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Again facing insults and accusations of abusing children, Douglas County leaders voted to extend a health order that requires children who are not yet eligible for vaccination to wear a mask indoors. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission voted unanimously to extend ...
Douglas County leaders will consider extending a health order that requires children who are not yet eligible for vaccination to wear a mask while indoors. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission will consider extending the current health order that requires children ...
Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon — a key step toward beginning vaccinations for youngsters. The vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech already is available for anyone 12 ...
LMH Health has reported the death of another COVID patient, but the county is starting to see signs of a slowdown in cases of the virus. Information about the death, which the hospital said occurred on Sunday, was scant. The death didn’t show up on the latest fatality county compiled by ...
COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. The U.S. population a century ago was just one-third of what it is today, meaning the flu cut a much bigger, more lethal swath through the country. But the COVID-19 crisis is by ...
The City of Lawrence will soon be requiring its unvaccinated employees to be tested regularly for COVID-19, and Douglas County could soon adopt a similar policy for its employees. Between the two local governments, such policies would cover more than 1,600 workers. While these kinds of ...