Businesses nervously await fine print of vax-or-test rule
3 years, 2 months ago

Businesses nervously await fine print of vax-or-test rule

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Unlike healthcare providers or federal employees, who may not have a testing alternative to vaccination, private sector workers won’t necessarily face termination if they don’t get vaccinated. “You could start to see some very serious disruptions.” Freedman, who took part in the chamber’s call with administration officials, said the 100-worker threshold would also hurt job creation by giving employers who have 90 or 95 employees a reason not to expand. State government vaccination mandate deadlines went into effect this week in Washington state, Massachusetts and New Jersey after a host of legal challenges by state employees and first responders’ unions. In Washington, the state patrol lost 127 employees, including 67 troopers, who left due to the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for state employees, about 6% of the agency’s staff, officials said.

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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 …

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The Biden administration has officially withdrawn a rule that would have required workers at big companies to get vaccinated or face regular COVID testing requirements.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 …

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

Businesses react to ruling against Biden vaccine mandate

The Independent  

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Supreme Court blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate for the workplace
2 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate for the workplace

LA Times  

Justices block President Biden’s requirement that most workers be vaccinated or tested for the coronavirus, but uphold his similar rule for healthcare workers. The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Biden’s plan to require that most workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing. Acting outside of its competence and without legal basis, the court displaces the judgments of …

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 …

Judge blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors
3 years ago

Judge blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors

LA Times  

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President 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. “However, even in times of crisis this Court must preserve the rule of law and ensure that all branches of government act within the …

Vaccine mandate for federal contractors blocked in 3 states
3 years ago

Vaccine mandate for federal contractors blocked in 3 states

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s attorney general won a preliminary court order Tuesday to block President Joe Biden’s coronavirus vaccination mandate for federal government contractors and subcontractors. The preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove stops the mandate from taking effect in Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio. “This is a significant ruling because it gives immediate relief from …

Biden Vaccine Rule For Health Workers Blocked In 10 States
3 years ago

Biden Vaccine Rule For Health Workers Blocked In 10 States

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A federal judge on Monday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on thousands of health care workers in 10 states that had brought the first legal challenge against the requirement. The court order said that the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid had no clear authority from Congress …

Biden vaccine rule for health workers blocked in 10 states
3 years ago

Biden vaccine rule for health workers blocked in 10 states

Associated Press  

— A federal judge on Monday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on thousands of health care workers in 10 states that had brought the first legal challenge against the requirement. The federal rule requires COVID-19 vaccinations for more than 17 million workers nationwide in about 76,000 health care facilities and home health care providers …

White House: 92% Of Fed Workers Under Mandate Are Vaccinated
3 years, 1 month ago

White House: 92% Of Fed Workers Under Mandate Are Vaccinated

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for millions of federal workers seems to be working, with no apparent disruption to law enforcement, intelligence-gathering or holiday travel. On Tuesday, one day after the deadline for compliance, 92% of the 3.5 million federal workers covered by Biden’s mandate reported to the government that they are at least partially …

White House announces 95% of federal workforce in compliance with vaccine mandate
3 years, 1 month ago

White House announces 95% of federal workforce in compliance with vaccine mandate

CNN  

CNN — The White House on Monday announced that 95% of the federal workforce is in compliance with the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate. “Ahead of tonight’s deadline, the federal government has achieved 95% compliance, and 90% of the 3.5 million federal workers are already vaccinated,” White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeff Zients said during a press briefing, confirming previous CNN …

States challenge Biden’s vaccine mandate for health workers
3 years, 1 month ago

States challenge Biden’s vaccine mandate for health workers

Associated Press  

— A coalition of 10 states sued the federal government on Wednesday to try to block a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers, marking a new front in the resistance by Republican-led states to the pandemic policies of President Joe Biden’s administration. The lawsuit filed in a federal court in Missouri contends that the vaccine requirement threatens the jobs …

Blocked for now, Biden's vaccine-or-test rule for workers faces uncertain future
3 years, 1 month ago

