Here’s what you need to know: Students at Normont Elementary on the first day of school in Los Angeles on Aug. 16.Credit…Allison Zaucha for The New York Times Los Angeles is poised to become the first major school district in the nation to mandate coronavirus vaccines for students 12 and older who are attending class … Read more
“Bad times bring out the best in people.” It has to be true. Otherwise it wouldn’t be a cliché. On the other hand, stereotypes like doctors should perhaps be recertified every now and then. Is there really no point in flattery? Has anything good ever come to those who wait? Do Bad Times Really Make … Read more
As the Food and Drug Administration granted full approval for the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine on Monday, America’s delta-driven surge in COVID-19 has entered a more deadly phase. Cases are rising in 42 states, the lowest number in six weeks. But deaths are now rising in 43 states – the worst record since December, ahead of … Read more
The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday denied an attempt to block three restraining orders against Governor Greg Abbott’s ban on mask mandates – including one that allowed all Texas school districts to require masks indoors. The court referred Attorney General Ken Paxton’s appeal to the 3rd Texas Court of Appeals in Austin for a hearing. … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington visiting a special education classroom at Phantom Lake Elementary School in Bellevue in March.Credit…Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times, via Associated Press All teachers and school personnel in Washington State — including coaches, bus drivers and volunteers — will need to be fully vaccinated as … Read more
Alle Amerikaner, die die Pfizer- oder Moderna-Impfstoffe erhalten haben, benötigen unabhängig vom Alter acht Monate nach der zweiten Impfung COVID-19-Auffrischimpfung, teilte das US-Gesundheitsministerium am Mittwoch mit. Beamte sagen, dass sie bereit sind, bereits am 20. September Auffrischungsspritzen anzubieten, bis die FDA-Zulassung vorliegt. Laut einer HHS-Erklärung werden wahrscheinlich auch Booster für Menschen benötigt, die den Johnson … Read more
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who banned masking requirements in schools despite opposition from several school districts, has contracted the coronavirus. Abbott’s office said the Republican governor, who is fully vaccinated and tested daily, got a positive result Tuesday. “Governor Abbott is in constant communication with his staff, officers and government officials to ensure that the … Read more
Big questions arise in the upcoming back-to-school season: Do children have to wear masks? Should the children even go to face-to-face classes? If we send children to school without masks, we increase their risk of developing Covid-19. Some could get sick or die. If we close schools, millions of children will experience learning loss, and … Read more
Children’s hospitals fill with coronavirus patients as schools begin to open amid the recent surge in infections fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant. Children’s hospitals in Tennessee will be full by the end of this week, the state health department predicted, and the number of children admitted to a children’s hospital in Jacksonville, Florida … Read more
An Amazon employee walks into a fulfillment center in Kent, Washington and is handed a mask by another employee with a pair of pliers before starting a shift in the huge parcel handling warehouse last June. (GeekWire file photo / Kurt Schlosser) A day after its office workers’ return to a personal environment was postponed … Read more