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hapabapa/iStock (NEW YORK) — Several states have reinstated indoor mask mandates as the delta variant continues to rip across the country, but others have fiercely resisted and imposed bans

Tempura/iStock (NEW YORK) — Florida’s latest COVID-19 wave is making Bob Gortney, an intensive care nurse in Fort Myers, think twice about his two decades in medicine. Gortney, who

FatCamera/iStock (NEW YORK) — As universities prepare to welcome droves of students back to campus, some have announced additional fees for those who are not vaccinated — to help foot

John Moore/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — The largest school district in Texas is among those poised to defy the governor’s ban on school mask mandates as students prepare to head back to

(ABC News) Luke Amphlett, a high school teacher in Burbank, Texas, speaks during a group discussion about Texas’ education legislation. (DALLAS) — For former U.S. Army Capt. Diane

Morsa Images/ iStock (NEW YORK) — Driven by the more transmissible delta variant, COVID-19 cases and deaths are up nationwide by more than 20% compared to last week’s seven-day average,

arrowsmith2/ iStock (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — Lila Hartley, from Jacksonville, Florida, took matters into her own hands when she heard Duval County Public Schools wouldn’t require masks

MattGush/iStock (NEW YORK) — Over 1 million customers are without power in the Midwest Thursday morning after severe storms slammed the region. The storms included several reported

Lubo Ivanko/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States is facing a COVID-19 surge this summer as the more contagious delta variant spreads. More than 618,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 and

DavidPrahl/iStock (NEW YORK) — At the start of the school year, it’s not uncommon for school districts to be short bus drivers. Before the pandemic, Savannah-Chatham County Public