Mask mandates fall in some states, remain in others; Britain lockdown eases as vaccine rollout works: Latest COVID-19 updates Grace Hauck and Joel Shannon, USA TODAY
No more masks for those vaccinated: Here s how the new CDC guidelines affect you
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Mask mandates are being struck down by some states and businesses across the nation following a shift in CDC guidance that says fully vaccinated Americans can discard masks outdoors and, in many situations, indoors.
It s a landmark change that has generated praise, criticism and confusion. Just a few months ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doubled down on mask guidance, touting the effectiveness of double masking as more contagious variants of the virus spread.
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The Refugee-Led Coalition Creating Collective Care
Before the pandemic, refugee-led community-based groups gathered for Cooking Across Generations, an intergenerational storytelling celebration of refugee families who shared memories and rituals of ancestral foods in City Heights, San Diego.
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Already facing health and education gaps, refugees in San Diego banded together during the pandemic to define their own challenges and create their own solutions.
May 6, 2021
Jama Ahmed Mohamed was 2 years old when his family fled the civil war in Mogadishu, Somalia, and escaped to a refugee camp in Kenya. This became his precarious home, where his family faced alienation and violence as displaced outsiders in the borderlands of two countries. “There’s this feeling of never being settled. …We would build homes, which were set on
The Number of Californians With at Least One Covid Vaccine Dose Continues to Rise.
More than 75% of California’s seniors have had at least one dose, which makes epidemiologists hopeful that other age groups will follow suit
Demand for covid vaccines is slowing across most of California, but as traffic at vaccination sites eases, the vaccination rates across the state are showing wide disparities.
In Santa Clara County, home to Silicon Valley, nearly 67% of residents 16 and older have had at least one dose as of Wednesday, compared with about 43% in San Bernardino County, east of Los Angeles. Statewide, about 58% of eligible residents have received at least one dose.