Get vaccine or face weekly tests: California, NYC tells workers
3 years, 4 months ago

Get vaccine or face weekly tests: California, NYC tells workers

India TV News  

California and New York City announced Monday that they would require all government employees to get the coronavirus vaccine or face weekly COVID-19 testing, and the Department of Veterans Affairs became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to receive the shot. The announcements are the “opening of the floodgates” as more government entities and companies impose vaccine mandates after nationwide vaccination efforts “hit a wall,” said Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health. “I’ve heard that, and I feel that frustration.” President Joe Biden should “lead by example” and impose further mandates on the federal workforce and in public venues where the government has jurisdiction, including in planes, trains and federal buildings, said Dr. Leana Wen, a former Baltimore health commissioner. “We’re going in the wrong direction,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Wen, who is also an emergency physician and a professor at George Washington University, said public health experts have worried for months about this very scenario.

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US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week
1 year, 7 months ago

US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will end most of the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends, the White House said Monday. “But our healthcare system or public health resources are far more able to respond to the threat that COVID poses to our country and do so in …

US to end Covid vaccination mandate for foreign travellers, federal workers on May 11
1 year, 7 months ago

US to end Covid vaccination mandate for foreign travellers, federal workers on May 11

India Today  

The United States will end its Covid-19 vaccination requirements for international travellers and federal workers on May 11, when the coronavirus public health emergency ends, the White House said on Monday. In February, the US House of Representatives voted to lift the requirement that most foreign air travellers be vaccinated against Covid-19, one of the few remaining pandemic travel restrictions …

U.S. to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week
1 year, 7 months ago

U.S. to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week

The Hindu  

The Biden administration will end most of the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends, the White House said on May 1. The unvaccinated minority “can cause a lot of damage, and they are.” Federal courts and Congress have already rolled back Mr. Biden's vaccine requirements for large employers …

US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week
1 year, 7 months ago

US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week

LA Times  

The Biden administration will end most of the remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends. The Biden administration will end most of the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends, the White House said Monday. “But our healthcare system …

L.A. County ends COVID-19 vaccine mandate for deputies, firefighters, employees
1 year, 8 months ago

L.A. County ends COVID-19 vaccine mandate for deputies, firefighters, employees

LA Times  

Liesl Eibschutz, a medical student from Dartmouth University, loads a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Kedren Health in Los Angeles on April 15, 2021. Los Angeles County has ended its COVID-19 employee vaccination requirement, allowing workers — including sheriff’s deputies and firefighters — to be hired even if they haven’t gotten a shot. “There is no longer a …

California to alter COVID rules in healthcare settings: Masks and vaccinations not required
1 year, 9 months ago

California to alter COVID rules in healthcare settings: Masks and vaccinations not required

LA Times  

Jazmin Escamilla takes blood samples Dec. 19 in the ambulance bay outside the emergency department at MLK Community Hospital in Los Angeles. With the COVID-19 state of emergency a thing of the past, California health officials on Friday unveiled plans to relax guidance on masking in high-risk settings and to end vaccination requirements for healthcare workers. California L.A. County’s COVID-19 …

Health care vaccine mandate remains as some push for an end
1 year, 10 months ago

Health care vaccine mandate remains as some push for an end

Associated Press  

— At Truman Lake Manor in rural Missouri, every day begins the same way for every employee entering the nursing home’s doors — with a swab up the nose, a swirl of testing solution and a brief wait to see whether a thin red line appears indicating a positive COVID-19 case. An inspector subsequently cited it for violating the federal …

Health care vaccine mandate remains as some push for an end
1 year, 10 months ago

Health care vaccine mandate remains as some push for an end

Associated Press  

— At Truman Lake Manor in rural Missouri, every day begins the same way for every employee entering the nursing home’s doors — with a swab up the nose, a swirl of testing solution and a brief wait to see whether a thin red line appears indicating a positive COVID-19 case. “Their regulations are making it harder to give care …

NYC ending COVID-19 vaccination mandate for city employees
1 year, 10 months ago

NYC ending COVID-19 vaccination mandate for city employees

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York City, which once had the nation’s strictest workplace vaccination rules for COVID-19, is ending one of its last such mandates, saying it will no longer require the shots for municipal employees including police officers, firefighters and teachers. We’re grateful that we can now, as we leave the emergency phase of the pandemic, modify more of …

L.A. shifts course on vaccine mandates for city workers, will approve exemptions
1 year, 10 months ago

