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Clint Turnage, wildlife biologist with USDA wildlife services, loads syringes with the Jansen (Johnson and Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine at a FEMA run mobile COVID-19 Vaccination clinic at Biddeford High School in Bidderford, Maine on April 26, 2021. Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images / TNS
Public health workers generally agree that reaching people who haven t gone out of their way to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but who would get one if it was convenient to them, is likely the surest way out of the pandemic. The Herald s Hannah Shirley reports that to do this, they have reiterated the same message as frequently as possible: the vaccines are safe and effective, and once fully vaccinated, you may begin to safely return to some normal activities. As local public health workers focus has shifted to reaching this population, much of their work has included debunking misinformation regarding th
North Dakota governor partly vetoes bill to restrict state college ties with abortion providers
Many in the North Dakota University System say the bill is an affront to the First Amendment and academic freedom. 11:02 am, May 8, 2021 ×
North Dakota State University nursing professor Molly Secor-Turner stands next to her father, plant pathology professor Gary Secor, at a rally on April 22, 2021, opposing legislation aimed at an NDSU sex education program Secor-Turner oversees. Alyssa Goelzer / The Forum
BISMARCK Gov. Doug Burgum partially vetoed a bill late Friday, May 7, that aims to restrict North Dakota universities from partnering with abortion providers or supporters.
Burgum vetoed the part of Senate Bill 2030 that would penalize any of the state s 11 colleges and universities $2.8 million for such a partnership. He also nixed the portion of the bill that said a person who signs a contract with an abortion-supporting group would be criminally charged