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Losing your job because of vaccine mandates? You can collect unemployment benefits in these states.

By Tami Luhby, CNN Only a few months after terminating federal pandemic unemployment benefits early, several GOP-led states are now expanding jobless payments to a different group of people affected by Covid-19: unvaccinated residents who are losing their jobs due to vaccine mandates. At least three red states — Iowa, Tennessee and Florida — have

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NFL suspends three players, including Bucs’ Antonio Brown, for violating Covid-19 protocols

By David Close, CNN The National Football League has suspended three players, including Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown, for three games without pay following a league investigation that determined the three violated Covid-19 protocols. Buccaneers safety Mike Edwards and free agent wide receiver John Franklin III, who has been on the Bucs’ practice squad,

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Travel bans are an ‘illusion of protection’ like ‘locking a screen door,’ CNN medical analyst says

By Marnie Hunter, Naomi Thomas and Karla Cripps, CNN Governments are trying to buy time with a rash of new travel restrictions as they figure out the potential impact of Omicron. But the restrictions are being criticized by some officials and medical experts as ineffective and potentially damaging to global coronavirus tracking. “I think this

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Coronavirus variants: Here’s what we know

By Maggie Fox, CNN Omicron, the newest coronavirus variant, is also the quickest to be labeled a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention because of its seemingly fast spread in South Africa and its many troubling mutations. Its emergence has already led to travel

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Omicron, a new Covid-19 variant with high number of mutations, sparks travel bans and worries scientists

By David McKenzie, Ghazi Balkiz, Ivana Kottasová and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The discovery of a new and potentially more transmissible coronavirus variant by South African health authorities has sparked a forceful reaction across the world, with a number of countries banning travelers from several southern African countries. The World Health Organization announced Friday it has

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All vaccinated adults in Idaho are now eligible for a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine

In light of Friday’s CDC recommendation, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) is encouraging all Idaho adults age 50 years and older who received the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at least six months earlier, as well as adults age 18 and older who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine two or more months ago, to get a booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Ireland, home to one of Europe’s highest vaccination rates, imposes curfew on pubs and clubs as cases rise

By Niamh Kennedy and Rob Picheta, CNN Ireland will impose a midnight curfew on bars, restaurants and nightclubs from Thursday, its prime minister Micheál Martin has announced, as the country tackles a fresh wave of Covid-19 cases. Martin said the country’s rise in infections is “a cause of deep concern” as he unveiled a swathe

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