pm CDT

By David Shepardson

Meatpacker Tyson Foods mandates Covid vaccines for workers

Aug. 3, 2021 at 9:10 am CDT

Reuters – Tyson Foods Inc said on Tuesday it was mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for its entire workforce, joining a growing list of major U.S. companies as they face renewed pandemic restrictions due to the fast-spreading Delta variant. Surging COVID-19 cases and new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control […]

By Aishwarya Venugopal

Pet food shortages leave owners on the hunt for kibble

Jul. 29, 2021 at 9:56 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Black short-haired kitty Astra, one of millions of pets acquired during the COVID-19 pandemic last year, had to go without salmon-flavored Whiskas treats that were sold out at stores in New Orleans this month. Loki, an Alaskan malamute dog in Ontario, Canada, did not have his […]

By Richa Naidu Tom Polansek

German hog market shrugs off swine fever discovery on farms

Jul. 21, 2021 at 4:57 pm CDT

Hamburg | Reuters — German pig prices were unchanged this week despite the discovery of the disease African swine fever in farm animals, German animal farmers’ association VEZG said on Wednesday. German pig prices were the same as last week at 1.42 euros (C$2.10) per kilogram slaughter weight, the VEZG […]

By Reuters

U.S. extends travel curbs at land borders through Aug. 21

Jul. 21, 2021 at 4:15 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. government on Wednesday extended the closure of land borders with Canada and Mexico to non-essential travel such as tourism through Aug. 21 even as officials debate whether to require visitors to have received a COVID-19 vaccine. The latest 30-day extension by the Department of […]