NIH whistleblower details clash over vaccines with Trump officials
A former NIH official says she was removed after clashes over vaccines, accusing RFK Jr. and his deputies of posing "a substantial and specific danger to public health and safety."
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A former NIH official says she was removed after clashes over vaccines, accusing RFK Jr. and his deputies of posing "a substantial and specific danger to public health and safety."
As Texas' measles outbreak grows, many North Texas doctors fear this is just the beginning, thanks to the increased vaccine hesitancy.
Vaccine exemption rates have increased in virtually all North Texas school districts in the past five years.
The 35 unvaccinated members of the military accuse the Department of Defense of punishing them after they requested a religious exemption from getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
A federal judge in Texas has blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a vaccine mandate for federal employees.
About 30 Texas Republican state lawmakers along with the Texas Republican Party want Governor Greg Abbott to call a fourth special session so lawmakers can pass a bill banning COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has sent a letter announcing that he will sue the federal government over what he calls its 'unconstitutional' vaccine mandate for the Texas National Guard.
A federal judge in Texas has blocked the Department of Defense from punishing dozens of Navy soldiers who refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
The decision comes from the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, which is led by the White House COVID-19 Response Team.
The Senate passed a stopgap spending bill that avoids a short-term shutdown and funds the federal government through Feb. 18 after leaders defused a partisan standoff over federal vaccine mandates.
Texas is one of 11 states that filed lawsuits Friday to stop President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, arguing that the requirement violates federal law.
Southwest Airlines is dropping plans to put unvaccinated employees who have applied for, but haven't yet been approved or denied, a religious or medical exemption on unpaid leave starting in December.
A federal judge in Texas has extended a ban on United Airlines putting employees on unpaid leave for seeking a medical or religious exemption from getting the COVID vaccine.
The Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council said Tuesday that North Texas hospitals, which face both orders, are now reviewing them, but haven't changed their vaccine requirements.
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines say it will comply with federal COVID vaccine mandates regardless of the executive order issued by Governor Greg Abbott blocking such actions.
"The COVID-19 vaccine is safe, effective, and our best defense against the virus, but should remain voluntary and never forced," Gov. Abbott said in a statement.
Hospitals, airlines, and other companies have made the leap and discovered mandates work to drive up their vaccination rates.
"Southwest Airlines must join our industry peers in complying with the federal government's COVID-19 vaccination directive," said Gary Kelly, Southwest Airlines Chairman and CEO.
President Biden recently announced broad new vaccine requirements with the potential to affect approximately 100 million Americans once they go into effect.
President Joe Biden has rolled out a sweeping new plan in the fight against COVID-19. The plan has some of the most wide-reaching rules to date.
Gov. Abbott is vaccinated against COVID-19 and has said Texans should consider getting the vaccine.
With the FDA's full approval of Pfizer's vaccine for COVID, vaccine mandates may become more prevalent in the the public and private sector.
Vaccination mandates are now being implemented across government and corporate America, but short of a national requirement, how effective can they be?
Getting students back-to-school is turning into a frightening experience for some parents and children as they find themselves in the middle of political skirmishes over mask and vaccine mandates.
