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By Mallory Simon and Steve Almasy, CNN About a week after classes started, one Tampa-area school system has called an emergency meeting to discuss Covid-19 mitigation measures after about 6,000 people were told to isolate or quarantine. Officials with Hillsborough County Public Schools said Monday morning that 5,599 students and 316 employees are in isolation

By Rebekah Riess and Amir Vera, CNN A state investigation into a dog muzzle that was sent to Tennessee’s former vaccine manager closed Monday after it was found the muzzle was ordered with the official’s own credit card. Dr. Michelle Fiscus, a pediatrician who served as Tennessee’s medical director of vaccine-preventable diseases and immunization, was

By Liam Reilly, Mirna Alsharif and Taylor Romine, CNN Republicans in New York’s Nassau County are “discussing next steps” in considering overriding a veto of a bill that would have allowed first responders to sue protesters. The Nassau County Legislature on Long Island earlier this month approved the bill, which says that anyone who harasses

By Jennifer Henderson and Polo Sandoval, CNN Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke has been hospitalized with Covid-19 and placed on a ventilator, according to a tweet over the weekend from his official account. In an tweet on August 10, Burke, a Covid-19 vaccination critic, announced he had tested positive for coronavirus, and said, “Thanks be to

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The federal government on Monday declared a water shortage on the Colorado River for the first time, triggering mandatory water consumption cuts for states in the Southwest, as climate change-fueled drought pushes the level in Lake Mead to unprecedented lows. Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the US by volume, has drained at

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The New York State Department of Health issued an order Monday requiring all health care workers be vaccinated against Covid-19 by September 27, according to a statement released by outgoing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office. “We must now act again to stop the spread. Our healthcare heroes led the battle against the

By Keely Aouga and Taylor Romine, CNN Fifty-five years ago this month, a group of transgender women in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco fought back against police as they arrested patrons at Compton’s Cafeteria, a go-to hangout for temporarily avoiding the harshest harassment, discrimination and physical violence they faced on the streets. While the

By Gregory Lemos and Alta Spells, CNN As students return for the first day of school in Lancaster County, South Carolina, the district’s leadership has confirmed that a 16-year-old student has died of complications from Covid-19. “We are saddened to learn of the passing of a 16-year-old Andrew Jackson High student from Covid complications,” Lancaster