Infectious Disease - Page 673

October 20, 2021

High school teacher of the year faces termination over vaccine mandate

A Connecticut high school 'teacher of the year' may be terminated over the state's vaccine mandate.

October 20, 2021

Los Angeles mayor to city employees: Be prepared to lose your job if you aren't vaccinated by deadline

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is warning unvaccinated city employees that they should be prepared to lose their jobs if they don’t comply with the city’s employee vaccine mandate by December.

October 20, 2021

Feds face backlash for tying schools' coronavirus relief to compliance with CDC guidelines

The Department of Education is facing backlash for requiring school systems to comply with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance in order to obtain coronavirus relief funding.

October 20, 2021

Twitter erupts with support for In-N-Out after company refuses to enforce vaccine mandate: '#DoNotComply'

The west coast based burger chain In-N-Out was widely praised on social media after it was reported that the company refused to enforce a San Francisco, California vaccine mandate for customers that resulted in the city temporarily closing one of its locations.

October 20, 2021

Lawyer for Navy SEALs: 'Insane' for military not to approve religious exemptions to vaccine mandate

Unvaccinated Navy SEALs seeking religious exemptions to the vaccine mandate are reportedly being harassed and intimidated as they await a response on their request. First Liberty Institute general counsel Mike Berry warned the DOD is reportedly unlikely to honor these requests.

October 20, 2021

Leptospirosis cases surge in NYC: What to know about the rat-spread infectious disease

New York City has reported an increase in human cases of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease that the city reports has been spread by rats.

October 20, 2021

Maryland US Rep. Andy Harris prescribes ivermectin to patient to treat COVID-19

A Republican congressman from Maryland who is also a licensed physician said he prescribed the controversial drug Ivermectin to patients for the treatment of the early stages of COVID-19.

October 20, 2021

Virginia governor's race dead even less than two weeks from Election Day: poll

The closely watched gubernatorial race in Virginia between Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin is all tied up, according to a new poll.

October 20, 2021

Harvard professor urges schools to scrap mask mandates by end of year in Washington Post column

The Washington Post published an opinion piece on urging schools to scrap COVID-era mask mandates by the end of the year, saying a hard deadline is needed to prevent decision makers from implementing unnecessary "indefinite masking" for kids. 

October 20, 2021

CDC boss Walensky says schools should keep mask mandates even if kids are vaccinated

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said Wednesday that schools should keep mask mandates, even if children are vaccinated.