CDC facing formidable challenges in convincing conservatives to get Covid-19 vaccines
3 years, 7 months ago

CDC facing formidable challenges in convincing conservatives to get Covid-19 vaccines

CNN  

CNN — Public health experts at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are facing challenges – even struggling – as they try to figure out how to convince hesitant Republicans to take the Covid-19 vaccine, federal officials familiar with the situation told CNN. “There is a real concern at CDC that much sooner rather than later we may get to the point where we’re stalled in our vaccination efforts because of hesitancy,” another federal official said. While the CDC was cautioning Americans to use masks and practice social distancing, Trump repeatedly said the virus would “disappear” on its own or “just go away.” “In Trump country, if you want to call it that, there are still significant numbers of people who aren’t sure is a real thing,” a former senior Trump administration official told CNN. “I still think there’s a pretty significantly large group of conservatives that just don’t believe that Covid is such a big deal,” the official said. “The CDC can’t give up on those individuals.” ‘I don’t know how to reach people like that’ Biden administration officials know they need to reach out to conservatives to get the vaccine message across.

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Trump nominee's top ally calls for polio vaccines to be pulled from market: report
1 week, 4 days ago

Trump nominee's top ally calls for polio vaccines to be pulled from market: report

Raw Story  

A lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick his public health team for the incoming Donald Trump administration has asked the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, according to a new report. Kennedy ally Aaron Siri, who represented him during his failed presidential bid, has also filed a petition on behalf of the Informed Consent Action Network …

Trump’s first term brought world-changing vaccine. His second could bring retreat
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump’s first term brought world-changing vaccine. His second could bring retreat

LA Times  

President Trump once celebrated the COVID-19 vaccines released at the end of his first term as “one of the greatest achievements of mankind,” echoing the sentiments of mainstream medical officials who praised their rapid development as pivotal in combating the then-raging pandemic. There’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who …

'Things will start to topple': Report outlines possible public health disaster under Trump
2 weeks, 4 days ago

'Things will start to topple': Report outlines possible public health disaster under Trump

Raw Story  

A new report from NPR outlines just how quickly public health in the United States could unravel should anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. be confirmed to run the Health and Human Services Department. NPR spoke with several public health experts who feared that RFK Jr.'s appointment as the nation's top health official could "cause renewed, deadly epidemics of …

'They make you feel small': The surprise backlash that drove some Dems to Trump
3 weeks, 1 day ago

'They make you feel small': The surprise backlash that drove some Dems to Trump

Raw Story  

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. brought some Democrats on board with Donald Trump among voters who mistrust medical experts. “I see that man as someone who understands what’s happening and who is trying to help,” said 36-year-old Savannah Fisher, of St. Augustine, Florida, who said she turned to alternative treatments for chronic pain after doctors left her feeling dismissed. “That’s what …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: What Ozempic, COVID vaccines, and Americans’ health tell us about Trump’s cabinet pick.
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: What Ozempic, COVID vaccines, and Americans’ health tell us about Trump’s cabinet pick.

Slate  

It’s difficult to fully comprehend the degree to which so many Americans seem to have gone down conspiratorial rabbit holes over the last decade, and the degree to which conspiracy theories have become mainstreamed into American politics thanks to Donald Trump and his MAGA movement. We can see that our communities are saturated with fast food and fast-casual chains, that …

House Covid-19 panel releases final report criticizing public health response to the pandemic
3 weeks, 1 day ago

House Covid-19 panel releases final report criticizing public health response to the pandemic

CNN  

CNN — A Republican-led House committee investigating broad aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its effects in the US released a final report Monday summarizing its two-year effort, saying it hoped the work would “serve as a road map for Congress, the Executive Branch, and the private sector to prepare for and respond to future pandemics.” In the 520-page report, …

"Bad news for public health": Jay Bhattacharaya, Trump's pick to lead NIH, got COVID-19 all wrong
3 weeks, 6 days ago

"Bad news for public health": Jay Bhattacharaya, Trump's pick to lead NIH, got COVID-19 all wrong

Salon  

By most accounts, President-elect Donald Trump bungled the federal response to COVID-19, publicly downplaying concern about a virus that he privately admitted was “deadly stuff.” “It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear,” Trump said in Feb. 2020, at the same time he was admitting to journalist Bob Woodward that the virus was …

