Governors lose support in states without COVID vaccine mandates: Survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 19, 2021
As the Occupational Health and Safety Administration prepares to release its emergency temporary standard mandating COVID-19 vaccination for employers with 100 or more workers, some governors are resisting...
Vaccine mandates murky for some assisted living operators
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 02, 2021
With legal challenges to COVID-10 mandates popping up every day, it’s difficult for healthcare providers to know where they stand, and the waters are even murkier for some assisted living operators,...
16-state coalition seeks to block CMS vax mandate
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 08, 2022
Attorneys general from 16 states asked a federal judge Friday to block the U.S. government from enforcing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate in their respective states...
New York is bellwether for other states, feds on mandatory vaccinations
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 29, 2021
Many still haven’t met the requirement, and New York’s long-term care facilities and hospitals are bracing for potential staff shortages. Monday, employers began firing or suspending workers who refused...
Federal workers with natural COVID-19 immunity file class action suit
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 09, 2021
Attorneys from the New Civil Liberties Alliance and Austin, TX-based Texas Public Policy Foundation are representing almost a dozen federal workers in a class action lawsuit against their employer, the...
No sign Supreme Court will block COVID-19 vaccination mandates, legal expert say
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 15, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday in a 6-3 ruling to hear a challenge to New York’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers on religious grounds, and a legal expert says evidence is mounting that...
12 more states sue to block CMS vaccine mandate
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 17, 2021
A group of 12 states filed a lawsuit Monday against the Biden administration in an attempt to block its vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, asserting that the requirement is unconstitutional and violates...
COVID-19 vaccination mandates don’t negatively affect nursing home staffing: study
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 01, 2022
State COVID-19 vaccination mandates increased vaccinations among direct caregivers without negatively affecting staffing levels, according to the results of a study published Friday in JAMA Health Forum.
Governor bans vaccine mandates by ‘any entity’ in Texas
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 13, 2021
Lone Star State Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued an executive order Monday evening prohibiting “any entity in Texas” from mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for an employee or consumer “who objects to such...
States, courts take actions that complicate vaccine mandate effects
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 01, 2021
So far, courts across the country—all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court—have sided with state governments on imposed vaccine requirements. The justices declined Friday to even hear a case challenging...