L.A. shifts course on vaccine mandates for city workers, will approve exemptions

LA Times  

A Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter paramedic holds the COVID-19 vaccine to begin to fire personnel in December 2020. When Los Angeles city employees file for religious or medical exemptions to the city’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement, the requests are typically reviewed to ensure that exemption requests are valid. Personnel Department General Manager Dana Brown sent a memo to department heads …

California’s COVID-19 student vaccine mandate, on hold since April, is dropped
1 year, 10 months ago

California’s COVID-19 student vaccine mandate, on hold since April, is dropped

LA Times  

Sarginoor Kaur gets a COVID-19 vaccination from nurse Chelsea Meyer at Arleta High School in 2021. California will not enact its student vaccine mandate, Public Health Department officials said. California’s student COVID-19 vaccine mandate — which has been on hold since April — has been quietly dropped as the state prepares to end emergency pandemic restrictions later this month, public …

No Covid restrictions needed yet, Health Min. says as vaccinations open to everyone 12+
2 years, 2 months ago

No Covid restrictions needed yet, Health Min. says as vaccinations open to everyone 12+

NL Times  

Companies and organizations don’t have to take measures against the coronavirus yet but are free to do so if they wish. People between the ages of 40 and 60 can make an appointment next week, and “in principle the week after,” everyone from 12 to 40 can do so, Kuipers said. But according to Kuipers, it is ‘not yet necessary …

NYC ending vaccine mandate for private employers on Nov. 1
2 years, 3 months ago

NYC ending vaccine mandate for private employers on Nov. 1

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York City will lift its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private-sector employers on Nov. 1, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday in another sign of the city’s gradual return to pre-pandemic norms. The city began requiring almost all private businesses to ban unvaccinated employees from the workplace in December 2021, just as the Omicron wave began claiming hundreds …

California ends coronavirus testing requirements for certain unvaccinated workers
2 years, 3 months ago

California ends coronavirus testing requirements for certain unvaccinated workers

LA Times  

California has rescinded coronavirus testing requirements for unvaccinated workers at schools, healthcare facilities and other congregate settings, the latest rule to be rolled back as the state enters what officials say is a new phase of the pandemic. “We’ve entered a phase of the pandemic where the majority of people in these workplace settings are vaccinated, and our youngest Californians …

COVID-19 vaccine mandates axed for most WA workers as businesses pick up the pieces
2 years, 6 months ago

COVID-19 vaccine mandates axed for most WA workers as businesses pick up the pieces

ABC  

Less than six months after WA's workplace vaccine mandates started applying to her business, Loren McMath is in two minds over their removal today. According to WA's Chief Health Officer Andy Robertson, that meant there was "little additional benefit to continuing to apply a vaccination mandate beyond a few workforces". "The workforce vaccination mandates have undoubtedly made a significant contribution …

Politics and pandemic fatigue derail California’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates
2 years, 6 months ago

Politics and pandemic fatigue derail California’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates

LA Times  

In January, progressive California Democrats vowed to adopt the toughest COVID-19 vaccine requirements in the country. Now, even as case rates start to balloon again, the window of opportunity to adopt COVID-19 vaccine mandates may have closed, said Hemi Tewarson, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy. And legislation is just not being enacted.” California One of …

WA eases mandatory COVID vaccination requirements for most workers as cases slow
2 years, 6 months ago

WA eases mandatory COVID vaccination requirements for most workers as cases slow

ABC  

WA's workplace vaccine mandates will be scaled back significantly from next week as the state removes more of its COVID restrictions. Key points: Only workers in high-risk industries will have to be vaccinated Only workers in high-risk industries will have to be vaccinated There will be no cap on unvaccinated West Australians allowed home There will be no cap on …

California pauses plans to require COVID-19 vaccinations for schoolchildren
2 years, 8 months ago

California pauses plans to require COVID-19 vaccinations for schoolchildren

LA Times  

California will not require schoolchildren to be immunized for COVID-19 after Gov. Newsom’s office said that after the FDA approves the vaccine for children 12 and older, state public health officials will consider recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other groups “prior to implementing a school vaccine requirement.” Currently, …

Most Californians favor COVID vaccine requirements even as they’re lifted, poll finds
2 years, 8 months ago

Most Californians favor COVID vaccine requirements even as they’re lifted, poll finds

LA Times  

A woman steps out of her car at a pharmacy in Nashua, N.H., offering COVID-19 vaccinations on Dec. 7, 2021. Most Californians still favor COVID-19 restrictions, including requirements to show proof of vaccination at large outdoor gatherings or to enter places like indoor restaurants and bars, a new survey suggests. Overall, 57% of residents surveyed by the PPIC said they …

