The Latest: Governor bans vaccine passports for Montana
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1of18FILE - In this undated photo, provided by NY Governor s Press Office on Saturday March 27, 2021, is the new Excelsior Pass app, a digital pass that people can download to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status and allow inoculated people to more freely travel, shop and dine have become the latest flash point in America’s perpetual political wars, with Republicans portraying them as a heavy-handed intrusion into personal freedom and private health choices. (NY Governor s Press Office via AP, File)APShow MoreShow Less
Hawaii to allow some nurses to perform abortions
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HONOLULU (AP) Gov. David Ige on Monday signed legislation that would make Hawaii the latest state to allow some nurses to perform abortions.
Hawaii law previously said only physicians could perform early, in-clinic abortions. But because of a doctor shortage, several smaller islands lack abortion providers which forces residents of those islands to fly to Honolulu if they need the procedure.
“This act will enable people who desperately need reproductive health care services to receive health care from very high quality health care providers, including advanced practice registered nurses, where they need it, when they need it, and . in their own communities,” Laura Reichardt, the director of the Hawaii State Center for Nursing, said a bill signing ceremony.
The Latest: 3 Washington counties to tighten pandemic rules
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1of15Karl Pajak, 28, right, and Yuting Yu, 22, fill out forms to get the Moderna vaccine at a vaccination center in the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, Monday, April 12, 2021. The city of Los Angeles has opened up vaccines to younger people, days ahead of the state broadening eligibility to everyone 16 and up.Jae C. Hong/APShow MoreShow Less
2of15Manuwara Begun, 46, sorts out garbage collected from households in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Begun lives in a cardboard hut behind a five-star hotel in the heart of New Delhi and feels the inequity keenly. Trash pickers often find it hard to get vaccines because they are not considered by the government to be essential workers or cannot afford to wait at overburdened public hospitals for free shots. Chintan estimates that each year, those like her save the local government over $50 million and elimi
Russia puts feminist activist on trial for pornography
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1of11Feminist activist and artist Yulia Tsvetkova leaves after a court session in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia, Monday, April 12, 2021. A Russian court on Monday opened the trial of Yulia Tsvetkova charged with disseminating pornography after she shared artwork depicting female genitalia online a case in line with the Kremlin’s conservative stance promoting “traditional family values.”Alexander Permyakov/APShow MoreShow Less
2of11Feminist activist and artist Yulia Tsvetkova leaves after a court session in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia, Monday, April 12, 2021. A Russian court on Monday opened the trial of Yulia Tsvetkova charged with disseminating pornography after she shared artwork depicting female genitalia online a case in line with the Kremlin’s conservative stance promoting “traditional family values.”Alexander Permyakov/APShow MoreShow Le