CDC chief urges focus on health threats as agency confronts political changes
4 weeks ago

CDC chief urges focus on health threats as agency confronts political changes

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The outgoing head of the nation’s top public health agency urged the next administration to maintain its focus and funding to keep Americans safe from emerging health threats. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday night said he picked Dave Weldon, a former Congressman from Florida, to be the agency’s next chief. There’s also a proposal to split the …

What Biden’s COVID czar learned from the pandemic
1 month ago

What Biden’s COVID czar learned from the pandemic

Salon  

Ashish Jha, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, served as the White House Covid-19 response coordinator from March 2022 to June 2023. And two critics of the public health establishment, Jay Bhattacharya and Martin Kulldorff, wrote that it would be harmful to mandate Covid-19 vaccines among young people. But I think there are a lot of people …

Trump’s promises to overhaul health agencies with RFK met with optimism and dismay
1 month ago

Trump’s promises to overhaul health agencies with RFK met with optimism and dismay

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Others, like Dr Tom Frieden, former director of the CDC, have praised Trump for …

Column: Trump’s appointment of anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. to his Cabinet has scientists fearing a catastrophe for public health
1 month ago

Column: Trump’s appointment of anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. to his Cabinet has scientists fearing a catastrophe for public health

LA Times  

In a tweet he posted shortly before the election, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took arms against the Food and Drug Administration and its scientists. — Epidemiologist Robert Morris Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as his secretary of Health and Human Services, which oversees key public health agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the …

Why vaccine stocks tumbled after Trump chose RFK Jr for US health secretary
1 month, 1 week ago

Why vaccine stocks tumbled after Trump chose RFK Jr for US health secretary

Firstpost  

The selection of vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr by US President-elect Donald Trump to head the Department of Health and Human Services has sparked a market shock, with stocks of leading vaccine makers, including Moderna, Pfizer, and Novavax, taking significant hits Robert F Kennedy Jr and Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump greet each other at …

One-third of Americans don’t trust the COVID vaccines, survey finds
1 month, 2 weeks ago

One-third of Americans don’t trust the COVID vaccines, survey finds

Salon  

Across the U.S., 35% of adults reported that they did not trust COVID-19 vaccines, without much variation across years 2021-2023, according to a survey published in the journal Vaccine: X this week. Vaccine hesitancy is one piece of a growing distrust in public health exacerbated by the government’s pandemic response that many experts fear will only deepen with the new …

“Pack your bags” RFK Jr. tells FDA. His war on public health under Trump would only accelerate
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

“Pack your bags” RFK Jr. tells FDA. His war on public health under Trump would only accelerate

Salon  

President elect Donald Trump says he plans to give Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “big role” in health care in the new administration and let him “go wild” on health, food and medicine. “I am worried about the impact that could have on our nation's health, on our nation's economy, on our global security.” In the last weeks before Trump …

‘Dire implications’: Experts warn Trump could spark global health crisis with latest idea
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Dire implications’: Experts warn Trump could spark global health crisis with latest idea

Raw Story  

Over the weekend Donald Trump said he is considering a ban on not just vaccine mandates, but vaccines themselves—an extension of his embrace of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He is expected to put RFK Jr., a known AIDS denialist and anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and purveyor of vaccine misinformation who has likened the use of vaccines to the "holocaust," in charge …

Trump’s botched COVID response has been largely forgotten, but it's crucial we remember
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s botched COVID response has been largely forgotten, but it's crucial we remember

Salon  

At a campaign event in Allentown, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump asked the crowd a question Ronald Reagan also asked voters in the 1980 election against Jimmy Carter, and one many presidents before have asked. “People are still framing questions like that as if where we were four years ago was not in the early stages of a …

Trump leads — on vaccine skepticism
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump leads — on vaccine skepticism

Raw Story  

More than four years ago, former President Donald Trump’s administration accelerated the development and rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. But a substantial number of Republican voters now identify as vaccine skeptics — and Trump rarely mentions what’s considered one of the great public health accomplishments in recent memory. In a recent tour with former Fox News broadcaster Tucker Carlson, Kennedy …

As COVID-19 ticks up in some places, US advisers recommend a fall vaccination campaign
5 months, 3 weeks ago

