Front-line workers who are trying to track COVID-19 variants are begging the U.S. to organize scattered sequencing data collected from coronavirus testing. Cynthia Koons, a senior reporter at Bloomberg News, joins CBSN AM to discuss how labs are working with the data. Source

Simone Biles is focusing on her mental health after withdrawing from another competition at the Tokyo Olympics. CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas joins CBSN AM with more on the Olympian’s decision. Source

The head of the CDC says the U.S. can “halt the chain” of coronavirus transmission. CBS News’ Omar Villafranca reports the agency insists vaccines are the key to victory. Then, Dr. Payal Patel, an infectious diseases physician at the University of Michigan Medical School, joins CBSN’s Lana Zak to discuss the day’s COVID headlines. Source

The Senate secured enough votes to move ahead with a bipartisan infrastructure agreement. Source

Amid efforts to roundup wild horses in the West, wildlife photographer Mary Hone is trying to protect them. Chip Reid shares more. Source

Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.” Source

Texas Representative Jake Ellzey won the state’s special election to fill late Congressman Ron Wright’s seat in the 6th District. He beat Wright’s widow, Susan Wright, even though she ran with an endorsement by former President Trump. Gromer Jeffers, a Dallas Morning News political reporter, joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” host Elaine Quijano with his analysis. Source

A new voting law in Georgia could have serious implications for the Democratic Party in 2022’s midterm elections. Tia Mitchell, a Washington correspondent for Atlanta Journal-Constitution, joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” host Elaine Quijano with more. Source

The White House has issued a mask mandate for its own employees and is advising all federal agencies in Washington D.C., and other COVID hot spots to do the same. The Washington Post’s congressional reporter Marianna Sotomayor and NPR’s national politics reporter Juana Summers join CBSN’s “Red & Blue” anchor Elaine Quijano with the details. They also discuss the next steps in the House select committee’s Capitol riot investigation, and the latest on the federal response to the battle over voting. Source

The group of unnamed athletes represent a variety of nations, including Belarus, Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria and Ukraine. Source