A federal appeals court on Wednesday revived the Biden Administration’s COVID vaccine mandate for healthcare workers in 26 states — requiring millions of workers employed by facilities that receive federal funding to get vaccinated. A three-judge panel in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Louisana ruled the lower court only had the authority […]
Lawsuits
Judge Holds Virginia Hospital in Contempt for Failure to Administer Ivermectin to COVID Patient
A hospital in Virginia is facing a large fine for “needlessly interposing requirements that stand in the way of the patient’s desired physician administering investigational drugs as part of the Health Care Decisions Act and the federal and state Right to Try Acts.” Court documents released on Dec. 13, show Fauquier Hospital in Virginia was […]
Courts Block COVID Vaccine Mandates for Healthcare Workers Nationwide and Federal Contractors in Three States as Deadline Nears
The Biden administration was blocked on Tuesday from enforcing two vaccine mandates requiring millions of U.S. workers to get vaccinated against COVID, which were set to begin next week. A federal judge in Louisana issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday halting President Biden’s national vaccine mandate for health care workers. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty […]
Federal Judge Halts Biden’s COVID Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers in 10 States
Following a lawsuit filed by Eric Schmitt, Missouri’s Attorney General, the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Missouri, issued a preliminary injunction, halting the Biden Administration from enforcing its COVID vaccine mandate on healthcare workers in Missouri and nine other states. “It is hereby ordered that Defendants are preliminarily enjoined from the implementation […]
Top Critical Care Doctor Takes on Hospital Over Ban of Life-Saving Medicines Used to Treat COVID
A top critical care physician who filed a lawsuit against Sentara Norfolk General Hospital over its ban on administering life-saving drugs to treat COVID patients has had his hospital privileges suspended. Dr. Paul Marik, chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School and director of the ICU at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, learned about […]
OSHA Suspends Implementation and Enforcement of Biden Administration’s COVID Vaccine Mandate for Businesses
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said it will abide by a court order issued by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, and suspend enforcement of the Biden administration’s COVID vaccine mandate on businesses with more than 100 employees. In a statement shared on OSHA’s website, the agency said, “The court ordered that OSHA ‘take no steps to […]
Federal Appeals Court Affirms Block on Vaccine Mandate for Employers, Slams Biden Administration for Using OSHA as a ‘Work-Around’ to Force Vaccines
A federal appeals court blocked the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring businesses with 100 or more employees to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations or weekly testing by Jan. 4, stating the rule “grossly exceeds” the authority of the occupational safety agency that issued it. In a 22-page opinion issued on Friday, a three-judge […]
Federal Appeals Court Halts Biden Administration’s COVID Vaccine Mandate for Private Businesses
A federal appeals court on Saturday issued a stay temporarily halting the Biden administration’s private employer COVID vaccine mandate citing, “grave statutory and constitutional” issues with the requirement. “Because the petitions give cause to believe there are grave statutory and constitutional issues with the mandate, the mandate is hereby STAYED pending further action by this court,” […]
OSHA Issues COVID Vaccine Mandate Forcing 84 Million Workers to Comply by Jan. 4 Deadline, States Vow to Sue
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued an emergency temporary standard for large employers, with limited exception, who are required to develop, implement and enforce a mandatory COVID vaccination policy by Jan. 4 or face large fines up to $136,532 for a willful violation.
Biden Admin Barred from Firing Unvaccinated Employees With Pending Religious Exemptions After D.C. Judge Issues Injunction
A Washington, D.C., district court judge issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) Thursday preventing both civilian and active-duty military employees from being terminated after they sued the Biden administration over religious exemptions to COVID vaccines, but the Biden Administration said it would not abide by the TRO. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly sided with the Plaintiffs who […]