The Food and Drug Administration says male infertility is not a known side effect of the antiparasitic medication ivermectin. Dubious claims that the drug sterilizes 85% of male users were incorrectly attributed to a questionable 2011 study of the drug's effect on a small sample of Nigerian men with onchocerciasis, a tropical disease also known as "river blindness."
Children Are Sleeping on Mats in Overcrowded Border Facilities
The Biden administration is struggling to find space for a surge of migrant children and teenagers that is almost three times the level seen early last year.
The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas will be used to house some of the migrant children who have recently crossed the border. Credit.Tony Gutierrez/Associated Press
Migrant children are being forced to sleep on gym mats with foil sheets and go for days without showering as the Border Patrol struggles to handle thousands of young Central Americans who are surging across the southwestern border, some of them as young as a year old.
Businesses can choose to require masks, and in many cities, they must still be worn inside municipal buildings. In Austin, officials said they would keep in place a local ordinance requiring masks and were bracing for a legal fight with Mr. Abbott and his administration.
Houston, Dallas and Austin were among the cities where school systems said students and staff members were still required to wear masks. But in Johnson City, west of Austin, the school board on Tuesday voted, 4-3, to drop the mask mandate. Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District, which covers an upscale suburban area near Lubbock, sent an email to parents saying that masks were now optional. And in Lubbock, the matter is scheduled for debate on Thursday.
Covid-19: U.S. Vaccination Pace Increases to 2 Million Doses a Day
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Connecticut has joined Texas and Mississippi in easing restrictions, while Alabama extended its mask mandate. Italy blocked a vaccine shipment to Australia.
Here’s what you need to know:
People line up early at the Jacob Javits Convention Center Covid-19 vaccination hub on March 4, 2021.Credit.Timothy A. Clary/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
The average number of vaccine doses being administered across the United States per day topped two million for the first time on Wednesday, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A month ago, the average was about 1.3 million.