One of the most far-reaching vaccine mandate bills in California will not move forward
2 years, 8 months ago

One of the most far-reaching vaccine mandate bills in California will not move forward

LA Times  

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks said Tuesday that she would hold Assembly Bill 1993, which would have required employees and independent contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they obtained an exemption. Citing improved pandemic conditions and opposition from public safety unions, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks said she would hold Assembly Bill 1993, which would have required employees and independent contractors, in both …

L.A. moves to lift vaccine verification mandate at indoor businesses
2 years, 9 months ago

L.A. moves to lift vaccine verification mandate at indoor businesses

LA Times  

Brian Oh, left, and Ro Chei eat at Seongbukdong, a restaurant serving traditional Korean food on 6th Street between Western and Vermont in Los Angeles. Los Angeles City Council members took the first step Wednesday toward lifting vaccine verification requirements at many indoor businesses, the latest in a slew of rule relaxations as the Omicron surge steadily fades. Dibiny said …

L.A. could soon end COVID vaccine mandate for restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters
2 years, 9 months ago

L.A. could soon end COVID vaccine mandate for restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters

LA Times  

Los Angeles could soon ease city rules requiring indoor restaurants, gyms, bars, movie theaters, hair salons and other businesses to check that customers are vaccinated against COVID-19 before letting them inside. She is still suggesting that businesses continue to verify customers’ vaccination status, but, “as opposed to telling people what they have to do, we’re asking people to do them …

Big cities drop more COVID-19 measures in push for normalcy
2 years, 9 months ago

Big cities drop more COVID-19 measures in push for normalcy

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York City and Los Angeles are lifting some of their strictest COVID-19 prevention measures as officials in big cities around the U.S. push for a return to normalcy after two grueling years of the pandemic. New York City, which has long prided itself as having the nation’s toughest COVID-19 safety protocols, will do away with several …

EXPLAINER: Who must follow Biden’s vaccine mandates?
2 years, 9 months ago

EXPLAINER: Who must follow Biden’s vaccine mandates?

Associated Press  

More than half the states are pursuing renewed legal challenges against a requirement from President Joe Biden’s administration for millions of healthcare workers across the U.S. to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The lawsuits argued in part that the mandates exceeded federal executive powers and infringed on states’ rights to regulate public health matters. Where it stands: The U.S. Supreme Court …

What’s the status of Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates?
2 years, 10 months ago

What’s the status of Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates?

LA Times  

President Biden promotes COVID-19 vaccinations during an appearance in Elk Grove Village, Ill., on Oct. 7, 2021 A group of states is renewing a challenge to a federal mandate that millions of healthcare workers across the U.S. be vaccinated. More than half the states are pursuing renewed legal challenges against a requirement from the Biden administration for millions of healthcare …

US covid restrictions: Boston and Hawaii join states and major cities lifting requirements
2 years, 10 months ago

US covid restrictions: Boston and Hawaii join states and major cities lifting requirements

CNN  

CNN — As the number of new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations slowly falls, cities and states are loosening vaccine and mask requirements. “As of today, our public health data show that Boston is officially below the 3 critical thresholds for heightened Covid protections, so we are lifting the proof of vaccination requirement,” Wu said in a tweet. Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, …

More virus rules fall as CDC hints at better times ahead
2 years, 10 months ago

More virus rules fall as CDC hints at better times ahead

Associated Press  

The nation’s leading health officials said Wednesday that the U.S. is moving closer to the point that COVID-19 is no longer a “constant crisis” as more cities, businesses and sports venues began lifting pandemic restrictions around the country. Philadelphia officials on Wednesday said the city’s vaccine mandate for restaurants was immediately lifted, though indoor mask mandates remain in place for …

New back-to-work deal requires boosters for vaccinated film crews
2 years, 10 months ago

New back-to-work deal requires boosters for vaccinated film crews

LA Times  

The long-running CBS show “NCIS” had to delay filming during the Omicron wave this winter. Hollywood studios and unions have extended and updated pandemic workplace safety guidelines for movie and TV productions that will require vaccinated cast and crews to show they’ve received COVID-19 booster shots. As of March 15, if a production mandates that all cast and crew need …

NYC fires more than 1,000 workers over vaccine mandate
2 years, 10 months ago

NYC fires more than 1,000 workers over vaccine mandate

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York City fired more than a thousand workers who failed to comply with the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the mayor’s office said Monday. The city sent notices in late January to up to 4,000 workers, saying they had to show proof they got at least two doses of the vaccine or else they’d lose their jobs. …

California will lift mask mandate for vaccinated residents in indoor public places next week
2 years, 10 months ago

