Monday marked the deadline for unvaccinated health care workers across the country to comply with a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in a recent update (pdf) earlier this month, said it is “full speed ahead” with enforcing the mandate, which applies to health care staff who work at…
Biden Admin’s COVID-19 Vaccine Deadline Sets in for Healthcare Workers
Biden Admin’s COVID-19 Vaccine Deadline Sets in for Most Healthcare Workers
Monday marked the deadline for the vast majority of unvaccinated health care workers across the country to comply with a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate and receive their first dose. The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in a recent update (pdf) earlier this month, said it is “full speed ahead” with enforcing the mandate,…
Biden Admin’s COVID-19 Vaccine Deadline Goes Into Effect for Most Healthcare Workers
Monday marked the deadline for the vast majority of unvaccinated health care workers across the country to comply with a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate and receive their first dose. The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in a recent update (pdf) earlier this month, said it is “full speed ahead” with enforcing the mandate,…
Feed Stores: Livestock Ivermectin Flying off Shelves for Unapproved Human Use
Feed stores around the country are discouraging shoppers from buying ivermectin formulated for livestock, for use in treating or preventing COVID-19 in humans. But despite their strictly worded warnings, they’re finding it’s difficult to keep the products made for horses, cows, sheep, and other animals in stock, workers at retailers specializing in animal products told…
Denial of Natural Immunity in CMS Vaccine Mandate ‘Unprecedented in Modern History’: Scott Atlas
Denying natural immunity in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) vaccine mandates is “unprecedented in modern history,” a prominent public health expert said. Dr. Scott Atlas, a former White House COVID-19 Task Force adviser during the Trump administration, made the remarks after the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decide to uphold the CMS vaccine…
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Reinstates COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in a policy reversal, announced on Dec. 28 that it would start enforcing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate to facilities in half of U.S. states in states where the mandate isn’t judicially enjoined. CMS modified the compliance dates for the vaccine mandates. Facilities that received Medicaid or Medicare funding have…
Biden Admin Asks Supreme Court to Reinstate Vaccine Mandate for Health Workers
The Department of Justice on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reinstate its COVID-19 vaccine for healthcare workers after lower courts blocked the mandate from being enforced in certain parts of the country. The vaccine mandate in question was rolled out by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which conditioned Medicare and Medicaid funding to…
Judge Blocks Biden Administration’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers
A federal judge on Monday halted the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers, though the ruling only applies to 10 states. The mandate, promulgated earlier this month by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), required approximately 17 million workers to get a jab or face termination. But CMS lacks the authority…
17 Million Health Care Workers Must Be Vaccinated by Jan. 4 Under Biden’s COVID-19 Mandate: CMS
The Centers for Medicaid Services (CMS) on Thursday issued a rule saying that most health care workers in the United States will have to be considered “fully vaccinated” with a COVID-19 vaccine by Jan. 4. The rule was handed down for all staff who are employed at Medicaid- or Medicare-funded hospitals or facilities. Unlike the…
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