Department of Labor plans to issue an emergency temporary standard implementing the new requirement By Stephanie Armour and Sabrina Siddiqui All employers with 100 or more employees would have to require that their workers be vaccinated or undergo at least weekly Covid-19 testing under a new plan announced by President Biden to curb … [Read more...] about Biden Boosts Vaccine Requirements for Large Employers, Federal Workers to Combat Covid-19
By Lenny Bernstein and Brittany Shammas The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Wednesday that pregnant people be vaccinated against the coronavirus, updating its advice after it found no increased risk of miscarriage among those who have been immunized. With vaccination rates low among pregnant women, the new guidance … [Read more...] about CDC guidance now official: Pregnant people should get coronavirus vaccine
In company memo, CEO says there is ‘zero tolerance policy’ for reporting to the office without Covid-19 inoculation CNN has fired three employees who violated company policy by coming to work unvaccinated against Covid-19. Jeff Zucker, the media company’s president, told staff members of the firing in a memo sent on Thursday that reminded them that vaccines were … [Read more...] about CNN fires three employees for coming to work unvaccinated
Children have to get vaccinated for less urgent threats—and it works. So why not with Covid? By Riley Griffin and Suzi Ring One afternoon in May, Michael Joseph Smith, a pediatric infectious disease specialist, strides in baseball-patterned socks through a Duke University facility in Durham, N.C., to welcome Cameron O’Hara, a 14-year-old vaccine trial … [Read more...] about Covid Can Make Kids Very Sick. Why Aren’t More Being Vaccinated?
