by NUNAverse | Apr 16, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: An expert advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met yesterday and declined to vote on whether to continue vaccinations with the Johnson & Johnson single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, effectively leaving the current...
by NUNAverse | Apr 15, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has named former President Barack Obama’s tribal liaison as her top official on Alaska issues. Raina Thiele is Dena’ina Athabascan and Yup’ik and an enrolled member of Pedro Bay village, making her the first...
by NUNAverse | Apr 14, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: On Sunday, 20-year-old Duante Wright was shot and killed in Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb, during a traffic stop. Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon described the shooting as “an accidental discharge” during a press conference...
by NUNAverse | Apr 13, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: Pfizer and BioNTech requested on Friday that the Food and Drug Administration expand the emergency use authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine to permit its use in children ages 12 to 15. If the approval is granted, younger Americans could...
by NUNAverse | Apr 12, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: On Thursday, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland visited Bears Ears National Monument and met with tribes and elected officials as she prepares to submit recommendations on whether to reverse President Donald Trump’s decision to downsize that site...
by NUNAverse | Apr 9, 2021 | Daily Media Clips
Good morning, NUNAverse: The Washington Senate has approved a measure to ban the use of Native names, symbols and images as school mascots, logos and team names at most public schools in Washington. The bill passed the Democratic-led chamber on a bipartisan 40-9 vote...
