FDA’s COVID Vaccine Approval Makes Challenges to Mandates Tougher to Win August 25, 2021 By Tom Hals Formal U.S approval of the Pfizer Inc /BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine will make it nearly impossible to successfully challenge mandates...
FDA Grants Full Approval to Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine August 23, 2021 By Carl O'Donnell and Manas Mishra The U.S. drug regulator on Monday granted full approval to the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine, making it the first...
Early COVID-19 Vaccinations Prevented 140,000 Deaths: Study August 20, 2021 A new study by Indiana University and RAND Corp. assessed the impact of COVID-19 vaccinations and found that 139,393 deaths...
Biden Administration to Require Nursing Home Employees to Get COVID-19 Vaccine August 19, 2021 By Eric Beech and Nancy Lapid President Joe Biden said on Wednesday his administration will require employees at nursing homes to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as...
Marsh and Citi Develop Risk Program With 6 Insurers to Deliver Vaccines Globally August 19, 2021 Global insurance broker Marsh and global bank Citi said they have developed a risk mitigation structure to cover the risk...
Healthcare Costs, Premiums Likely to Rise for Years Due to COVID-19 August 16, 2021 Health implications related to COVID-19 will continue to drive elevated health system utilization long after the acute phase of the...
OSHA Urges Employers to Require Vaccinated Workers to Wear Masks August 16, 2021 By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. agency that regulates workplace safety issued guidance on Friday urging employers to require many fully vaccinated workers to...
Americans’ Mental Health Needs, Help Gap Worsen in COVID’s Second Summer August 12, 2021 By Alex Tanzi It’s been nearly a year since the U.S. Census Bureau started asking Americans about the mental-health effects of the pandemic...
Update: U.S. Companies Making Masks, Vaccines Mandatory August 12, 2021 The resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the United States due to the Delta variant and the new guidance from the...
Employers Get Religion With Vaccine Mandates August 12, 2021 By Tom Hals As coronavirus infections rise again, U.S. companies mandating vaccinations are confronting an uncomfortable question rarely asked by an employer –...