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Pennslvania Supreme Court rules against state's overall COVID-19 mask requirements for students/

Fri, 2021-12-10 19:18 — mike kraft

Statewide COVID-19 school mask mandate tossed by Pennsylvania Supreme Court An intense battle over the legality of the requirement was decided Friday, but schools districts can still impose their own rules PhillyVoice

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state's COVID-19 mask requirement for schools is not valid and was imposed without legal authorization. The order covered all students and teachers in K-12 schools and child care centers in the state.

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New York gvernor announces indoor mask mandate for public places

Fri, 2021-12-10 10:13 — mike kraft

New York to implement indoor mask mandate for public places | AP News NEW YORK (AP) — Facing a winter surge in COVID-19 infections, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday that masks will be required in all indoor public places unless the businesses or venues implement a vaccine requirement. AP NEWS

... Hochul said the decision to impose a mask mandate was based on state’s weekly seven-day case rate, as well as increasing hospitalizations.

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Military medical teams sent to New Mexico and six other western and midwestern states

Fri, 2021-12-10 10:07 — mike kraft

Navy medics join COVID fight in hard-hit New Mexico Dozens of U.S. Navy medics have deployed to New Mexico to treat a Delta variant-fueled surge in COVID-19 patients as part of a military operation to treat virus hotspots across Western and Midwest states. Shannon Stapleton Reuters

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Ahead of Omicron, COVID hospitalizations are rising in 37 U.S states

Fri, 2021-12-10 09:43 — mike kraft

Ahead of Omicron, COVID hospitalizations are rising in 37 states Many Americans remain vulnerable to COVID as the holiday season ramps up and Delta’s heavily mutated successor, Omicron, looms on the horizon. YahooNews

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Biden signs executive order on climate change to require net-zero emissions from federal government by 2050

Thu, 2021-12-09 18:09 — mike kraft

Biden signs executive order on climate change to require net-zero emissions from federal government by 2050 President Biden issued an executive order Wednesday that would reduce the federal government’s greenhouse gas emissions within the next decade and reach net-zero federal emissions by 2050. YahooNews

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CDC chief says omicron mostly mild so far

Thu, 2021-12-09 17:57 — mike kraft

The AP Interview: CDC chief says omicron mostly mild so far | AP News ATLANTA (AP) — More than 40 people in the U.S. have been found to be infected with the omicron variant so far, and more than three-quarters of them had been vaccinated, the chief of the CDC said Wednesday. AP NEWS

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Booster Shots: Omicron may require fourth vaccine dose sooner than expected, Pfizer says

Thu, 2021-12-09 17:53 — mike kraft

Covid-19 live updates: Omicron may require fourth vaccine dose sooner than expected, Pfizer says More than 40 people in the United States have tested positive for the omicron variant, the CDC said Wednesday. Nearly all had only mild symptoms. Washington Post

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Rapid coronavirus tests are still hard to find in many places, despite Biden vows

Thu, 2021-12-09 12:47 — mike kraft

President Biden announced last week that rapid coronavirus tests were a pillar of his plan to fight the new and potentially more transmissible omicron variant, now confirmed in at least 21 states.

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U.S. FDA authorizes Pfizer/BioNTech booster for 16- and 17-year-olds

Thu, 2021-12-09 11:51 — mike kraft

U.S. FDA authorizes Pfizer/BioNTech booster for 16- and 17-year-olds The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE those aged 16 and 17, as public health officials have urged Americans to get the additional shots on concerns about the new Omicron variant of the virus. Reuters Reuters

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The US is undercounting COVID deaths, researchers say. Now they have a tool to figure out why.

Thu, 2021-12-09 11:37 — mike kraft

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