OTTAWA (mocs.news.com) – Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson declared a state of emergency for the city last Sunday, citing the need for additional governmental support amid COVID-19 protests. The protests, which have since sparked similar demonstrations in other parts of the globe, began in late January when truck drivers and other citizens …
Read More »Nations Ease Pandemic Restrictions Amid Omicron Variant
By Catherine Corcoran CHATTANOOGA,TN (MOCSNEWS.com) — As the Omicron variant cases rise, countries are easing restrictions. Restrictive measures are being lifted in Europe and North America nearly two years into the pandemic. Although the cases soar, Omicron is less likely to cause severe illness than the previous delta variant, according …
Read More »COVID-19 vaccine booster drive is faltering in the US
By MAE ANDERSON Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — The COVID-19 booster drive in the U.S. is losing steam, worrying health experts who have pleaded with Americans to get an extra shot to shore up their protection against the highly contagious omicron variant.Just 40% of fully vaccinated Americans have received a …
Read More »Why Recent College Grads are Struggling to find a Job after Graduation
While COVID-19 pushed colleges to operate online, students still graduated college with their degrees and those students graduating were coming up to face their biggest obstacle yet, getting hired during a pandemic. “After graduation I applied to over 500 jobs across America, only to hear back from a handful of …
Read More »Putting Our Youth At Risk
CHATTANOOGA, TN- With schools and universities being back in session this fall, it is putting everyone back at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to this, in early November, Governor Bill Lee signed a bill entitled from having mask or vaccine mandates unless it was exempted from the law …
Read More »Student Athlete Mental Health During the Pandemic
CHATTANOOGA, TENN (mocsnews.com) – The Covid-19 pandemic has rocked just about every aspect of our world the past year and a half, and higher education has been no different. The danger presented by the virus has forced higher education institutions to redesign their curriculum, all at the cost of added …
Read More »COVID-19 Cases Declining
CHATTANOOGA, TN (mocsnews.com)- If you haven’t known by now COVID-19 is a part of each one of our lives. COVID-19, has affected each of us emotionally and physically. Coronavirus has played a part in our daily lives, stopping us from doing normal things such as working at our jobs, kids …
Read More »College Student Mental Health Crisis during the Pandemic
By: Ashtyn Frazier WASHINGTON, D.C.(mocsnews.com)- The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the mental health crisis for college students across the U.S. According to a survey by Best Colleges, 90% of students believe that they have experienced worsening mental health symptoms since the pandemic. Student doing virtual school from home. College students …
Read More »Public universities and their students battle over mandates for the Covid-19 vaccine
By Stephen Lloyd Kayla Stissel, a first-year student at the University of Florida, gets her first COVID-19 vaccine from UF nursing student Taylor Collins at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville on April 5, 2021. Brad McClenny ATLANTA, GA (mocsnews.com) – As nearly half of the adult United States population …
Read More »Pandemics Affects Students Learning
CHATTANOOGA, TN. (mocsnews.com) — Covid has changed the everyday world we now live in, but the learning experience of students nationwide has been drastically affected. School closures in the Spring of 2020 brought forth a time of uncertainty in the educational system. We had very little data on how remote …
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