More than 8,000 Sutter Health nurses and health care workers are planning a one-day strike Monday at more than a dozen Northern California healthcare facilities for better health and safety standards amid the COVID-19 pandemic they say has led to “moral distress” among workers. After 10 months of contract negotiations, the workers are urging management to…
LIMA — Lima hospitals and nursing homes are preparing to comply with a federal mandate upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court last month requiring most health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by March 15. The rule covers hospitals, nursing homes, hospices and other health care facilities that receive funding from the federal Centers…
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EMERGENCY DOCKET By Amy Howe on Dec 18, 2021 at 8:03 pm President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the state of COVID-19 vaccinations in April 2021. (Redhood Studios via Shutterstock) As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year and the omicron variant causes a spike in cases, challenges to efforts by policymakers to respond to…