A sign held by a healthcare worker reads “Last Year’s Heroes, This Year’s Unemployed” at a protest at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital in Smithtown, New York, on Sept. 27, 2021. Raychel Brightman | Newsday | Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied an emergency bid to block enforcement of New York’s…
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The New York Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that would require public health insurance programs to cover medical marijuana expenses and clarify that private insurers are allowed to do the same. The legislation, sponsored by Diane Savino (D), moved through two committees before passing the Senate by a vote of 53-10, and it’s now…
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As of Monday, there are mainly three types of health care workers in Montana. Those with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, those with an exemption because of their religious belief or medical condition, and those without a job. Feb. 14 was the date when medical facilities in the state that receive federal…
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EDMONTON — Dozens of students in Alberta walked out of their classrooms Monday afternoon to protest the government’s decision to lift a mask mandate in schools. © Provided by The Canadian Press Samuel Clark, a 17-year-old co-organizer of the protest, said some students gathered at the Alberta legislature in Edmonton because they are discouraged and…
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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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Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place New York’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers, turning away a challenge by a group of medical providers who sued because it does not include a religious exemption. Over the dissents of Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch, the high court rejected…
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The Supreme Court turned away two emergency requests Monday from health care workers, doctors and nurses in New York to block the state’s vaccine mandate. Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas dissented. The dispute arose when three nurses and a group called We the Patriots USA, Inc, challenged the mandate, arguing that it…
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“Faced with an especially contagious variant of the virus in the midst of a pandemic that has now claimed the lives of over 750,000 in the United States and some 55,000 in New York, the state decided as an emergency measure to require vaccination for all employees at health care facilities who might become infected…
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