MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont is going mask-optional as of March 14, based on its low COVID-19 hospitalization rates and the majority of its population being vaccinated. "The decision to wear a mask will be up to each person based on their own circumstances and health needs," Patsy Kelso, ...
As demand for COVID-19 vaccines collapses in many areas of the U.S., states are scrambling to use stockpiles of doses before they expire and have to be added to the millions that have already gone to waste. From some of the least vaccinated states, like Indiana and North Dakota, to some of ...
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Once a source of anger and acrimony, a mask requirement for state lawmakers was lifted Thursday by legislative leaders. Legislative leaders voted unanimously to lift the mask mandate effective Monday with an agreement that it could be reinstituted if COVID-19 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Laying off 17 people in the Charlotte Checkers front office of 25 felt like gutting a team for chief operating officer Tera Black. "The front office is a team just as much as the team on the ice," she said. "We never want to go through that again." Similar scenes played ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two years after getting COVID-19, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine says he still has mild symptoms. Kaine joined two fellow Democratic senators, Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, in introducing a bill Wednesday to fund research aimed at better ...
The state announced 148 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday. On Wednesday, March 2, 2022, DHHS announced 141 new positive test results for COVID-19 for Tuesday, March 1. Today’s results include 89 people who tested positive by PCR test and 52 who tested positive by antigen test. DHHS also ...
