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Nebraska lawmakers vote down protection bill for meatpacking plant workers

May

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 .

May

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

Apr

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

Apr

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?

Apr

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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The Navajo Nation contains the coronavirus after a difficult start

Apr

Covid-19: With Big Vaccine Push, Navajo Nation Has Tamed Virus Although U.S. vaccinations are at a record high, experts are warning of a fourth wave. In his Easter address, Pope Francis called on world leaders to expand access to vaccines. The New York Times

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California among worst states in getting vaccines to vulnerable populations: CDC report

Mar

California among worst in getting vaccines to vulnerable populations, CDC report finds A CDC report found most of California's vaccines have gone to residents who don't face as many vulnerability factors such as race, education, poverty level and housing, ABC News ABC News

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Idaho Legislature suspends session until April due to Covid-19 outbreak among lawmakers and staff

Mar

Idaho Legislature halts session until April due to Covid-19 outbreak The Idaho Legislature was forced to recess Friday for more than two weeks amid an outbreak of Covid-19 at the state Capitol among lawmakers and staff. Veronica Stracqualursi and Sharif Paget, CNN CNN

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Navajo community network steps up efforts to help its vulnerable cope with the pandemic

Mar

In a pandemic, Navajo community steps up for its vulnerable TEESTO, Ariz. (AP) — For as long as Raymond Clark has lived alone on this quiet stretch of the Navajo Nation under the watch of the “Praying Mountain,” he has depended on everyone yet no... AP NEWS

TEESTO, Ariz. (AP) — For as long as Raymond Clark has lived alone on this quiet stretch of the Navajo Nation under the watch of the “Praying Mountain,” he has depended on everyone yet no one.

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