Healthcare Experts Slam Florida’s Plan to End Vaccine Mandates
Florida plans to end all vaccine mandates, drawing sharp criticism from health experts who warn it threatens public health and could lead to preventable disease outbreaks.
Supreme Court allows health worker vaccine mandate to proceed while blocking it for other workers
Te justices blocked a key Biden administration Covid-19 initiative — putting a stop, for now, to a rule requiring businesses with more than 100 workers to either mandate that employees be vaccinated against covid or wear masks and undergo weekly testing. But said that a separate rule requiring Covid vaccines for an estimated 10 million health workers at facilities that receive funding from Medicare and Medicaid could go forward
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Appeals court declines to reinstate CMS’ vaccine mandate
A panel of judges on the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to reinstate a vaccine mandate for healthcare workers that was set to go into effect in January. A federal judge had blocked the mandate last month from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services after 10 states filed suit.
Vaccine requirements incoming for healthcare facilities, big businesses
CMS set a deadline for staff at Medicare- or Medicaid- certified facilities to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by Jan. 4. Similarly, OSHA is also requiring large companies to vaccinate their workers by that date.
Covid-19 vaccination required for staff in most healthcare settings
CMS, in collaboration with the CDC, is making it mandatory for staff at healthcare facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs to get vaccinated against Covid-19. The move comes as cases rise to 150,000 and deaths to 1,500 per day.