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Students ask Supreme Court to block college vaccine mandate

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

It's the first time the high court has been asked to weigh in on a vaccine mandate and comes as some corporations, states and cities are also weighing vaccine requirements for workers or even to dine indoors.

Schools sue and mayor defies Arkansas mask mandate ban

By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press

Arkansas' ban on mask mandates faces a new legal challenge and defiance from the mayor of the state capital as the state's coronavirus cases continue to spiral.

DeSantis won’t move on masks as Florida COVID wards swell

By Terry Spencer, Adriana Gomez Licon, Kelli Kennedy, Associated Press

With the much more contagious delta variant now spreading exponentially, Florida hit 11,515 hospitalized patients Tuesday, breaking last year's record for the third straight day.

WATCH: Jen Psaki holds White House news briefing

By Associated Press

White House press secretary Jen Psaki criticized policies in states such as Texas and Florida that have moved to block employers and proprietors from implementing mask or vaccine requirements to curb the coronavirus.

Mask mandate reinstated in San Francisco Bay Area amid surge

By Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press

Health officials in San Francisco and six other Bay Area counties have announced that they are reinstating a mast mandate for all indoor settings as COVID-19 infections surge.

Lollapalooza to require vaccination card or negative test

By Kathleen Foody, Don Babwin, Associated Press

The four-day festival starts Thursday and is expected to be back at full capacity, with roughly 100,000 daily attendees. After missing last summer because of the coronavirus, it will be easily Chicago's largest gathering since the pandemic started.

New CDC guidelines set off rush to reimpose mask mandates

By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press

Governments and businesses are scrambling to change course following new federal guidance calling for the return of mask wearing in virus hot spots amid a dramatic spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

Dr. Fauci on CDC’s reimposed mask guidelines, vaccine requirements and GOP criticism

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reimposed stricter mask-wearing guidelines Tuesday. It said Americans, even if fully vaccinated, should wear masks indoors in regions where COVID-19 infections are high, and recommended that everyone in K-12 schools mask up. Dr.

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With virus cases rising, mask mandate back on in Los Angeles

By Christopher Weber, John Antczak, Associated Press

Los Angeles County will again require masks indoors even when people are vaccinated. The public health officer of the nation's largest county said there's now "substantial community transmission."…

Vaccinated teachers and students can forgo masks inside schools, CDC says

By Mike Stobbe, Collin Binkley, Associated Press

The changes come amid a national vaccination campaign in which children as young as 12 are eligible to get shots, as well as a general decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths.