Tag: healthcare
Judge Allows Vax Mandates to Proceed for NYC Cops, Firefighters, EMTs
(Headline USA) A New York judge on Wednesday allowed a COVID-19 vaccine mandate set to begin Friday to steamroll over the city’s municipal workforce, denying a police union’s request...
Underpaid Nurses: No More Pizza Parties
(Nashville Public Radio) In parts of the country where covid-19 continues to fill hospitals, a rotating cast of traveling nurses helps keep intensive care units...
Fauci’s Agency Admits Funding Wuhan Lab Experiments
(National Review) A top NIH official admitted in a Wednesday letter that U.S. taxpayers funded gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses in Wuhan and revealed that EcoHealth...
Gates Foundation to Spend $120M on Access for COVID-19 Pill
(Associated Press) The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will spend $120 million to boost access to generic versions of drugmaker Merck's antiviral...
Fauci Dismayed by Texas’ Move to Ban Mandates
(Associated Press) Dr. Anthony Fauci is saying Sunday that it is "really unfortunate" that Gov. Greg Abbott has moved to ban vaccine mandates in...
Advocates, Lawmakers Push Hospitals to Help More with Bills
(Associated Press) Swamped with medical bills? The hospital that treated you may be able to help.
Whether you learn about this before those bills wind...
Alaska Allows Hospitals to Ration Care Amid COVID Spike
(Associated Press) Alaska on Saturday activated emergency crisis protocols that allow 20 medical facilities to ration care if needed as the state recorded the...
Airlines Will Require Employee Vaccinations
(Associated Press) American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and JetBlue are joining United Airlines in requiring employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, as the Biden administration...
Merck Unveils COVID Pill that Cuts Hospitalizations in Half
(Headline USA) Merck & Co. said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and...
Medicare Premiums Likely to Increase Under Biden’s $3.5 Trillion Bill
(Hannah Cox, Foundation for Economic Education) President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill is likely to come up for a vote any day...
