[ad_1] Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in letters to seven governors, is reaffirming the need for members of their states’ Army and Air National Guards to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine or lose their Guard status. In nearly identical letters signed late last week, Austin tells the governors that the virus “takes our service members out […]
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[ad_1] Omicron is in retreat across the Houston area, new data shows, even as hospitals continue to feel the strain of January’s post-holiday bump in COVID-19 cases. After a brutal month in which the highly contagious variant of the coronavirus swept the city with ferocious speed, sickening more than 100,000 people, Monday’s figures confirmed the […]
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[ad_1] Nearly a week after a student representative of the Loudoun County School Board was driven to tears by jeers from the audience as she thanked board members for maintaining a mask mandate in LCPS classrooms, the teen is receiving support from the community. On Jan. 25, the senior at Park View High School applauded […]
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[ad_1] Two new free mass testing sites for COVID-19 opened in Utah Monday, at the University of Utah and Utah Valley University, but the state’s policy of urging most Utahns with symptoms to skip testing and just stay home for at least five days will stay the same. The sites, operated through a federal program […]
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[ad_1] COVID cases in New Orleans’ public schools dropped again last week, but quarantines were back up, according to data released Tuesday. More than 1,470 students and staff were in quarantine as of Friday after 384 people — 53 staff and 331 students — tested positive for COVID between Jan. 24-28. Cases were spread across […]
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[ad_1] Share on PinterestAs the debate over masks in schools continues, parents and educators raise concerns over the impact such mandates may be having on the physical and mental health of children. FluxFactory/Getty Images As we learn about the mental and physical impact COVID-19 has had on children, parents differ in their opinions about lifting […]
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[ad_1] Connecticut’s daily COVID-19 positivity rate has remained below 10% since Friday and is continuing to decrease. According to Gov. Ned Lamont’s office, the positivity rate is now 7.33%, down since Friday’s 9.73%. Of the 45,449 tests reported since Friday, 3,330 were positive. Today’s COVID-19 update in Connecticut (since Friday): ➡️45,449 tests were administered and […]
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[ad_1] CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – As the omicron surge plateaus nationwide, officials at MUSC say omicron peaked in the Charleston tri-county area on Jan. 15. Following the expected decrease in cases, however, MUSC is seeing an increase in hospitalizations. MUSC’s data in the graph below show omicron’s surge in the tri-county all the way on […]
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[ad_1] Two students wear masks as they walk across the oval with Thompson Library in the background. Credit: Christian Harsa | Special Projects Director The return of in-person events and relaxed masking guidelines in recreation centers are among some of the updated COVID-19 policies Ohio State announced Monday. According to a universitywide email from the […]
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[ad_1] MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – The Madison Children’s Museum is hosting a vaccine clinic Monday to provide unvaccinated children and adults with the chance to get the shot. The clinic will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at the museum, located at 100 N. Hamilton St., and those interested will need to […]
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