On Oct. 4, the Office of Management released guidance to employers outlining specific requirements for obtaining a medical or religious exemption to COVID vaccines — making the process more intrusive and an exemption harder to obtain. In addition, employers were told they could begin enforcing President Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal employees as soon as Nov. 9. […]
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Judge Rejects FDA, Pfizer Attempt to Stall Release of COVID Vaccine Safety Data
A federal judge Wednesday rejected a bid by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with the support of Pfizer, to delay the court-ordered release of nearly 400,000 pages of documents pertaining to the approval of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine. Federal judge Mark Pittman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, in an order issued Feb. 2, said […]
Illinois Judge Halts Mask and COVID Mandates for Schools as Gov. Pritzker Vows to Fight Back
School districts across the state of Illinois are celebrating after a Sangamon County judge ruled that beginning Monday, schools would no longer be forced to mandate masks, COVID vaccines or testing requirements. The ruling was handed down Friday by Circuit Court Judge Raylene Grischow, who ruled against Governor JB Pritzker’s mask mandate inside school buildings […]
Judge Blocks Biden’s COVID Vaccine Mandate for Federal Workers Nationwide
A federal judge in Texas issued an injunction on Friday blocking President Joe Biden’s COVID vaccine mandate for federal contractors nationwide. In a 20-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown said the Biden Administration had no legal authority to impose a sweeping vaccine mandate on federal employees. “This case is not about whether folks should […]
The Supreme Court’s Decision on COVID Vaccine Mandates, What it Means for You
The United States Supreme Court on Thursday issued a highly-anticipated decision on two of the Biden Administration’s COVID vaccine mandates. There is good news and bad news that came out of the Court’s decision. The good news is the Court rejected the Biden administration’s mandate requiring employees of large businesses to be vaccinated against COVID or undergo weekly testing […]