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Masks are Optional. COVID Cases are Surging. And it’s Time for Back-to-School; “Unheard of:” Rare summer RSV surge fills Oklahoma children’s hospitals; More Oklahomans qualify for care through Medicaid expansion;
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Concerns grow over bed capacity, rising COVID hospitalizations among young Oklahomans; Poll: Oklahomans don't want state involved in businesses' vaccination decisions; Local officials say hands tied by Senate bill restricting COVID response;
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Tulsa Public Schools COVID safety plan includes mask expectation; More than 150,000 Oklahomans Now Receiving SoonerCare Through Expansion; OU Health trying to strengthen nursing workforce amid shortage 'crisis';
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'It's a crisis': COVID-19 hospitalizations soaring at record pace as virus spreads faster than ever in Oklahoma; New surge of COVID patients, young and unvaccinated, 'very scary' for Saint Francis physicians;
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Feds, neighboring states act as COVID-19 numbers climb; At Oklahoma Children's Hospital, available pediatric beds are scarce as RSV surges; Lawmakers looking at eviction policy as moratorium comes to an end;
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‘We can’t keep these levels up’: Oklahoma health leaders warn of grim COVID trajectory; COVID-19: Oklahoma 2nd in U.S. for test positivity; 8,651 new cases reported last week; EMSA response times below standards due to staffing shortages;
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By:
Dave Hamby
July 28, 2021 // Updated: July 28, 2021
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State health officials call for emergency order amid COVID-19 surge, react to CDC mask guidance; Number of Oklahomans hospitalized with coronavirus at highest levels since February; Medicaid expansion "a boon" for underserved residents; How much Gov. Stitt has raised for his reelection campaign
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Back to school amid a COVID surge: Schools, universities contending with new limits on mask mandates; U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas: I'm vaccinated against COIVD-19, and you should be, too ... as soon as possible;
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COVID in Oklahoma: Gov. Kevin Stitt rules out school mask mandates, 'not planning' emergency order; As COVID-19 infections rise again in Indian Country, Oklahoma becomes epicenter; Panel examines roles of Tulsa Race Massacre, Medicaid expansion in health disparities;
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Report: Stitt to name John O’Connor next Oklahoma attorney general; Why Vaccinated People Are Getting ‘Breakthrough’ Infections; Oklahomans Fear Eviction Spike as Federal Moratorium Expires;
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