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Shadow seekers, billionaire tax, vaccines for cabbies: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY Alabama Montgomery: The state on Monday launched an online portal for people to check their eligibility for COVID-19 vaccinations and make appointments. The Alabama Department of Public Health said the site at alcovidvaccine.gov will allow those eligible to make an appointment if shots are available in their county of choice. The portal also provides information about additional drive-thru and walk-in clinics being offered. Starting next Mond...

As highly contagious coronavirus variants spread, health experts in the Mountain West and beyond are urging people to upgrade and double up their masks.

February 2, 2021 GMT LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada recorded its deadliest month of the coronavirus pandemic in January but, in a promising sign, the monthly death toll in northern Nevada’s Washoe County was only about half what it was in December. Eight additional deaths reported statewide over the weekend boosted Nevada’s death toll for the month to 1,132 — more than a quarter of the 4,278 deaths since the pandemic began. The vast majority have been in Las Vegas and Clark County, the state’s most populous county accounting for 77% of the deaths. And while January brought the second highe...

Health officials say that a majority of Nevadans would need the COVID-19 vaccine for the population to receive herd immunity. That’s when enough people are

Assume the new coronavirus variant is in your community Mashable 1/11/2021 You may have missed it. Yet the latest coronavirus outbreaks in the U.S. come with another unsettling reality. A new, more contagious variant — some 40 to 70 percent more infectious than previous strains and responsible for skyrocketing cases in the UK — is spreading in the U.S., though the CDC estimates its prevalence in reported cases is still low. The variant has been confirmed in Texas, New York, Florida, California, Colorado, and beyond. The impacts could grow serious, as previous coronavirus strains were a...