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Chevron will require certain employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations after several outbreaks affected operations in key sites. The mandate asks expatriate employees, workers traveling internationally and employees on certain U.S. ships to get vaccinated, covering thousands of employees. Remote Work May Now Last for Two Years, Worrying Some Bosses - The Wall Street Journal University of Virginia disenrolls 238 students for not complying with university's vaccine mandate - CNN @joncoopertweets: College students are big fans of vaccine mandates — in many cases, bigger fans than their university administrators. 73% say their school should implement a vaccine mandate, while 52% say their schools are doing so. 86% say they're fully vaccinated. The Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech vaccine is expected to receive full approval from the Food and Drug Administration this week, potentially pushing more employers to issue vaccine requirements. Meanwhile, the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating Canadian data that suggests the Moderna vaccine may carry a higher risk of myocarditis in younger people when compared to Pfizer. Moderna recently updated its own company vaccine policy, mandating COVID-19 vaccines for all U.S. workers starting Oct. 1. Arizona AG: Businesses can require employees, customers be vaccinated - Arizona Daily Star Georgia's governor signs order letting businesses ignore local Covid-19 rules - CNN Coronavirus cases in children under 12 have jumped dramatically over the past six weeks, with hospitals in the South and Midwest treating more children than ever before. The surge is driven by the delta variant as children under age 12 aren’t yet eligible to be vaccinated. Alabama saw 50 children hospitalized with COVID-19 last week compared to nine hospitalized as of July 15. Child Covid-19 cases have 'steadily increased' since the beginning of July, AAP says, with 121,000 new cases last week - CNN As Children's COVID Cases Surge, There's Another Virus On The Rise - NPR @Mi