January 17, 2022 Colleges adding COVID-19 restrictions as classes prepare to resume Colleges across the country are continuing to format learning environments amid a surge in cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19, installing restrictions that have interrupted campus life as some classes move online and student activities remain limited.
January 17, 2022 Hawaii weighs requiring booster for travelers to be considered 'fully vaccinated' Hawaii may soon change its definition of fully vaccinated when it comes to domestic travel, requiring visitors to have received a COVID-19 booster shot to meet the threshold.
January 17, 2022 CDC's Rochelle Walensky admits poor messaging on COVID guidance, vows to improve The CDC director has been facing intense backlash for her agency's confusing COVID guidance.
January 17, 2022 Novak Djokovic could face similar troubles at French Open after new vaccine legislation Novak Djokovic’s hopes of earning his record 21st Grand Slam title and extending his record at the Australian Open came to a disastrous end when he was deported from the country on Sunday but the World No. 1 stands to lose more as French officials announced similar travel restrictions that could impact his participation at Roland Garros later this year.
January 17, 2022 NY Mag: Progressives ‘quietly’ starting to accept closing schools was ‘historic blunder’ Liberal New York Magazine writer Jonathan Chait suggests progressives should be coming to terms with the fact that closing schools during the coronavirus pandemic was a catastrophic mistake.
January 17, 2022 Midwest hospital chain stops using race-based COVID-19 treatment plan amid backlash SSM Health, a Catholic hospital chain that operates 23 hospitals in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, has stopped using race as a determining factor for prioritizing COVID-19 treatment.
January 17, 2022 Biden's new COVID-19 policy is not what Martin Luther King dreamed about for America The Biden administration’s discriminatory COVID-19 treatment policy is particularly offensive as we honor the life of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr
January 17, 2022 Youngkin's school mask mandate ban set to be next legal front in culture war: 'Clearly headed for litigation' Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is likely headed for a legal battle with some of his state's largest school districts over mask mandates.
January 17, 2022 Jen Psaki takes shot at Youngkin over order allowing Virginia parents to opt out of mask mandates White House press secretary Jen Psaki took a shot at Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R., as he fulfilled a campaign promise to allow parents to opt out of school mask mandates.
January 17, 2022 WaPo laments SCOTUS decision to block Biden vaccine mandate, advocates business and state mandates instead The Washington Post editorial board lamented the Supreme Court's decision to block President Biden's vaccine mandate for businesses with more than 100 employees.