As COVID-19 ticks up in some places, US advisers recommend a fall vaccination campaign

The Independent  

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Column: Disinformation is a public health crisis. Here’s how scientists and doctors are fighting it
10 months ago

Column: Disinformation is a public health crisis. Here’s how scientists and doctors are fighting it

LA Times  

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Is there a way to inoculate the public against his anti-vaccine lies? “Scientists really recognize this as a problem, from what they see in the community and read in the news,” says Tara Kirk Sell of Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Health Security. It’s part of an emerging genre of advice for scientists, public health officials …

Covid-19 not a concern for most US adults, who are split on the latest vaccine and other precautions, KFF survey finds
1 year, 1 month ago

Covid-19 not a concern for most US adults, who are split on the latest vaccine and other precautions, KFF survey finds

CNN  

CNN — Most adults in the United States are not worried about getting sick with Covid-19 or spreading it over the holidays, a new survey from KFF found. Concern about rising cases and hospitalizations is slightly higher, with nearly half of adults saying they are “very” or “somewhat” worried that Covid-19 hospitalizations will increase this winter – about the same …

Column: Scientists are paying a huge personal price in the lonely fight against anti-vaxxers
1 year, 2 months ago

Column: Scientists are paying a huge personal price in the lonely fight against anti-vaxxers

LA Times  

In the preface of the new book by vaccine expert and pro-science crusader Peter Hotez, there are several acknowledgments of a kind that may never have appeared before in a book like it. Things have only gotten worse since then, as Hotez reports in his new book, “The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science: A Scientist’s Warning.” A professor of pediatrics and …

Opinion: Scientists have become sitting ducks. We need leaders to step up and defend us
1 year, 3 months ago

Opinion: Scientists have become sitting ducks. We need leaders to step up and defend us

LA Times  

In April 2020, when President Trump and Anthony Fauci appeared at a news conference to discuss the pandemic, the backlash against COVID scientists was already building. During the pandemic, our team at the Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine developed a low-cost COVID vaccine that was scaled for production in India and Indonesia, where almost 100 million doses …

Gov. DeSantis and Florida surgeon general warn against new COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine
1 year, 3 months ago

Gov. DeSantis and Florida surgeon general warn against new COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine

Associated Press  

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday criticized recent efforts across the U.S. to tamp down a recent jump in COVID-19 cases through temporary restrictions or masking, and his state surgeon general warned against getting the latest COVID-19 vaccine, which is expected to be available this month. The criticism from DeSantis at news conference in Jacksonville, Florida, arrived …

Florida officials cut key data from vaccine study, report says
1 year, 8 months ago

Florida officials cut key data from vaccine study, report says

LA Times  

Dr. Joseph Ladapo speaks after the Florida Senate confirmed his appointment as the state’s surgeon general on Feb. 23, 2022, in Tallahassee, Fla. An analysis that was the basis of a highly criticized recommendation from Florida’s surgeon general cautioning young men against getting the COVID-19 vaccine omitted information that showed catching the virus could increase the risk of a cardiac-related …

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
2 years ago

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The article suggests that these …

Covid-19 vaccination campaign held back by poor planning, safety board finds
2 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 vaccination campaign held back by poor planning, safety board finds

Dutch News  

The Dutch vaccination programme against Covid-19 was held back because the government’s initial plan was too reliant on family doctors, a report by the safety council has concluded. In the second of three reports into the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis, the OVV said preparations to set up vaccination centres through the local health board network only started in …

Covid-19 vaccination campaign held back by poor planning, safety board finds
2 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 vaccination campaign held back by poor planning, safety board finds

Dutch News  

The Dutch vaccination programme against Covid-19 was held back because the government’s initial plan was too reliant on family doctors, a report by the safety council has concluded. In the second of three reports into the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis, the OVV said preparations to set up vaccination centres through the local health board network only started in …

Lancet Commission criticises WHO for acting ‘too slowly’ in controlling COVID-19 pandemic
2 years, 3 months ago

Lancet Commission criticises WHO for acting ‘too slowly’ in controlling COVID-19 pandemic

The Hindu  

The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic published in the journal on September 14, has issued a set of recommendations for future plans and has also castigated the World Health Organization for acting “too cautiously and too slowly” on several important matters. This staggering death toll is both a profound tragedy and a massive global …

