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California Gov. Gavin Newsom appears at a news conference in Oakland, Calif., on July 26. On Wednesday, he announced that the state's teachers and school staff will be required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
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California Becomes The 1st State To Require Vaccination Or Testing For All Teachers
August 11, 2021 • The vaccine mandate for K-12 educators and other school staff in public and private schools comes as students return from summer break amid growing concerns of the highly contagious delta variant.
With the delta variant surging, "All people 12 years and older, including people who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or trying to get pregnant now or might become pregnant in the future" should get vaccinated against COVID-19, the CDC urges. DjelicS/Getty Images hide caption
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Vaccinating During Pregnancy Has Become Even More Urgent As ICU Beds Fill Up
August 11, 2021 • Only 23% of those pregnant in the U.S. have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, statistics show. And with the delta variant surging, those who are unvaccinated are especially vulnerable.
Vaccinating During Pregnancy Has Become Even More Urgent As ICU Beds Fill Up
A health care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine last week at West Philadelphia High School in Philadelphia. Dr. Anthony Fauci says he backs mandatory vaccines for teachers, citing a "critical situation" in the country. Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
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Fauci Says Teachers Should Be Required To Be Vaccinated
August 10, 2021 • "We are in a major surge now as we're going into the fall, into the school season. This is very serious business," Fauci said. He urges states and localities to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for teachers.
A child watches as a nurse administers a COVID-19 vaccine during a pop-up vaccination event in April at Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville, Ky. Jon Cherry/Getty Images hide caption
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Nearly 94,000 Kids Got COVID-19 Last Week. They Were 15% Of All New Cases
August 10, 2021 • Cases among children have been steadily growing, but the numbers appear to show that severe illness, hospitalization and death are rare in children infected with the coronavirus.