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California announces $116.5 million in incentives to encourage vaccinations.

Thu, 2021-05-27 20:08 — mike kraft

California will unveil $116.5 million in vaccine incentives In an effort to get more people vaccinated, California is enticing residents with a whopping $116.5 million in incentives, offering gift cards and cash prizes, including a $15 million grand prize to be split among 10 Californians who have been vaccinated against Covid-19. By Jessie Yeung, Melissa Macaya, Meg Wagner, Melissa Mahtani and Veronica Rocha, CNN CNN

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The US western fire season starts much drier than record 2020

Mon, 2021-05-24 20:41 — mike kraft

Grim western fire season starts much drier than record 2020 As bad as last year’s record-shattering fire season was, the western U.S. starts this year’s in even worse shape. The soil in the West is record dry for this time of year. In much of the region, plants that fuel fires are also the driest scientists have seen. AP NEWS

As bad as last year’s record-shattering fire season was, the western U.S. starts this year’s in even worse shape.

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SCHOOLS: NYC and Los Angeles announced return to in-person classes five days a week in the fall

Mon, 2021-05-24 19:59 — mike kraft

NYC and Los Angeles schools will return to in-person classes five days a week in the fall The nation's two largest public school districts will be open for in-person learning five days a week when the next academic year begins, officials said Monday. Taylor Romine, Laura Ly and Ralph Ellis, CNN CNN

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Experts are worried about 8 states with the lowest vaccination rates per capita,

Sat, 2021-05-22 14:06 — mike kraft

These are the states most at risk of a COVID-19 resurgence thanks to a drop in vaccinations More than 60% of American adults have already received at least one shot and a little less than 40% are fully vaccinated. Sarah Al-Arshani YahooNews

... Vaccinations across the country are down by close to 50% from their peak last month.

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California to drop social distancing requirements in June

Fri, 2021-05-21 19:50 — mike kraft

California to drop social distancing requirements in June SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California no longer will require social distancing and will allow full capacity for businesses when the state reopens on June 15, the state's top health official said Friday. AP NEWS

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Nebraska lawmakers vote down protection bill for meatpacking plant workers

Tue, 2021-05-18 19:12 — mike kraft

Nebraska rejects mandated virus protections for meat workers

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers rejected state-mandated coronavirus protections for meatpacking workers on Tuesday, with opponents arguing that slaughterhouses have already taken precautions and that the pandemic is nearly over.

Lawmakers voted, 25-18, to sideline the measure for the rest of the year, even though supporters said it was necessary to ensure that all plants are keeping their employees safe.

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U.S. coronavirus cases drop. with exceptions in some western states .

Sat, 2021-05-01 12:15 — mike kraft

U.S. coronavirus cases drop as spring wave of infections ebbs In 42 states and D.C., lower caseloads have been reported the past two weeks, and nationally, cases are at their lowest since October. Joel Achenbach, Dan Keating, Jacqueline Dupree Washington Post

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California: Some residents can't get vaccine despite surge in supply

Thu, 2021-04-29 10:32 — mike kraft

Some Californians can't get vaccine despite surge in supply SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hearing of excess vaccine and unfilled appointments frustrates Dr. Aaron Roland, a family physician who has been lobbying for doses to inoculate his patients, many of whom are low-income, immigrants or elderly. The San Francisco Bay Area doctor has more than 200 patients who have inquired when he will offer inoculations against the coronavirus. One patient, who is 67, said he walked into a Safeway supermarket because signs said doses were available. “But they said, ‘Oh no, they’re not really available.

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Comparisons of how California and Texas took different approaches to vaccinations

Fri, 2021-04-23 11:14 — mike kraft

California and Texas Took Different Routes to Vaccination. Who’s Ahead? California stresses equity for minority groups. Texas is all about personal choice and liberty. Both are struggling to vaccinate Latinos and contending with vaccine hesitancy among conservative com… Lydia Zuraw Kaiser Health News

California and Texas, the country’s two most populous states, have taken radically different approaches to the pandemic and the vaccination campaign to end it.

California has trumpeted its reliance on science and policies it says are aimed at improving social equity.

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Is the U.S. heading toward California, which has America's best COVID numbers, or Michigan, which has the worst?

Thu, 2021-04-08 14:51 — mike kraft

California has America’s best COVID numbers. Michigan has the worst. Which way is the U.S. heading? After enduring a steep, nationwide surge over the holidays — followed by a decline in cases that was just as steep and just as widespread — America has entered a strange new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. YahooNews

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