California will lift mask mandate for vaccinated residents in indoor public places next week

LA Times  

Masks will still be required for unvaccinated residents indoors and for everyone in select settings such as hospitals and nursing homes or while aboard public transit. With the Omicron coronavirus surge rapidly receding, California will lift its universal mask mandate for indoor public places next week, state officials announced Monday. While this move doesn’t mean face coverings will be a …

For many COVID-19 vaccine opponents, no jab means no job
2 years, 10 months ago

For many COVID-19 vaccine opponents, no jab means no job

LA Times  

For eight years, Mike Miller has patrolled the grounds of the Snake River Correctional Institution, a medium-security prison in east Oregon. “The vaccines probably do work for a lot of people,” said Miller, 38, a self-described born-again Christian who rejects the shots because cell lines derived from fetuses aborted decades ago were used in their development. “It’s ridiculous, as I …

EXPLAINER: Who must follow Biden’s vaccine mandates?
2 years, 10 months ago

EXPLAINER: Who must follow Biden’s vaccine mandates?

Associated Press  

Millions of health care workers across the U.S. now must be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a result of a mandate from President Joe Biden’s administration. Where it stands: The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13 lifted injunctions that had been issued by lower courts prohibiting enforcement of the health care vaccine mandate in about half the states. What’s next: CMS …

Vaccine mandate to kick in for first wave of health workers
2 years, 10 months ago

Vaccine mandate to kick in for first wave of health workers

Associated Press  

Health care workers in about half the states face a Thursday deadline to get their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine under a Biden administration mandate that will be rolled out across the rest of the country in the coming weeks. “But not having staff is also a really big concern, because the neglect that happens as a result of …

Montana Republicans seek leniency on vaccine mandates
2 years, 10 months ago

Montana Republicans seek leniency on vaccine mandates

Associated Press  

— Montana’s governor and its two Republican members of Congress are asking the Biden administration to grant exemptions from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate to federally funded health care facilities where losing unvaccinated staff might jeopardize access to medical care. “Like many states across the nation, Montana is already facing labor shortages, especially in the healthcare industry, which severely threaten patient …

Biden administration officially withdraws vaccine rule
2 years, 10 months ago

Biden administration officially withdraws vaccine rule

Associated Press  

The Biden administration has officially withdrawn a rule that would have required workers at big companies to get vaccinated or face regular COVID testing requirements. ”Indeed, although Congress has enacted significant legislation addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, it has declined to enact any measure similar to what OSHA has promulgated here.” The justices left in place a vaccine mandate for health …

California plan to require student vaccination sparks intense debate. Here’s what we know
2 years, 10 months ago

California plan to require student vaccination sparks intense debate. Here’s what we know

LA Times  

A student is vaccinated by a school nurse at Arleta High School. Senate Bill 871, by state Sen. Richard Pan, would add COVID-19 vaccinations to California’s list of required inoculations for attending K-12 schools, which can be skipped only if a student receives a rare medical exemption. Under the bill, the California Department of Public Health could mandate vaccinations in …

Anti-vaccination forces gear up for fight over California vaccine legislation
2 years, 11 months ago

Anti-vaccination forces gear up for fight over California vaccine legislation

LA Times  

Vaccine protester Jessica Holloway of Lake County urges California lawmakers and Gov. “It’s important that we continue to push for vaccine mandates the most aggressively we possibly can,” said Wicks, who faced death threats over her vaccine legislation last year. “We can’t let ourselves be held hostage by these right-wing conspiracy theorists who are perpetrating hate and violence.” ‘The firestorm …

Lamont: Vax mandate for state employees, teachers can expire
2 years, 11 months ago

Lamont: Vax mandate for state employees, teachers can expire

Associated Press  

Ned Lamont won’t push for lawmakers to renew executive orders requiring certain state employees and teachers either get vaccinated or tested for COVID-19. Both the large number of people who’ve gotten vaccinated and the “significant administrative burden” placed on state agencies and schools to regularly test unvaccinated staff were cited Thursday as reasons for ending those rules “At this point, …

Businesses react to ruling against Biden vaccine mandate
2 years, 11 months ago

Businesses react to ruling against Biden vaccine mandate

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail …

Biden Team Regroups After Supreme Court Loss On COVID Mandates
2 years, 11 months ago

Biden Team Regroups After Supreme Court Loss On COVID Mandates

Huff Post  

WASHINGTON — Concerned but not giving up, President Joe Biden is anxiously pushing ahead to prod people to get COVID-19 shots after the Supreme Court put a halt to the administration’s sweeping vaccinate-or-test plan for large employers. The high court’s ruling Thursday “does not stop me from using my voice as president to advocate for employers to do the right …

