U.S. supports lifting patent protections for vaccines; once-grim CDC projections now quite hopeful for summer; Live COVID-19 updates John Bacon and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY
Walensky: Could see virus decline by end of July
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Hospitalizations and deaths should decline sharply by July if the nationwide vaccination program remains strong and community mitigation efforts are followed, according to a federal report released Wednesday.
Still, ignoring mitigation efforts such as masks and social distancing in some situations could lead to substantial increases in severe COVID-19 outcomes, even with improved vaccination coverage, the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
U.S. supports lifting patent protections for vaccines; once-grim CDC projections now quite hopeful for summer; Live COVID-19 updates John Bacon and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY
Walensky: Could see virus decline by end of July
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Hospitalizations and deaths should decline sharply by July if the nationwide vaccination program remains strong and community mitigation efforts are followed, according to a federal report released Wednesday.
Still, ignoring mitigation efforts such as masks and social distancing in some situations could lead to substantial increases in severe COVID-19 outcomes, even with improved vaccination coverage, the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
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New York lawmakers passed legislation Tuesday that establishes minimum staffing levels for hospitals and nursing homes, asserting understaffing practices at some facilities contributed to COVID-19 infections and deaths.
The health care staffing bills, which have been debated in various forms over the past decade, were approved by both houses of the Legislature Tuesday afternoon. During a press conference earlier in the day, health care union leaders and lawmakers urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign the bills, if passed.
One bill establishes minimum staffing hours per resident and related provisions for nursing home care statewide. It comes after more than 13,000 New Yorkers died from COVID-19 complications in the long-term care facilities.
NY lawmakers pass bill allowing only electric cars to be sold by 2035
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New York State lawmakers have passed a bill requiring that all new vehicles sales in the state be zero-emission vehicles by 2035. (Hope Davison | MLive.com)Hope Davison
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. By 2035, all new cars sold in the state of New York will be zero-emission vehicles.
On Monday, the New York State Senate approved a host of environmental justice bills, including one that will require that all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state be zero-emission vehicles by 2035.