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In this Wednesday, May 19, 2021, photograph, Bill Easton, a checker at a Safeway grocery store, is shown in the shopping center in which the store is located in Aurora, Colo. Easton, like many other workers in retail sales jobs, is fully vaccinated but is concerned about risks posed as retailers change their mask-wearing policies for customers. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Nervous workers struggle to adjust to new mask policies

By Alexandra Olson, Joseph Pisani And Anne D'innocenzio May. 20, 2021 10:28 AM EDT

A medic waits to administer Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine shots, at the Iran Mall shopping center in Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
The Latest: Conn. plans 'signing bonus' to boost job seeking

By The Associated Press May. 17, 2021 01:32 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 30, 2021, file photo, a family takes a photo in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. A number of states immediately embraced new guidelines from the CDC that say fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks indoors or out in most situations. But other states - and some businesses _ are taking a wait-and-see attitude. (AP Photo/Jae Hong, File)
States, business sort out what new CDC mask guidance means

By Heather Hollingsworth And Stephen Groves May. 14, 2021 01:12 PM EDT

Wisconsin to open vaccinations to general public Monday

By Todd Richmond Mar. 30, 2021 11:35 AM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials have decided to make COVID-19 vaccinations available for the general public starting next week, accelerating...

This photo provided by Chorus Media Group, Skippack Pharmacy owner and pharmacist Dr. Mayank Amin preps a vaccine during a small clinic for pregnant women on Feb. 11, 2021, in Skippack, Pa. In communities across the country, local pharmacy owners are among the people administering COVID-19 vaccinations. Being a vaccine provider requires a big investment of time and paperwork, and for some, finding a location for a mass vaccination clinic. (Chorus Media Group via AP)
Local pharmacists step up in COVID-19 vaccination effort

By Joyce M. Rosenberg Mar. 08, 2021 08:05 AM EST

FILE - In this March 31, 2020 file photo, a woman pulls groceries from a cart to her vehicle outside of a Walmart store in Pearl, Miss. Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam's Club stores. The company said the policy will go into effect on Monday, July 20, 2020 to allow time to inform stores and customers. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Walmart latest retailer to require customers to wear masks

By Anne D'innocenzio Jul. 15, 2020 07:26 PM EDT

FILE - A Best Buy employee delivers an item to a waiting client in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Best Buy, the nation's largest consumer electronics chain, will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its stores nationwide, even in states or localities that don't require them to do so. The company said Tuesday, July 14, 2020 it will provide a face covering if a customer doesn’t have one, and small children and those unable to wear one for health reasons may enter without one. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Best Buy to require customers to wear masks amid virus spike

By Anne D'innocenzio Jul. 14, 2020 04:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 27, 2020, file photo, a sign marks a table not to be used at Puckett's Grocery & Restaurant in Franklin, Tenn. As more businesses like department stores and restaurants reopen, tensions are expected to rise even more between workers and customers at a time when labor groups say there hasn’t been enough training. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
Store workers become enforcers of social distancing rules

By Anne D'innocenzio May. 08, 2020 10:52 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 28, 2020, file photo, a masked shopper walks past a sign taped to the front door of a CVS Pharmacy, requesting patrons wear masks if they intend on shopping inside due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, in Chelsea, Mass. Workers are being asked to get shoppers to follow new social distancing protocols like adhering to one-way aisles, keeping their masks on and staying six feet away from others to keep everyone safe. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Store workers become enforcers of social distancing rules

By Anne D'innocenzio May. 07, 2020 04:05 PM EDT

FILE - This Aug. 11, 2017 file photo shows a Wendy's sign at a restaurant in Miami. U.S. meat supplies are dwindling due to coronavirus-related production shutdowns. As a result, some stores like Costco and restaurants like Wendy's are limiting sales. U.S. beef and pork processing capacity is down 40% from last year. On Monday, May 4, 2020 nearly 20% of U.S. Wendy's didn't have beef available on their online menus, according to an analysis by Stephens, an investment bank. Wendy's confirms it's seeing temporary shortages. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, file)
Where's the beef? Production shutdown leads to shortages

By Dee-Ann Durbin May. 05, 2020 03:45 PM EDT

FILE - This March 20, 2020 file photo, shows a screen displaying messages concerning COVID-19, right, in a sparsely populated Times Square in New York. COVID-19 has shaken theater fans and shuttered all New York City's venues, including Broadway, which grossed $1.8 billion last season and attracted a record 15 million people. How Broadway — one the city's jewels — will reopen is still not clear. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
In push for normalcy, industries, nations test the waters

The Associated Press May. 05, 2020 11:09 AM EDT