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Aug 11

Tensions over school mask mandates roil this Mississippi town

By Laura Santhanam

The simple back-to-school precaution of masking has become a source of controversy in Mississippi and around the country as millions of students prepare to enter the academic year and rates of COVID-19 infection soar.

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Aug 10

Hospitals run low on nurses as they get swamped with COVID-19

By Terry Spencer, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Andrew Selsky, Associated Press

The surge in COVID-19 infections across the U.S. has caused a shortage of nurses and other front-line staff in virus hot spots that can no longer keep up with the flood of unvaccinated patients.

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Aug 07

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From ‘carrots’ to ‘sticks’—Why vaccine mandates may work where incentives haven’t

By PBS NewsHour

While new COVID-19 cases surge, debate over lockdowns, masks and vaccine mandates continue. Yesterday, United Airlines announced that it will require all of its U.S. employees to be vaccinated as a condition of employment. Juliette Kayyem, professor at the Harvard…

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Aug 03

For many, the belated realization that COVID will be ‘a long war’ sparks anger and denial

By Megan Molteni, STAT News

Though this new outrage might look and sound like righteous indignation, mental health professionals say that what’s behind it is fear.

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Aug 03

New York City will require vaccination proof for indoor dining, gyms

By Associated Press

New York City will soon require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations for indoor activities, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday, making it the first big city in the U.S. to impose such restrictions.

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Aug 03

Florida again breaks record for COVID-19 hospitalizations

By Freida Frisaro, Associated Press

The number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida rose to an all-time high of 11,515 patients in one day, according to data the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released Tuesday.

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Aug 02

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‘No signs of plateauing’ in Florida’s COVID cases as DeSantis refuses to mandate masks

Over the weekend, Florida reported more than 21,000 cases in a single day — its highest one day total since the start of the pandemic. The CDC says schools should require masks as they reopen. But Florida governor Ron DeSantis…

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Aug 01

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Masks, vaccinations, delta: Why we are at a ‘critical point’ in the pandemic

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Surges in Delta cases across the nation have changed and undone some of the progress made against the COVID-19 pandemic: the CDC has advised fully vaccinated people to remain cautious and even wear masks indoors. Jessica Malaty Rivera, an infectious…

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Jul 30

Study: Vaccinated people who got ‘breakthrough’ infections can carry as much virus as others

By Lindsey Tanner, Philip Marcelo, Associated Press

The findings have the potential to upend past thinking about how the disease is spread. Previously, vaccinated people who got infected were thought to have low levels of virus and to be unlikely to pass it to others. But the…

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Jul 30

WATCH: WHO reports 80 percent rise in infections in last four weeks

By Associated Press

The World Health Organization warned on Friday of the vast spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus and said it should serve as a "call to action" to speed up vaccination around the world before "more variants emerge."…

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