Sep 13 Florida governor threatens cities with fines for vaccine mandates By Mike Schneider, Associated Press DeSantis said Monday that local municipalities potentially face millions of dollars in fines for implementing a requirement that their employees get a COVID-19 vaccine. Continue reading
Sep 13 School vaccine campaigns targeting students face blowback By Cedar Attanasio, Associated Press A return to in-person school this month are raising the stakes for high school students who want to be safe in packed classrooms and homecoming rallies. Continue reading
Sep 13 FDA experts among group opposing U.S. booster shot plan By Lauran Neergaard, Matthew Perrone, Associated Press An international group of scientists is arguing the average person doesn't need a COVID-19 booster yet — an opinion that highlights the intense scientific divide over the question. Continue reading
Sep 13 U.K. medical officials clear COVID vaccines for 12 to 15 year olds By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Britain's chief medical officers said Monday that children aged 12 to 15 should be vaccinated against coronavirus, despite a ruling by the government's vaccine advisors that the step would have only marginal health benefits. Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch 4:53 A survivor's fight for health care for young adults impacted by 9/11 By PBS NewsHour On the day the two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in Manhattan, Lila Nordstrom, then a senior at Stuyvesant High School, was ordered to evacuate. Now a public health advocate and executive director of StuyHealth, which focuses on… Continue watching
Sep 11 China to donate 3M vaccine doses to Vietnam By Associated Press The Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the pledge Saturday as he wrapped up a two-day visit to Hanoi. The visit comes amid a virus lockdown in Vietnam to contain a coronavirus surge. Continue reading
Sep 10 Biden's vaccine rules to set off barrage of legal challenges By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press President Joe Biden's sweeping new vaccine requirements have Republican governors threatening lawsuits. His unapologetic response: "Have at it."… Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch 7:11 What Biden's vaccine mandates mean for millions of Americans in the workplace The vaccine mandate President Biden announced Thursday is the most aggressive step he's taken so far to get shots in the arms of the nearly 80 million eligible Americans who are not yet vaccinated. David Michaels, an epidemiologist who ran… Continue watching
Sep 10 CDC finds unvaccinated people are 11 times more likely to die of COVID By Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press New U.S. studies show COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against hospitalizations and death. That's even against the extra-contagious delta variant. Continue reading
Sep 10 Republicans blast Biden's plan to increase vaccinations By Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Joe Biden's aggressive push to require millions of U.S. workers to vaccinate against the coronavirus is running into a wall of resistance from Republicans threatening everything from lawsuits to civil disobedience. Continue reading