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November 11, 2021

U.S. Coronavirus Cases Rise Again; Texas Judge Halts Ban on School Mask Mandates
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The number of daily U.S. coronavirus cases is once again on the rise,
after nearly two months of declines from September's peak. States
reported nearly 100,000 new infections on Wednesday and over 1,600 new
deaths.

In Texas, a federal judge has ruled that Republican Governor Greg
Abbott's ban on mask mandates in schools violates the rights of disabled
students, who are at increased risk of hospitalization and death from
COVID-19. A lawyer for Disability Rights Texas said in a statement, "No
student should be forced to make the choice of forfeiting their
education or risking their health, and now they won't have to."

Meanwhile, Republican attorneys general from 10 states filed a lawsuit
Wednesday seeking to block the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine
mandate for healthcare workers. This comes just days after a federal
appeals court temporarily blocked President Biden's vaccine mandate for
large businesses.


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