Month: October 2021
Memphis school district offers additional sick leave to COVID-positive staff
Memphis public school employees who are unable to work after contracting COVID will now have up to 10 days of their quarantine period covered by…
Needle Exchanges Are Targeted by Eco-Rooted Lawsuits. A New California Law Will Stop That.
For more than 30 years, public health officials and nonprofits in California have provided clean hypodermic needles to people who use them to inject drugs….
Just 35% of eligible NYC students have consented to coronavirus testing so far
The effectiveness of New York City’s school-based COVID testing program came under scrutiny on Wednesday when education department officials for the first time disclosed the…
When Texas legislators admit they don’t know what they’re doing
State government in Texas is more of a slapdash operation than our high school civics teachers prepared us for. Some of the people working in…
Maryland reaches vaccine milestone
A milestone in COVID-19 vaccination has been reached, the governor said. In a news release, Gov. Larry Hogan announced that more than 8 million Marylanders have…
Meet NYC Immigrant Women Fighting for Their Communities During the Pandemic
Last year, as the realities of the pandemic set in, Veronica Leal’s house-cleaning clients stopped calling and her household funds dissipated. Leal made a grocery…
Vaccine mandate: 87% of Denver schools staff fully vaccinated, district says
As of Thursday’s deadline, Denver Public Schools reported that 87% of its staff complied with a city health order to verify that they are fully…
Student Nurses Who Refuse Vaccination Struggle to Complete Degrees
Kaitlyn Hevner expects to complete a 15-month accelerated nursing program at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville in December. For her clinical training this…
Do I need a booster shot if I got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine? A virologist answers 5 questions
For people who received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, the past few months have been a bit of a bumpy ride with news of…
California debt up to $21,100 per taxpayer, report finds
California’s public debt burden has risen to tens of thousands of dollars for each taxpayer in the state. Truth in Accounting, a nonprofit fiscal watchdog,…
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