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More businesses are mandating COVID-19 vaccines. Is that legal?
ABC News, NASHP.org(WASHINGTON) — With the delta variant surging, some businesses have begun announcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employees with some exceptions on religious and medical grou...
Ivan Pereira, ABC News Aug 05, 2021

Unvaccinated patient in hospital pleads for others to get vaccine: 'I want to help as many people as I can'
Courtesy of Kellie Campbell(WASHINGTON) — Virginia residents Travis and Kellie Campbell were unvaccinated when they both contracted COVID-19 in late July. Since then, Travis Campbell has been ho...
Haley Yamada and Penelope Lopez, ABC News Aug 05, 2021

Fauci: If community spread doesn't get under control, US 'may sooner or later get another variant'
BlackJack3D/iStock(WASHINGTON) — If the U.S. does not get control over community spread of the delta COVID variant, the nation will continue to see more variants that evade the protection of the...
Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News Aug 05, 2021

Leaders across the country in disagreement over whether to require COVID-19 vaccine passports
iStock/Eloi_Omella(NEW YORK) -- As New York City turns to vaccine passports to help limit the spread of COVID-19, other cities have pushed back against similar measures, with leaders citing a wide ran...
Meredith Deliso Aug 05, 2021

What is a HIPAA violation?
iStock/eggeeggjiew(WASHINGTON) -- Late last month Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, of Georgia, raised eyebrows around the country when she claimed that a reporter's question about her COVID-19 ...
Erin Schumaker Aug 05, 2021

COVID leaves Louisiana front-line workers exhausted as hospitalizations surge
iStock/Tempura(SHREVEPORT, La.) -- Our team saw many tears shed today. We spent Wednesday morning and afternoon at Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, where the medical teams at t...
Marcus Moore Aug 05, 2021

Defense Secretary to announce mandatory COVID vaccinations for troops 'soon': Sources
iStock/valentinrussanov(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is expected to announce his recommendation to President Joe Biden that COVID-19 vaccines be made mandatory for troops, official...
Matt Seyler and Luis Martinez Aug 05, 2021

Flu shot linked to less severe COVID-19: Study
simarik/iStock(NEW YORK) -- People who got a flu shot earlier this year may be less likely to suffer a severe COVID-19 infection down the road, according to new research. The study, published in the j...
Erin Schumaker Aug 04, 2021

Alabama offering $5 in canteen credit to prisoners who get vaccinated
Bill Oxford/iStock(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) -- As coronavirus cases in Alabama prisons continue to rise, the state Department of Corrections is offering incarcerated individuals incentives to get vaccinated....
Lalee Ibssa, ABC News Aug 04, 2021

Hugh Jackman urges fans to wear sunscreen after undergoing skin biopsy
ADragan/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Hugh Jackman urged fans to wear sunscreen when revealing Monday he recently underwent a skin biopsy after his doctor noticed something "a little irregular" on his skin. The...
Megan Stone, ABC News Aug 04, 2021
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