New York governor anticipates possible health care staff shortages due to vaccine mandate non-compliance
3 years, 2 months ago

New York governor anticipates possible health care staff shortages due to vaccine mandate non-compliance

CNN  

CNN — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Saturday she’s ready to declare a state of emergency – if needed – to prevent staff shortages that may be triggered by health care workers who don’t adhere to the state’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, which goes into effect Monday. Earlier this month in New York, a federal judge temporarily suspended state health officials from enforcing the state’s vaccine mandate if health care workers claim a religious exemption. The majority of employees at Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian hospitals in New York City have complied with the state’s vaccine mandate, according to spokespeople from both health institutions. ECMC suspended elective inpatient surgeries and will temporarily stop accepting ICU transfers from other health care facilities ahead of Monday’s vaccine mandate deadline, the medical center said in a statement.

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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 …

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 …

Another court mulls Biden vaccine mandate for U.S. contractors
2 years, 2 months ago

Another court mulls Biden vaccine mandate for U.S. contractors

LA Times  

A federal appeals court in New Orleans heard arguments Monday on whether President Biden overstepped his authority with an order that federal contractors require that their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. A federal appeals court in New Orleans on Monday became the latest to hear arguments on whether President Biden overstepped his authority with an order that federal contractors require …

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 …

Court narrows hold on COVID vaccine mandate for contractors
2 years, 3 months ago

Court narrows hold on COVID vaccine mandate for contractors

Associated Press  

More than 1 million construction workers across the U.S. won’t have to comply with a federal COVID-19 vaccination requirement, but an appeals court cleared the way for President Joe Biden’s administration to potentially enforce the mandate on some federal contractors. “There’s a lot of employees who didn’t want to get vaccinated in the construction industry.” Taking into account previous court …

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 …

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 …

WA's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination rules set to stay as experts see no reason to change
2 years, 6 months ago

WA's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination rules set to stay as experts see no reason to change

ABC  

Throughout the ebb and flow of WA's various COVID restrictions, one rule has remained steady for months now — workplace vaccination requirements. Key points: Most WA workers need to have been triple-dose vaccinated from today Most WA workers need to have been triple-dose vaccinated from today Experts agree the workplace mandate should remain for now Experts agree the workplace mandate …

Rate of COVID-19 cases is on the rise in Washington state
2 years, 7 months ago

Rate of COVID-19 cases is on the rise in Washington state

Associated Press  

SPOKANE, Wash. — The rate of COVID-19 cases is rising in Washington. The statewide average of cases over the past seven days is 228 per 100,000 people, keeping Washington in the state Department of Health’s highest-risk category for the spread of COVID-19, The Spokesman-Review said Saturday. Jay Inslee said Wednesday the best projections from health officials show there is likely …

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 …

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 …

J&K: State Executive Committee issues revised Covid-19 guidelines
2 years, 9 months ago

J&K: State Executive Committee issues revised Covid-19 guidelines

India Today  

With daily Covid cases on the decline, the Jammu and Kashmir State Executive Committee issued revised guidelines on Sunday. "Banquet halls in all the districts of J&K are permitted to allow gathering up to 50% of the authorised capacity with verifiable RT-PCR tests," the guidelines mentioned. READ | India may witness 4th Covid wave in June, warns IIT Kanpur study …

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 COVID-19 rules fall as CDC hints at better times ahead
2 years, 10 months ago

More COVID-19 rules fall as CDC hints at better times ahead

LA Times  

Customers eat at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia on Feb. 16, 2022. 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 said Wednesday the city’s vaccine mandate for …

New York City Fires More Than 1,400 Employees For Not Getting Vaccinated
2 years, 10 months ago

New York City Fires More Than 1,400 Employees For Not Getting Vaccinated

News 18  

New York City fired 1,430 of its municipal workers on Monday for failing to adhere to the vaccine mandate, news agency The New York Times reported. Another report by the New York Post revealed that 36 New York Police Department personnel, 25 fire department workers and 914 department of education workers were fired for not taking one shot of the …

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. …

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 …

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, …

Federal court blocks Biden's vaccine mandate for federal workers
2 years, 11 months ago

