Some public officials and other community leaders are trying to help people come up with ways to get exemptions.
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Mask, vaccine conflicts descend into violence and harassment
Across the country, more demonstrations are taking scary turns.
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Though young and healthy, unvaccinated father dies of COVID
Health officials in Mississippi say they are seeing a spike in cases among young adults and children as the highly contagious delta variant sweeps through unvaccinated populations.
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Maine CDC reports 205 COVID-19 cases, two deaths
The seven-day average reaches 160.1 new cases on Saturday.
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Teacher vaccination mandates enacted in some states, but not in the works in Maine
Superintendents and teachers union representatives in several Maine districts said they aren’t discussing vaccination mandates and many believe the staff vaccination rate is high enough to make mandates unnecessary.
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Demand for oxygen in COVID-stricken Orlando leads mayor to urge cuts in water use
The Orlando Utility Commission treats the city’s water with liquid oxygen, but now Mayor Buddy Dyer says ‘the No. 1 priority for the liquid oxygen should be for hospitals.’
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Abbott Laboratories disputes report that it told Maine workers to toss millions of COVID-19 tests
The company, which has plants in Westbrook and Scarborough, reportedly disposed of rapid antigen tests as cases declined and just before the delta variant created a huge new need for them.
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Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine poised to get full FDA approval next week
President Biden has called for approval, believing it will ease doubts about the vaccine and give firmer footing for companies and schools to require inoculations.
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Demand for COVID antibody drugs soars in hard-hit states
The drugs are only recommended for people at the highest risk of progressing to severe COVID-19, but regulators have slowly broadened who can qualify.
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U.S. appeals court refuses to end CDC’s eviction moratorium
The realtors who sued are likely to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, which voted 5-4 in June to allow an earlier moratorium to continue only through the end of July.