City of El Centro offers small businesses free, preventive COVID-19 resources
The City of El Centro announces a new program offering small businesses COVID-19 preventative tools at absolutely no cost to them.…
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US vaccination rates are rising, even in least-vaccinated Southern states
By Matthew Hilk and Ray Sanchez, CNN The pace of Covid-19 vaccinations in the US has risen steadily over the past three weeks, particularly in…
Continue Reading What’s next for struggling renters now that the eviction ban has expired
The federal eviction moratorium, put in place by the CDC last September, will not be extended leaving those who have relied on it at risk of losing…
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Attendee at St. Louis County Council vote to overturn mask mandate tests positive for Covid-19
St. Louis County public health official Dr. Faisal Khan says he was pushed and called racist slurs after a council meeting about the county’s new…
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Study: Vaccine not enough to stop variant spread
A new study supports mask wearing for people already vaccinated against Covid-19 as researchers say the vaccine will not be able to stop new variants…
Continue Reading Disney World and Disneyland to require masks indoors Friday
(KYMA, KECY/CNN) – Disney World and Disneyland, the two crown jewels of Disney’s parks unit, will again require masks indoors. The company announced…
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Some city facilities in Arizona to again have mask mandates
As the number of new COVID-19 cases in Arizona grows, worried officials in several cities are reinstituting mask requirements in response to new…
Continue Reading CDC document warns Delta variant appears to spread as easily as chickenpox and cause more severe infection
By Paul LeBlanc, Maggie Fox and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN The Delta coronavirus variant surging across the United States appears to cause more severe…
Continue Reading Weekly jobless claims fall
A mixed bag of news on Thursday, as the economy emerges from the depths of the COVID-19…
Continue Reading American workers are facing increasing pressure to get vaccinated against Covid-19
By Jason Hanna and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Unvaccinated American workers are facing increasing pressure to get Covid-19 shots, as the country sees a…
Continue Reading Managers will have to enforce rules for unvaccinated employees, and it won’t be easy
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Most employers have not outright mandated Covid vaccines as a condition of employment for their current staff ……
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Tokyo sees third day of record Covid cases as Olympic games continue
Tokyo has reported a new record of daily Covid-19 cases for the third consecutive day, according to the city’s metropolitan government.…
Continue Reading Utah will give KN95 masks to children as the Delta variant fuels Covid-19 hospitalizations nationwide
CNN’s Martin Savidge reports from Little Rock, Arkansas, where hospitals are reaching capacity with unvaccinated patients struggling with…
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San Luis Mayor Gerardo Sánchez personally justifies reinstating mask mandate
Anyone walking through the doors of City of San Luis facilities will have to mask…
Continue Reading New CDC mask guidance throws stores’ policies into flux
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Stores are re-evaluating their mask policies after the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated…
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Back to school in Imperial Valley as COVID-19 cases go up
The anxiety of students returning back to school is starting to build in some parents as cases of COVID-19 variants increase in the Imperial…
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Vaccine mandate coming soon for federal employees
President Joe Biden appears to be poised to announce a Covid-19 vaccine requirement for federal employees after claiming Tuesday that such a policy…
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Ducey keeps virus policies despite new federal guidelines
(KYMA, KECY/AP News) – Arizona won’t be making any changes to its COVID-19 polices even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has…
Continue Reading Pfizer data suggest third dose of Covid-19 vaccine ‘strongly’ boosts protection against Delta variant
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN A third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine can “strongly” boost protection against the Delta variant…
Continue Reading House physician reinstates mask mandate amid Delta variant spread in the US
By Veronica Stracqualursi and Annie Grayer, CNN The US House is reinstating its mask mandate as the Delta variant emerges as the dominant strain of…
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