Blocked for now, Biden's vaccine-or-test rule for workers faces uncertain future

NPR  

Blocked for now, Biden's vaccine-or-test rule for workers faces uncertain future Enlarge this image toggle caption Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images It took just a day-and-a-half for President Biden's vaccine-or-test rule covering 84 million workers to be blocked by a federal appeals court. In a court brief filed late Monday, administration officials including …

Biden vaccine mandates face first test with federal workers
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden vaccine mandates face first test with federal workers

LA Times  

About 4 million federal workers are to be vaccinated by Nov. 22 under the president’s executive order. “The president and the administration wouldn’t have put these requirements in place if they didn’t think that they were appropriate and necessary,” Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” “And the administration is certainly prepared to defend them.” If the …

US court freezes Biden vaccine mandate for businesses
3 years, 1 month ago

US court freezes Biden vaccine mandate for businesses

Al Jazeera  

Rule would require workers at businesses with more than 100 employees to get COVID-19 shots or be tested weekly. A federal appeals court in the United States has frozen a vaccine mandate by President Joe Biden’s administration that is intended to push workers at businesses with more than 100 staff into getting COVID-19 shots, or be tested weekly. In a …

US outlines plans for vaccinating children against COVID-19
3 years, 2 months ago

US outlines plans for vaccinating children against COVID-19

Al Jazeera  

The White House initiative comes as New York City became the latest jurisdiction to mandate vaccines for employees. Biden has also announced plans to use an array of executive orders and rule-changes to require workers at hospitals that receive federal reimbursements and federal contractors to receive the jab, as well as a change to Occupational Safety and Health Administration policy …

New York prepares for healthcare disruptions as covid-19 vaccine mandate takes effect
3 years, 2 months ago

New York prepares for healthcare disruptions as covid-19 vaccine mandate takes effect

Live Mint  

New York state’s healthcare system is bracing for staff shortages this week as a vaccine mandate takes effect at midnight on Monday, presenting the largest test case so far of how similar requirements will play out across the country. “We’re anticipating a problem," said Michael Balboni, executive director of the Greater New York Health Care Facilities Association, which represents nursing …

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 …

Biden eyes tougher vaccine rules without provoking backlash
3 years, 4 months ago

Biden eyes tougher vaccine rules without provoking backlash

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — When the pace of vaccinations in the U.S. first began to slow, President Joe Biden backed incentives like million-dollar cash lotteries if that’s what it took to get shots in arms. Vaccine mandates are “the right lever at the right time,” said Ben Wakana, the deputy director of strategic communications and engagement for the White House COVID-19 response, …

Biden orders tough new vaccination rules for federal workers
3 years, 4 months ago

Biden orders tough new vaccination rules for federal workers

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has announced sweeping new pandemic requirements aimed at boosting vaccination rates for millions of federal workers and contractors as he lamented the “American tragedy” of rising-yet-preventable deaths among the unvaccinated. “Right now, too many people are dying or watching someone they love die and say, ‘If I’d just got the vaccine,’” Biden said in a …

Biden orders tough new vaccination rules for federal workers
3 years, 4 months ago

Biden orders tough new vaccination rules for federal workers

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new pandemic requirements aimed at boosting vaccination rates for millions of federal workers and contractors as he lamented the “American tragedy” of rising-yet-preventable deaths among the unvaccinated. “Right now, too many people are dying or watching someone they love die and say, ‘If I’d just got the vaccine,’” Biden said in …

FDA publishes vaccine guidelines opposed by White House
4 years, 2 months ago

FDA publishes vaccine guidelines opposed by White House

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration released updated safety standards Tuesday for makers of COVID-19 vaccines despite efforts by the White House to block them, clearing the way for requirements that are widely expected to prevent the introduction of a vaccine before Election Day. A senior administration official confirmed Monday that the White House had blocked FDA’s plans to …

Trump Administration Blocks New FDA Coronavirus Vaccine Standards
54 years, 11 months ago

Trump Administration Blocks New FDA Coronavirus Vaccine Standards

Slate  

The Trump administration is blocking the Food and Drug Administration from issuing new standards that any coronavirus vaccine candidate must meet in order to warrant emergency authorization. “A main sticking point has been the recommendation that volunteers who have participated in vaccine clinical trials be followed for a median of two months after the final dose before any authorization is …

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