Oklahoma health experts call for emergency declaration as COVID surges again; With ‘normal’ school year looking less likely, educators and health professionals brace for return to class; At one former Native American school in Oklahoma, honoring the dead now falls to alumni;
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'Grim' outlook: Delta variant's surge in Oklahoma causes medical professionals to worry about children's health, hospital capacity; ack to school amid a COVID surge: schools, universities contending with new limits on mask mandates; Former Tax Commission Director Tapped to Lead Driver’s License Technology Effort;
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Medicaid expansion will improve mental health in Oklahoma (Guest Post); COVID-19 cases climbing at the Oklahoma County Jail; Grading Oklahoma: Child well-being;
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Oklahoma Cut Off Federal Unemployment Benefits Early But Workers are Struggling to Find Jobs; Oklahoma is in the bottom 10 states for COVID-19 vaccines. Could politics be to blame?; Lawmakers oppose employer vaccine mandates;
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A decade in the making, Medicaid expansion takes effect in Oklahoma; How Oklahoma evictions might spike after July; Feds release final portion of $1.4 billion in stimulus funds for Oklahoma's schools;
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COVID-19 in Oklahoma: Average of new cases nearly doubles; hospitalizations back to March levels;
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In northeast Oklahoma hospital, beds are full again as COVID-19 delta variant takes hold; Contentious McGirt forum ends early after shout-down from audience; Stitt taps former company exec to serve as Oklahoma’s COO;
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Oklahoma board approves rules banning certain race theories; Tulsa Race Massacre's ongoing health impact, Medicaid expansion, to be focus of upcoming virtual discussion; State Health Commissioner Not For Or Against Hospital Workforce COVID Vaccine Mandates;
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By:
Dave Hamby
July 12, 2021 // Updated: July 12, 2021
Lawsuit seeks to reinstate additional pandemic federal unemployment benefits for Oklahomans; State sees rise in suicides during pandemic with rural areas seeing greater increase; Delta variant main concern of health officials in Oklahoma, but its full spread is unclear; State sees rise in suicides during pandemic with rural areas seeing greater increase.
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Turning the tide on evictions: Using federal aid, support to reduce Oklahoma’s eviction crisis; Budget cuts have reduced access to social services in some of Oklahoma’s poorest communities; Is There Lead in the Water? Thousands of Schools and Day Cares Haven’t Found Out;
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