Biden’s comments about pandemic widen public health split over how US should respond to Covid-19
2 years, 3 months ago

Biden’s comments about pandemic widen public health split over how US should respond to Covid-19

CNN  

CNN — Even as the US prepares for a potential winter surge of Covid-19, President Biden roamed the cavernous halls of the Detroit Auto Show for an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” and, gesturing to the mostly maskless attendees, told the nation, “the pandemic is over.” “We still have a problem with Covid. “I think it’s sort of a term …

Time for increased action against COVID-19: WHO Chief Scientist
2 years, 3 months ago

Time for increased action against COVID-19: WHO Chief Scientist

The Hindu  

In light of the World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus’ declaration that the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is nigh, nations wonder whether they can let their guard down and resume ‘normalcy’ as it existed pre-pandemic. “As the Director General said: ‘These policy briefs are an urgent call for governments to take a hard look at their policies …

US CDC endorses updated Covid boosters, shots to begin soon
2 years, 3 months ago

US CDC endorses updated Covid boosters, shots to begin soon

India Today  

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday endorsed updated Covid-19 boosters, opening the way for a fall vaccination campaign that could blunt a winter surge if enough Americans roll up their sleeves. The CDC’s advisers struggled with who should get the new boosters and when because only a similarly tweaked vaccine, not the exact recipe, has been …

US CDC announces reforms after poor COVID response
2 years, 4 months ago

US CDC announces reforms after poor COVID response

Al Jazeera  

The CDC said that it ‘did not reliably meet expectations’ during the coronavirus pandemic and has released plans for reform. The planned changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — CDC leaders call it a “reset”— come amid criticism of the agency’s response to COVID-19, monkeypox and other public health threats. “For 75 years, CDC and public health …

Op-Ed: The CDC loosened its COVID rules. Who fills in this public health vacuum?
2 years, 4 months ago

Op-Ed: The CDC loosened its COVID rules. Who fills in this public health vacuum?

LA Times  

Shoppers with and without masks stroll in L.A.’s Santee Alley in July as the BA.5 COVID variant surged. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed its COVID guidelines last week, leaving decision-making mainly to individuals and local officials who lack public health training. Although doctors and public health officials have historically worked together to foster community health, medicine and …

‘The next public health disaster in the making’: Studies offer new pieces of long Covid puzzle
2 years, 4 months ago

‘The next public health disaster in the making’: Studies offer new pieces of long Covid puzzle

CNN  

CNN — There’s no test for long Covid. Yet with vast numbers of people having had Covid-19, and estimates ranging from 7.7 million to 23 million long Covid patients in the US alone, researchers say it has the potential to be “the next public health disaster in the making.” The Biden administration released two reports this week to initiate a …

Confusion prevails over covid protocols as public fears wane
2 years, 6 months ago

Confusion prevails over covid protocols as public fears wane

Live Mint  

We’re now in a weird phase of the covid pandemic. Danish social scientist Michael Bang Petersen of Aarhus University told me that familiarity with covid is changing people’s attitudes. And that means it’s hard to adapt our behaviour to the situation—the way public health officials urged us to do during previous waves. “We know from research that social isolation is …

White House says COVID-19 vaccines, treatments could be rationed without more funds
2 years, 7 months ago

White House says COVID-19 vaccines, treatments could be rationed without more funds

LA Times  

The White House is planning for “dire” contingencies that could include rationing supplies of vaccines and treatments this fall if Congress doesn’t approve more money for fighting COVID-19. “But we’re looking at all the scenarios and planning for all of them.” He said the administration was “getting much more into the scenario-planning business to make sure that we know what …

Pro-Trump counties continue to suffer far higher COVID death tolls
2 years, 7 months ago

Pro-Trump counties continue to suffer far higher COVID death tolls

NPR  

Pro-Trump counties continue to suffer far higher COVID death tolls Enlarge this image toggle caption Ted S. Warren/AP Ted S. Warren/AP Even with widely available vaccines and newly effective treatments, residents of counties that went heavily for Donald Trump in the last presidential election are more than twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than those that live in areas …

The AP Interview: US ‘vulnerable’ to COVID without new shots
2 years, 7 months ago

