Philadelphia to Restore Indoor Mask Mandate Amid Covid Case Surge April 13, 2022 Philadelphia is reinstating its indoor mask mandate after reporting a sharp increase in coronavirus infections, the city’s top health official...
Global Drugmakers Blast Plan for COVID Vaccine Patent Waiver March 16, 2022 Global drugmakers condemned on Wednesday an initiative by four World Trade Organization members to introduce an intellectual property waiver for...
China Battling Multiple Coronavirus Outbreaks; Shuts Business Hub Shenzhen March 15, 2022 By Huizhong Wu TAIPEI, Taiwan — China banned most people from leaving a coronavirus-hit northeastern province and mobilized military reservists Monday as the...
Many Faith Leaders, Denominations Wary of Religious Exemptions for Vaccine February 17, 2022 By David Crary and Peter Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette By the thousands, Americans have been seeking religious exemptions in order to circumvent COVID-19 vaccine mandates, but generally they are...
Biden Administration Officially Withdraws Employer Vaccine Rule January 27, 2022 By Dee-Ann Durbin The Biden administration has officially withdrawn a rule that would have required workers at big companies to get vaccinated or...
COVID-19 Cases, Deaths on Rise Again at Nursing Homes January 18, 2022 By Meg Kinnard and Bryan Gallion COVID-19 infections are soaring again at U.S. nursing homes because of the omicron wave, and deaths are climbing too, leading...
Health Insurers Cooperating With Plan to Pay for Home COVID Tests Starting Saturday January 13, 2022 By Zeke Miller Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people...
Employers Fear Long-Term Liability From ‘Take-Home’ COVID-19 Lawsuits January 12, 2022 By Tom Hals As COVID-19 cases surge in the United States, businesses say they fear a California court ruling has increased the likelihood...
Stay Home or Go to Work Sick? Omicron Poses a Conundrum. January 11, 2022 By Dee-Ann Durbin and Anne D'Innocenzio As the raging omicron variant of COVID-19 infects workers across the nation, millions of those whose jobs don’t provide paid...
Supreme Court Conservatives Question OSHA Business Vaccine Rule January 10, 2022 By Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko Fully vaccinated and mostly masked, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical Friday of the Biden administration’s authority to impose...