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Appeals court upholds Indiana University’s vaccine mandate
By CASEY SMITH and TOM DAVIESAugust 2, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this June 16, 2020 file photo shows Jordan Hall on the Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. A federal appeals court ruling Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, will allow Indiana University to go ahead with its plan for requiring its roughly 90,000 students and 40,000 employees to get COVID-19 vaccination shots.(Stephen Crane/The Herald-Times via AP File)
FILE - In this June 16, 2020 file photo shows Jordan Hall on the Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. A federal appeals court ruling Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, will allow Indiana University to go ahead with its plan for requiring its roughly 90,000 students and 40,000 employees to get COVID-19 vaccination shots.(Stephen Crane/The Herald-Times via AP File)
COVID-19 cases in Oregon surge, hospital beds filling fast
By SARA CLINEAugust 4, 2021 GMT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) As COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Oregon, some counties most where less than half of the area’s adult population is vaccinated are experiencing their highest hospitalization numbers during the pandemic.
Statewide coronavirus-related hospitalizations increased to 379 people on Tuesday, 39 more than the previous day. Some hospital officials, including those at Oregon Health & Science University, said they are postponing some surgeries that are not urgent, KOIN-TV reported Monday.
In addition, Oregon health officials reported 1,575 newly confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the most since early January.
Oregon to require masks indoors for K-12 schools
By SARA CLINEJuly 29, 2021 GMT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) The state of Oregon will require students and staff in K-12 schools to wear masks indoors this fall, Gov. Kate Brown announced Thursday.
The decision follows this week’s updated national masking guidelines and a spike in COVID-19 cases in Oregon, due to the highly transmissible delta variant. “My priority is to ensure our kids are able to safely return to full-time in-person learning this fall, five days per week and with minimal disruptions,” Brown said. “With many children still ineligible to be vaccinated, masks are an effective way to help keep our kids safe in the classroom, the learning environment we know serves them best.
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Surge fleeting, DeSantis says; Florida covid hospitalizations break record for third day
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FILE - This May 4 2021 file photo shows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, speaks during a news conference at West Miami Middle School in Miami. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP, File)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday downplayed a spike in covid-19 cases that s shattered state hospitalization records and strongly reiterated his vow not to impose a mask mandate or any business restrictions.
With the much-more-contagious delta variant now spreading exponentially, Florida hit 11,515 hospitalized patients Tuesday, breaking last year s record for the third-straight day and up from just 1,000 in mid-June.