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Adults have a lot to say about masks. How do students feel about them?

Elementary school teacher Katy Wright in Montana decided to ask her students how they feel about having to wear masks in school.
- Lauren Migaki
The great vaccine ... bake off ... has begun

Why the WHO has tasked a South African startup with trying to replicate Moderna's mRNA COVID vaccine recipe.
- Nurith Aizenman
Expert helps untangle vaccine misinformation that has followed Colin Powell's death

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Dr. Hyung Chun, professor of cardiology at Yale and senior author of a study in COVID breakthrough cases, on vaccine misinformation following the death of Colin Powell.
- Justine Kenin
EMTs and paramedics in Maine are quitting rather than get the COVID vaccinate

In Maine, EMTs and paramedics are part of the COVID vaccine mandate for health care workers. The deadline is looming, and some ambulance crews say coworkers have quit rather than get vaccinated.
- Patty Wight
Scientists in South Africa are working to reverse engineer the Moderna COVID vaccine

A consortium in South Africa wants to teach manufacturers in poor countries to make Moderna's COVID vaccine. But Moderna won't share its process. So the scientists are trying to reverse engineer it.
- Nurith Aizenman
Some Chicago cops won't share vaccine status, even if it means they lose police power

Chicago is requiring its workers to be vaccinated or undergo twice-weekly testing on their own time and dime. The head of the police union is urging cops not to share their vaccination info.
- Patrick Smith
The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without a prescription

For decades, the FDA has regulated hearing aids as a prescription medical device — an arrangement that adds to the cost and effort people must invest to get them.
- Bill Chappell
Kids' mental health crisis is at a critical point, Education Secretary Cardona says

The Education Department wants to revamp mental health access for students and awareness in schools. NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Secretary Miguel Cardona about the guidance.
Washington State fires its football coach over COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Head football coach Nick Rolovich and four assistants were fired for defying the state's vaccine mandate. School officials said a small number of university workers chose not to get vaccinated.
- Jaclyn Diaz
Most healthcare workers are vaccinated, but mandate fallout could still lead to cuts in services

Monday marked the deadline for healthcare workers and many others in Washington state to show proof of vaccination against Covid-19, or risk losing their job under the state mandate. Starting Tuesday, those who are unvaccinated will not be able to go to work as normal. The exception is those who have been granted an exemption for a genuine medical or religious reason and had accommodations made by their employer.
- Kate Walters

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