On May 17, William Jewell College transitioned from Level B of Operation Safe Campus (OSC) to Level A2 of Operation Resurgent Campus (ORC) following a satisfactory employee vaccination rate of above 84%, according to a mass email sent to students and employees. The May 14 email – delivered on the…
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COVID-19 variant with higher transmissibility rate emerges
After a year of unprecedented, global challenges brought about by COVID-19 , the approval of several vaccines gave the world hope that the end of mask-wearing and social-distancing might be approaching soon. That hope still exists, but a few more obstacles have appeared in the form of new variant strains…
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COVID-19 Update
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in coordination with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DoD) have released documents to health officials in all 50 states outlining the strategy for the distribution of a possible coronavirus vaccine. This strategy is a…
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Unpacking the government shutdown
The United States federal government shut down at midnight Jan. 20. This was the first government shutdown under the Trump administration and, more significantly, the first shutdown where a single political party has control of both Congress and the White House. Republicans were unable to end a Democratic filibuster in…
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