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Senate votes to repeal Biden's vaccine mandate, House vote uncertain

Thu, 2021-12-09 10:15 — mike kraft

Senate votes to repeal Biden's vaccine mandate The Senate voted Wednesday night to repeal President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate on private businesses with over 100 employees by a vote of 52-48. Two Democrats crossed party lines and voted with all Republicans present to repeal the mandate. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. and Jon Tester, D-Mont., were expected. Yahoo

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Three Northeast states deploy National Guard amid medical capacity crisis due to pandemic

Thu, 2021-12-09 10:10 — mike kraft

(CNN) The governors of Maine and New York deployed the National Guard in response to dangerously low capacity at statewide medical facilities due to the pandemic.

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Los Angeles: School Board fires 500 unvaccinated employees

Wed, 2021-12-08 18:21 — mike kraft

Los Angeles school board fires 500 unvaccinated employees | AP News LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly 500 Los Angeles Unified School District employees were fired this week for refusing to comply with a mandate that they get vaccinated against COVID-19, while some 34,000 students have not yet been vaccinated as required. AP NEWS

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OPINION: Former CDC director Frieden writes on: What's next with Omicron and the pandemic?

Wed, 2021-12-08 18:15 — mike kraft

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The world is unprepared for the next pandemic, Global Health Security Index study finds

Wed, 2021-12-08 18:04 — mike kraft

(CNN) The entire world remains unprepared for the next pandemic and most countries are underprepared even for small outbreaks of disease, researchers reported Wednesday.

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CDC chief says omicron mostly mild so far although it infected vaccinated persons

Wed, 2021-12-08 17:41 — mike kraft

The AP Interview: CDC chief says omicron mostly mild so far | AP News NEW YORK (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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COVID cases spike even as US reaches vaccine milestone

Wed, 2021-12-08 13:01 — mike kraft

COVID cases spike even as US reaches vaccine milestone | AP News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Even as the U.S. reaches a milestone of roughly 200 million people fully vaccinated against COVID-19, cases and hospitalizations are spiking again, even in highly inoculated corners of the country like New England. AP NEWS

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Even as the U.S. closes in on a milestone of 200 million people fully vaccinated against COVID-19, cases and hospitalizations are spiking again, including in highly inoculated corners of the country like New England.

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Up to 1 million COVID vaccines wasted in Nigeria

Wed, 2021-12-08 09:42 — Naomisfreeman

Up to 1 million COVID vaccines wasted in Nigeria

Up to one million COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria last month without being used, two sources told Reuters.

It's one of the biggest single losses of doses that shows the difficulty African nations have getting people vaccinated.

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Judge blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors

Tue, 2021-12-07 17:32 — mike kraft

Judge blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors | AP News A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees of federal contractors, the latest in a string of victories for Republican-led states pushing back against Biden’s pandemic policies.  AP NEWS

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Variant detected in Houston’s wastewater

Tue, 2021-12-07 10:48 — mike kraft

Omicron live updates: Variant detected in Houston’s wastewater As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.2 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 789,000 Americans. ABC News ABC News

The omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 has been found in Houston’s wastewater, the Houston Health Department announced Monday night. "The detection is the first indication the new variant is in Houston, although a case has not yet been confirmed in the city," the department said.

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