Today’s Headlines: Supreme Court blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate
2 years, 11 months ago

Today’s Headlines: Supreme Court blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate

LA Times  

Hello, it’s Friday, Jan. 14. Now on to the stories you shouldn’t miss today: TOP STORIES The Supreme Court blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate for the workplace The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Biden’s plan to require that most workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing. The Republican National Committee said it is planning a rules change that …

Federal judge dismisses LAPD officers’ lawsuit over city’s vaccine mandate
2 years, 11 months ago

Federal judge dismisses LAPD officers’ lawsuit over city’s vaccine mandate

LA Times  

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Los Angeles police officers challenging the city’s COVID-19 vaccination and testing mandate, rejecting their claims that it violated their constitutional rights. Stacy Spell, an LAPD spokesman, said the judge’s order “speaks for itself,” and that the department will continue to comply with the mandate and “work towards achieving a workplace that is …

Live updates: Biden Covid vaccine mandates go to Supreme Court
2 years, 11 months ago

Live updates: Biden Covid vaccine mandates go to Supreme Court

CNN  

A man walks past the US Supreme Court on Friday morning. Keep in mind, the justices have so far tolerated vaccine mandates issued by the states, but Friday’s cases concern federal mandates and raise different legal questions. She will concentrate on the agency’s authority to act on an emergency basis to protect employees if they are exposed to “grave danger.” …

US Supreme Court to hear challenges to COVID vaccine mandates
2 years, 11 months ago

US Supreme Court to hear challenges to COVID vaccine mandates

Raw Story  

The US Supreme Court is to hear challenges on Friday to President Joe Biden's bid to impose Covid vaccination mandates on millions of American workers. The Democratic president made Covid vaccinations compulsory at businesses that employ 100 workers or more, as well as for health care workers at facilities receiving federal funding. Republican-ruled states led by Missouri said forcing health …

San Francisco and other parts of Bay Area tighten mask rules as Omicron spikes
2 years, 11 months ago

San Francisco and other parts of Bay Area tighten mask rules as Omicron spikes

LA Times  

San Francisco and Berkeley, as well as the counties of Marin and Alameda, are among the areas dropping their exceptions to mask mandates. As COVID-19 cases surge, San Francisco and other Bay Area communities moved this week to expand mask requirements to all gyms, offices and other indoor settings that previously had been exempt. San Francisco city officials announced Wednesday …

NYC vaccination mandate for the private sector takes effect
2 years, 11 months ago

NYC vaccination mandate for the private sector takes effect

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York City’s sweeping mandate requiring nearly all private-sector businesses to ban unvaccinated employees from the workplace took effect Monday amid a spike in coronavirus infections, leaving some employers grappling with thorny personnel decisions. “I just think it’s immoral to fire somebody because of a personal medical choice.” Some business owners and workers are planning a legal …

What to expect as US Supreme Court to take up COVID mandate case
3 years ago

What to expect as US Supreme Court to take up COVID mandate case

Al Jazeera  

Amid conflicting rulings in the lower courts, the top US court is set to hear the case on vaccine mandates early next year. The United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on January 7 on whether the Biden administration can order workers at private companies and healthcare employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. A three-judge panel of the 6th …

COVID: California sets deadline for health worker boosters
3 years ago

COVID: California sets deadline for health worker boosters

India TV News  

Highlights California’s roughly 2.5 mn health care workers have until Feb 1 to get COVID vaccine booster shot California was 1st state to require health care workers to be vaccinated, that took effect in Sept California now joins New Mexico as 2nd state to require booster shot for its health care workers California’s roughly 2.5 million health care workers have …

California sets Feb. 1 deadline for health worker boosters
3 years ago

California sets Feb. 1 deadline for health worker boosters

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s roughly 2.5 million health care workers have until Feb. 1 to get a coronavirus vaccine booster shot or risk losing their jobs, Gov. Now, California joins New Mexico as at least the second state to require a booster shot for its health care workers. Barbara Ferrer, the county’s public health director, said officials are not considering …

Boston to require vaccination proof for restaurants, others
3 years ago

Boston to require vaccination proof for restaurants, others

Associated Press  

Workers and customers at restaurants, gyms and many other indoor businesses in Boston will be required to show proof of coronavirus vaccination starting in mid-January in an effort to curb a rise in new cases across the city and state, Mayor Michelle Wu said Monday. In addition, city employees will be required to get vaccinated, she said at a City …

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