Enlarge (credit: Getty | Spencer Platt) The Department of Justice late Tuesday announced that it disagrees with a Florida judge’s ruling that abruptly nixed the federal travel mask mandate. However, the department said it would not immediately seek an appeal or a stay that would keep the mandate in place while litigation continued. Instead, the […]
Evangeline Lilly feels very strongly about vaccine mandates. The longtime actress and Marvel star revealed in a social media post on Thursday that she attended a rally in Washington, D.C. this past weekend protesting against COVID-19 vaccine mandates. And now, the 43-year-old Lost alum — who has previously come under fire for other COVID-related opinions, as well — isn’t backing […]
Enlarge (credit: OSHA) On Tuesday, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it was withdrawing its planned vaccine mandate for businesses with 100 or more employees. The decision comes in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that blocked OSHA from implementing the mandate while lawsuits opposing it made their way through lower courts. […]
Enlarge / The US Supreme Court building in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images | Mike Kline ) On Friday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases that could severely limit the federal government’s ability to set public health policy during the pandemic. At issue is whether existing health and safety authority given to federal […]
Enlarge / FLORIDA, 11/09/2021: A boy gives a nurse a high-five before receiving a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site for children aged 5 to 11. (credit: Getty | SOPA images) The White House touted the success of COVID-19 vaccine mandates Wednesday as more of the country’s unvaccinated are rolling up […]
Enlarge / Texas Governor Greg Abbott. (credit: Getty | Montinique Monroe ) Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order late Monday prohibiting all state entities, including private businesses, from requiring people to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The Republican governor also noted that he has added the issue to the legislature’s special session so that […]
Enlarge / Demonstrators hold signs during a protest against COVID-19 mandates in New York on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) New York state has braced itself for the possibility of losing tens of thousands of unvaccinated health workers who fail to meet the state’s Monday deadline for COVID-19 vaccination. Last month, New […]
WTF is wrong with people?! Newberg Public Schools in the city of Newberg, Oregon is under fire right now after one of its staffers reported to work at a school within the district wearing — and we cannot believe we are about to write this — blackface. Apparently, the staff member put on the offensive […]
Enlarge / A person gets a sticker after getting a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. (credit: Getty | Joe Raedle) Leading public health organizations and a growing number of independent health experts are coming together to push health care facilities to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for all health care workers. Some experts say such mandates are overdue […]
Enlarge / Houston Methodist Hospital at the Texas Medical Center campus in Houston, Texas. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) After staging weeks of protest and being called “reprehensible” by a federal judge, 153 workers of a Houston-based hospital system lost their jobs Tuesday for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Houston Methodist hospital system had placed […]