By Lauren Leatherby and Amy Schoenfeld Walker Just as millions of families around the United States navigate sending their children back to school at an uncertain moment in the pandemic, the number of children admitted to the hospital with Covid-19 has risen to the highest levels reported to date. Nearly 30,000 of them entered hospitals in … [Read more...] about Least Vaccinated States Lead Spike in Children’s Cases, Leaving Some Hospitals Stretched
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Biden Boosts Vaccine Requirements for Large Employers, Federal Workers to Combat Covid-19
Department of Labor plans to issue an emergency temporary standard implementing the new requirement By Stephanie Armour and Sabrina Siddiqui All employers with 100 or more employees would have to require that their workers be vaccinated or undergo at least weekly Covid-19 testing under a new plan announced by President Biden to curb … [Read more...] about Biden Boosts Vaccine Requirements for Large Employers, Federal Workers to Combat Covid-19
New NY Gov. Kathy Hochul adds 12,000 deaths to COVID death count
The previous number of 43,400 has now been updated to 55,400 New York Gov. Kathy Hochul promised more government transparency on her first day in office and by day’s end her administration had quietly delivered it by acknowledging nearly 12,000 more deaths in the state from COVID-19 than had been publicized by her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo. New York … [Read more...] about New NY Gov. Kathy Hochul adds 12,000 deaths to COVID death count
‘I think we already broke:’ Mississippi’s nurses are resigning to protect themselves from Covid-19 burnout
By Madeline Holcombe, Erica Hill and Laura Dolan, CNN (CNN)Earlier this month, Mississippi ICU nurse Nichole Atherton resigned, worn down by the stress, young patients and preventable deaths that have overwhelmed the state's hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic. "It looks heroic," Atherton, of Singing River Ocean Springs Hospital, told CNN. "But … [Read more...] about ‘I think we already broke:’ Mississippi’s nurses are resigning to protect themselves from Covid-19 burnout
Florida Gives Schools 48 Hours To Do Away With Their Mask Mandates — Or Lose Funding
MIAMI — Florida officials are threatening to withhold funds equal to the salaries of school board members if school districts in two counties don't immediately do away with strict mask mandates as the state continues to battle through high hospitalization rates. School boards in Broward and Alachua counties received a warning Friday from the State Board of Education giving … [Read more...] about Florida Gives Schools 48 Hours To Do Away With Their Mask Mandates — Or Lose Funding
