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Unmasked edition: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Mobile: A Carnival cruise ship docked in the port city Friday so crew members could be vaccinated against COVID-19. With a brass band playing on the wharf, the Carnival Sensation docked at the Mobile Cruise Terminal, where staff members from USA Health planned to go on board to provide first doses for 110 crew members. The ship will return in three weeks for second doses, the city said in a statemen...

In a comment two months ago, we talked about the growing sense of optimism among health officials amid the pandemic, thanks to the increasing availability of COVID vaccines. Last week brought the sort of positive developments that a pandemic-fatigued public has been waiting for. Again, thanks to the COVID vaccine. Are you sensing a pattern here? Public health experts have been telling us for months that the vaccine is our way out of the pandemic — and into a sense of normal. The Centers fo...

Two Indiana counties are lifting their local mask mandates after federal health officials eased mask-wearing guidance for those fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — At least one Indiana county is dropping its local mask mandate after federal health officials eased mask-wearing guidance for those fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

At least one Indiana county is dropping its local mask mandate after federal health officials eased mask-wearing guidance for those fully vaccinated against...

St. Joseph County’s health officer on Thursday night rescinded the order requiring masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Robert M. Einterz cited the CDC’s recommendation earlier in the day that fully vaccinated people no longer need masks in most cases. Einterz also asked the St. Joseph County Council to rescind a related ordinance that allowed businesses to be fined for not enforcing the mask order among employees. Both the mask order and the fine ordinance were supposed to be in pla...

St. Joseph County’s health officer on Thursday night rescinded the order requiring masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Robert M. Einterz cited the CDC’s recommendation earlier in the day that fully vaccinated people no longer need masks in most cases. Einterz also asked the St. Joseph County Council to rescind a related ordinance that allowed businesses to be fined for not enforcing the mask order among employees. Both the mask order and the fine ordinance were supposed to be in pla...