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Miami some urgent care centers have been closed to reposition strained staff >> is this purely a function of not enough people is that why youre making these choices >> yes we have plenty of equipment, plenty of medications. it is a staff issue. >> reporter: the crunch prompting change in california >> its major disaster waiting to happen. >> reporter: the hyperinfectious variant leading to new state rules. health care workers who test positive and are asymptomatic may return to work immediately...

Cases. >> reporter: the omicron variant may be spreading at the speed of light, its slowing down critical services. >> we have over 500 employees throughout have come down with covid. >> reporter: at baptist health in miami, care center had been closed to reposition staff. >> we have plenty of equipment and we have plenty of medications. >> reporter: the crunch prompting change in california. >> its major disaster waiting to happen. >> reporter: the hyper infectious variant leading to new state ...

This week due to a surge in covid cases. now hospitals across the country, already overwhelmed with patients, are facing staffing shortages. nbc news correspondent sam brock has the latest. >> reporter: the omicron variant may be spreading at the speed of light, but its grip on american workers is slowing down critical services. >> we have over 500 employees throughout this town that have come down with covid. >> reporter: at baptist health in miami, some emergency care centers have closed due t...

You gotta refresh to be fresh imagine getting $150,000 dollars... for one year of epic adventures... in a new dodge hellcat... and you dont even have to quit your day job. you just need to show youve got real drive. are you our new chief donut maker? white house under pressure to weigh in on the growing list of states that are rolling back their mask mandates today. the white house press secretary jen psaki said students and teachers should continue to follow cdc guidelines on masks, regardless ...

>> well, it doesnt seem like they have a lot of choices when it comes to the running of the schools. we saw that with our mask debate that we had here earlier in the school year where we have school districts the state law and state rules on masks and the biden administration said well support you and well send you money. they did create a grant program to support them and then the state just found another way around that. and they wound up arguing about it like they do over all sorts of federal...

Vaccination requirement. >> reporter: under pressure from governors to issue new guidance, the cdc says it will update recommendations but not yet. >> weve always said these decisions will have to be made at the local level. >> many of these decisions are using a phased approach. not to stop things tomorrow. they have to be done at the local level. i am encouraged cases are continueing to drop dramatically, hospitalizations are continuing to drop dramatically as people are making these decisions...

To achieve transportation greenhouse gas production. that means more walking and bike riding to make the roads safe. that means more green scooters and less driving for you. the "new york times" spilled the beans about that writing: they have to encourage people to drive less. blue states are leading the way. colorado, for instance, new state rules dictate if localities want to expand highways they need to offset the extra emissions with cleaner projects like bike trails and land use changes. if...

That means more transit walking, rolling, riding to unlock the climate benefits of those modes, et cetera, et cetera. making the roads safe for all users. that means more of those annoying green scooters, less driving for you now the new york times inadvertently spilled the beans about all for this writing recently. increasingly, experts warn that if states abo want to slash planet warming emissions from cars and trucks, it wont be enough to sell more electric vehicles. theyll also have to encou...

Gov. Eric Holcomb has vetoed a hodge podge of provisions relating to state and local government put together from the wreckage of various failed proposals hours before the House and

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker's claim was properly ruled upon by the Workers' Compensation Board of Review.