Restrictions on masks, in a bill revised by legislative Republicans last week to include an unrelated, controversial campaign finance provision, is headed to the desk of Gov. Roy Cooper after a final vote Tuesday. The bill, which was unveiled Thursday as a compromise between House and Senate Republicans, rewrites a provision in state law that […]
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North Carolina GOP lawmakers agree to add a health exemption to a bill that limits masking
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in North Carolina struck a compromise on a bill that now maintains a health exemption for masking in public while preventing the use of masks during criminal activity, but only one chamber chose to vote on it Thursday. The state Senate passed the new masking bill — negotiated by […]
China to Nurture Stock Rally by Masking Live Foreign Flows Data
(Bloomberg) — China is set to switch off a live feed of foreign flows for stocks as early as Monday, the latest policy move to shore up confidence by removing a potential source of negative data. Most Read from Bloomberg The Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges plan to cease displaying real-time figures on purchases or sales […]
So you’re sick during the holidays — now what? CDC director talks masking, COVID, respiratory viruses and more.
You’ve wrapped up the presents and those last-minute holiday errands when all of a sudden you start to feel some not-so-merry symptoms like a cough, sore throat or fever. With respiratory virus season in full swing, Yahoo Life spoke with Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for the […]