Category Archives: Science
Quebec premier critical of anti-vaccine protesters targeting high schools
MONTREAL — Quebec's premier and education minister on Friday condemned anti-vaccine protests taking place outside Montreal high schools this week as the province reported its highest daily COVID-19 case count since May. "It's unacceptable to see the an...
California firefighters chase new fires ignited by lightning
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Firefighters scrambled Friday to quash fires ignited by lightning as thunderstorms with mostly small but welcome amounts of rain rumbled across drought-stricken Northern California, where forests have been burning for weeks.
Health-care workers face ‘moral injury’ from work stress, protests, says expert
Emergency room nurse Jaime Gallaher recalls the emotional toll of a verbal attack she recently faced from a woman at a grocery store after another gruelling workday. "I was still red-eyed from crying from the past two hours and she just
Key parts of Biden’s plan to confront delta variant surge
President Joe Biden has unveiled a new “action plan" plan to confront the COVID-19 surge that’s being driven by the spread of the delta variant. It mandates vaccines for federal workers and contractors and certain health care workers, requires
Justice Department sues Texas over state’s new abortion law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department has sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution."
Biden presses states to require vaccines for all teachers
WASHINGTON — Hoping to prevent another school year from being upended by the pandemic, President Joe Biden visited a Washington middle school Friday to push his new COVID plan, accusing some Republican governors of being “cavalier” with the health of
Los Angeles schools mandate vaccines for students 12 and up
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Students age 12 and older in the Los Angeles public school system soon must be vaccinated to attend classes on campus under one of the toughest anti-COVID mandates enacted in the nation.
California may require menstrual products in public schools
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California public schools and colleges would have to stock their restrooms with free menstrual products under legislation sent Thursday to Gov. Gavin Newsom as women’s rights advocates push nationwide for affordable access to ...
Kentucky lawmakers scrap statewide mask mandate in schools
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers, many not wearing masks, voted Thursday to scrap a statewide mask mandate in public schools and shifted masking decisions to local school boards, acting in a special session as the state's worst COVID-19 surge
Yukon officials offer reassurance after COVID-19 case identified in school
WHITEHORSE — Yukon officials say everything has gone according to plan after the first case of COVID-19 was identified at a secondary school since classes resumed. Dr. Catherine Elliott, the territory's acting chief medical officer of health, and deput...
