COVID-19 coronavirus in Oklahoma

The Oklahoma City-County Health Department is launching a new program to give Oklahoma County residents free access to public health supplies.

An epidemiologist says the latest numbers aren’t raising alarm bells.

After its recent FDA approval, the CDC recommended everyone six months and older get an updated COVID vaccine. But insurance snags and supply issues are giving some Oklahomans trouble accessing it.

On Tuesday, the CDC recommended that everyone six months and older get a round of one of the newly FDA-approved COVID-19 boosters. The vaccine is said to protect against worrisome new variants.

A half dozen Oklahoma residents are facing criminal charges for obtaining almost $1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.

Langston University will use almost $4.6 million of federal funds to cancel out outstanding balances its students incurred during the pandemic.

Oklahoma lawmakers spent last summer vetting hundreds of applications for funding from the latest round of federal coronavirus relief and allocated more than $1.6 billion in the fall. But some are frustrated with the executive branch’s slow pace of sending the money to agencies and other grantees.

The CDC has advised that children take the COVID-19 vaccine before attending school. That doesn’t mean it will be required for attendance, as misinformation swirls around the ruling.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses State Question 820 not making the November ballot, a law banning mask mandates in schools being partially overturned and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Joy Hofmeister calling for a $5,000 raise for teachers.

Oklahoma's Supreme Court ruled a ban on mask mandates in schools that relies on action by the governor is unconstitutional. The ruling affirms local control, while leaving much of a 2021 law intact.