September 13, 2022 Oregon parents rights group files petition against Oregon Health Authority over school vaccine mandate A parents' rights group called the Oregon Moms Union filed a petition to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to repeal OAR 333-019-1030, which is a vaccine mandate for public schools.
September 13, 2022 Los Angeles County officials report confirmed monkeypox death Los Angeles county health officials confirmed the first death due to monkeypox in a severely immunocompromised resident. There are nearly 22,000 cases in the U.S.
September 13, 2022 UK's long-term sickness rate highest since 2005 The UK believes that its workforce has reached the highest level of people who are too sick to work since 2005 because of a mixture of long-COVID and difficulty accessing health care.
September 13, 2022 Pentagon in 'potential noncompliance' with law after denying vaccine religious accommodation requests: IG The Pentagon's inspector general says that the agency is in "potential noncompliance" with standards for reviewing and denying service members' requests for religious accommodations to the COVID-19 vaccine.
September 13, 2022 Bill Gates concerned about maintaining focus on public health during economic downturn As the world is still economically recovering from the COVID pandemic, Bill Gates worries that finding funding to assist countries with public health issues will only get harder.
September 13, 2022 Navy quietly rolled back punishments for SEALs seeking religious exemptions to the COVID vaccine The U.S. Navy quietly rolled back an order from September 2021 that punished Navy SEALs seeking religious exemptions to the vaccine mandate.
September 12, 2022 Seattle cancels classes for another day amid negotiations as teacher's union strike delays school year start Seattle public school officials canceled classes for Tuesday as contract negotiations have postponed the start of the school year.
September 12, 2022 Former Planned Parenthood president warns against California's medical misinformation bill Former president of Planned Parenthood sounded the alarm that a bill to stop misinformation could end up punishing medical professionals and unleash partisan crackdowns.
September 12, 2022 Ilhan Omar marches with striking nurses protesting low pay, understaffing Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Monday appeared on the front lines with thousands of striking nurses who are protesting low pay and understaffing.
September 12, 2022 New Zealand scraps almost all COVID restrictions as pandemic concerns decline New Zealand, home of some of the toughest COVID restrictions in the world, has begun scaling back its pandemic restrictions as worries around the virus shrink.
