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Uber Asks States to Prioritize Delivery, Rideshare Drivers for COVID Vaccine

Uber Technologies Inc. on Thursday sent letters to the governors of all U.S. states, asking for its ride-hail and food delivery drivers to get early access to COVID-19 vaccines as essential workers. The company also said it will send a …

States Grapple With Determining Who’s Essential, Who’s Not for COVID Vaccine

Companies and industry groups lobbying to get their U.S. workers to the front of the line for COVID vaccination are running into a patchwork of state plans and confusion over who is essential, and who is not. Inoculation against the …

IBM Warns COVID Vaccine ‘Cold Chain’ Process Has Been Targeted by Hackers

IBM is sounding the alarm over hackers targeting companies critical to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, a sign that digital spies are turning their attention to the complex logistical work involved in inoculating the world’s population against the novel coronavirus. …

U.S. Employers Have Right to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccine. But Will They?

Private U.S. companies have the right under the law to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but are unlikely to do so because of the risks of legal and cultural backlash, experts said. Companies are still in the early …

Health Workers, Nursing Homes Should Get First COVID Vaccines, Says CDC

A panel of advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday voted 13 to 1 to recommend that healthcare workers and residents of long-term care facilities should be first in line to receive the first …

COVID-19 Vaccines Could Be Sent to States Within 24 Hours of FDA’s OK: Official

The first Americans could receive a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Dec. 11, the chief scientific adviser for the U.S. government’s vaccine program said on Sunday. “Within 24 hours from the approval, the vaccine will be moving and located in …