The AP Interview: US ‘vulnerable’ to COVID without new shots

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha issued a dire warning Thursday that the U.S. will be increasingly vulnerable to the coronavirus this fall and winter if Congress doesn’t swiftly approve new funding for more vaccines and treatments. “That leaves a lot of us vulnerable.” Jha predicted that the next generation of vaccines, which are likely to be …

We’re Expecting the Wrong Things From the CDC
2 years, 9 months ago

We’re Expecting the Wrong Things From the CDC

Slate  

America’s favorite pandemic punching bag, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is making many people angry once again. As medical historian Daniel Goldberg of the University of Colorado conceptualizes it, there have long been competing “narrow” and “broad” views of public health’s mandate. “Health policy decisions are always about values even if we don’t always articulate them,” said Cecília …

White House launches ‘test to treat’ COVID-19 initiative, plan toward greater normality
2 years, 9 months ago

White House launches ‘test to treat’ COVID-19 initiative, plan toward greater normality

LA Times  

Beginning this month, Americans will be able to head to their local pharmacy for a coronavirus test and, if they test positive, receive antiviral pills on the spot, at no cost to them. President Biden announced the launch of the “test to treat” initiative during Tuesday night’s State of the Union Address as he emphasized the country’s progress in battling …

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 …

AP sources: White House seeks another $30B for COVID battle
2 years, 10 months ago

AP sources: White House seeks another $30B for COVID battle

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is telling Congress that it needs an additional $30 billion to press ahead with the fight against COVID-19, officials said. Two people familiar with the administration’s plan confirmed key details on Tuesday: $17.9 billion for vaccines and treatments, $4.9 billion for testing, $3 billion to cover coronavirus care for uninsured people, and $3.7 billion to …

Covid-19: What will it take to vaccinate the world?
2 years, 11 months ago

Covid-19: What will it take to vaccinate the world?

Hindustan Times  

This is one of a series of interviews by Bloomberg Opinion columnists on how to solve the world’s most pressing policy challenges. It will not provide very durable protection Clara Ferreira Marques: You’re a veteran advocate for global health, vaccines and tropical-disease control, and served as a U.S. science envoy during the Obama administration. The Texas Children’s Hospital Center for …

Covid-19: A few words make a very big difference
2 years, 11 months ago

Covid-19: A few words make a very big difference

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. CNN’s Daniel Dale has the full fact check, but the story is that millions of people on Twitter saw an 11-second video of Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, saying these words: “The overwhelming number of deaths, over 75%, occurred in people …

Abcarian: It's looking like we all might get COVID someday
2 years, 11 months ago

Abcarian: It's looking like we all might get COVID someday

LA Times  

Over the last few weeks, you’ve probably had the same conversation I’ve been having: “We’re all going to get it, aren’t we?” “Yep.” Call it fatalism. “I don’t think it’s a foregone conclusion that everybody will get COVID-19,” UCLA infectious disease expert Otto Yang told the “Today” show last month. “Endemic is now often used to describe the point where …

New GOP leaders say Virginia to join vax mandate challenges
2 years, 11 months ago

New GOP leaders say Virginia to join vax mandate challenges

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia will join other Republican-led states and business groups in challenging Biden administration mandates intended to increase the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination rate once GOP Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin and Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares take office, the two said in a statement Friday. They said that after their Jan. 15th inauguration the commonwealth will “quickly move to protect Virginians’ …

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 …

Next pandemic may be worse, says scientist behind UK's Covid-19 vaccine
3 years ago

Next pandemic may be worse, says scientist behind UK's Covid-19 vaccine

India Today  

One of the scientists behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is warning that the next pandemic may be more contagious and more lethal unless more money is devoted to research and preparations to fight emerging viral threats. In excerpts released before a speech Monday, Professor Sarah Gilbert says the scientific advances made in fighting deadly viruses “must not be lost” because …

What’s the status of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the US?
3 years ago

What’s the status of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the US?

Associated Press  

What’s the status of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the U.S.? To control the spread of COVID-19, President Joe Biden previously said businesses with 100 or more employees would need to require COVID-19 vaccination or have workers get tested weekly for the virus. But soon after the rule was issued by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, it faced …

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 …

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