Federal court blocks Biden's vaccine mandate for federal workers

NPR  

Federal court blocks Biden's vaccine mandate for federal workers Enlarge this image toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Drew Angerer/Getty Images A federal court in Texas on Friday blocked the Biden administration's vaccine requirement for federal workers, which has been in place since November, in a ruling that the administration is expected to appeal. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, a nominee …

Texas judge blocks Biden’s vaccination mandate for federal workers as ‘a bridge too far’
2 years, 11 months ago

Texas judge blocks Biden’s vaccination mandate for federal workers as ‘a bridge too far’

LA Times  

A reported 98% of federal workers have been vaccinated against COVID-19 since President Biden’s order took effect in November. A federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction on Friday barring the federal government from enforcing President Biden’s order that federal workers without qualifying medical or religious exemptions be vaccinated for COVID-19. Judge Jeffrey Brown, appointed by former President Trump, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

US court reinstates Biden’s vaccine mandate for big businesses
3 years ago

US court reinstates Biden’s vaccine mandate for big businesses

Al Jazeera  

Appeals court allows Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine or test rules for large businesses to move ahead. An appeals court in the United States has reinstated President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large businesses. “Given OSHA’s clear and exercised authority to regulate viruses, OSHA necessarily has the authority to regulate infectious diseases that are not unique to the workplace,” Judge …

Court allows Biden employer vaccine mandate to take effect
3 years ago

Court allows Biden employer vaccine mandate to take effect

LA Times  

A federal appeals court panel on Friday allowed President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for larger private employers to move ahead, reversing a previous decision on a requirement that could affect some 84 million U.S workers. With Friday’s ruling, it’s not clear when the requirement might be put in place, but the White House said in a statement that it will …

Los Angeles schools delay student COVID-19 vaccine mandate
3 years ago

Los Angeles schools delay student COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Associated Press  

The Los Angeles school district, which was among the first to announce mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for students, has become the latest in California to delay a plan that would have forced thousands of unvaccinated students to return to distance learning. The board of the Los Angeles Unified School District voted Tuesday night to postpone a Jan. 10 deadline for students …

Health worker vaccine mandate blocked in half the states
3 years ago

Health worker vaccine mandate blocked in half the states

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday lifted a nationwide ban against President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for health care workers, instead blocking the requirement in only certain states and creating the potential for patchwork enforcement across the country. In upholding Doughty’s injunction for the states that sued, the 5th Circuit panel said it appears likely that …

Pentagon considering COVID-19 booster mandate for troops
3 years ago

Pentagon considering COVID-19 booster mandate for troops

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Friday that there are “active discussions” within the department about making the COVID-19 vaccine booster shots mandatory for service members, even as thousands refuse or seek exemptions from the initial shot requirement. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said there have been no final decisions on the matter, but added that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin “absolutely …

For NYC businesses, vaccine mandates put damper on holiday
3 years ago

For NYC businesses, vaccine mandates put damper on holiday

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A surprise year-end decree by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ordering virtually all businesses in his city to get workers vaccinated has sowed confusion and frustration — and could set off a mad holiday dash to force vaccine holdouts to choose between jabs or jobs. “I’m not going to lose a good employee because of …

Judge blocks Biden vaccine mandate for federal contractors
3 years ago

Judge blocks Biden vaccine mandate for federal contractors

Associated Press  

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees of federal contractors, the latest in a string of victories for Republican-led states pushing back against Biden’s pandemic policies. A federal judge in Kentucky also had issued a preliminary injunction against the mandate last week, but it applied only to contractors in …

State Must Not Drag Its Feet and Make Covid Vaccination Mandatory for All Adults
3 years ago

State Must Not Drag Its Feet and Make Covid Vaccination Mandatory for All Adults

News 18  

We live in times when the state is expected to be decisive, unyielding and uncompromising in national interest. Take for instance, the curious service charge price cap of Rs 150 for the private sector, taking away any incentive the market may have to join the vaccination drive. There is no reason people will pay for vaccines in private sector hospitals …

NYC to impose COVID vaccine mandate on private employers
3 years ago

NYC to impose COVID vaccine mandate on private employers

Al Jazeera  

The move, announced by the city’s mayor, comes amid rising concerns over the spread of the Omicron variant. All private employers in New York City will need to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for their workers by later this month, the city’s mayor has announced, calling the measure a “preemptive strike” against the potential spread of the Omicron variant. “All private sector …

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