The goal is to help restaurants and retailers by giving them more outside space to operate in while complying with social distancing guidelines during the pandemic, the city says.
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Biden vaccination goal stands despite plant contamination, White House says
A Baltimore facility manufacturing vaccines for Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca mixed ingredients for the companies’ vaccines, ruining 15 million doses.
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Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
With new aid, schools seek solutions to problems new and old
Public schools in some cities are expected to receive more than $1 billion.
Posted inNation & World
U.K. eyes testing COVID-19 passports at mass gatherings
However, officials are struggling to find the balance between medical privacy and public health.
Posted inLocal & State
Surge continues as Maine CDC reports 295 more COVID-19 cases
Public health authorities worry that the elevated rate of infections could jeopardize efforts to achieve herd immunity as the state ramps up vaccinations.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
In Easter speech, pope calls wars in pandemic ‘scandalous’
He sounded a note of indignation, decrying that there has been no shortage of war and conflict during the world’s worst health crisis in a century.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Vaccine passports are latest flash point in COVID politics
Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status have become the latest flash point in America’s perpetual political wars.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine employers navigate complexities of office reopening
Companies would like to start bringing more workers back to the office, but the process is fraught with legal, ethical and health concerns.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Vaccine passports offer public health benefits but also stir debate
Requiring proof of vaccination for certain types of travel or admittance to large-scale gatherings is under consideration, but privacy and equity concerns may prevent widespread implementation.
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Man who refused temperature check arrested at Disney World
He admitted that he was in ‘a bit of a mood’ after a day of travel.