Tag: Vaccines

Kyrie Irving won’t play for Brooklyn Nets unless he gets COVID-19 vaccine

Misty Severi · October 12, 2021 5:25 pm

This undated image provided by Merck & Co. shows their new antiviral medication. Pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. said Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health officials in the U.S. and around the world to authorize its use.

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New COVID-19 drug and diagnostics could be a game-changer

sheeva-azma, Henry Miller · October 12, 2021 12:00 pm

Questions arise over vaccine mandate enforcement as multiple industries suffer

Sarah Bedford · October 12, 2021 11:00 am

One organizer estimates 2,000 union retirees will travel to the nation's capital to lobby their elected representatives on Wednesday and rally Thursday on the Capitol lawn. They hail from Kansas City and rural Illinois, from Florida and North Carolina, from Wisconsin, Tennessee, Nebraska and other state (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Teamsters accuse union of punishing unvaccinated employees despite complaint against United Airlines’ vaccine requirements

Matthew Miller · October 12, 2021 1:03 am

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during his inauguration ceremony, in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.

Abbott issues executive order banning Texas entities from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination

Virginia Aabram · October 12, 2021 12:38 am

Beltway Confidential

The airlines should call Biden’s bluff

Kaylee McGhee White · October 11, 2021 4:45 pm

A Southwest jet takes off Monday, April 4, 2011 from Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. The peeling away of a 5-foot-long hole recently on a Southwest Jet as the plane traveled at 35,000 feet raised questions about how vulnerable the worldÃs passenger air fleet is to similar cracks, and federal aviation officials were considering ordering more widespread inspections.

Southwest pilots union says vaccine mandate not to blame for canceled flights

Zach Halaschak · October 11, 2021 2:40 pm

Pilot union warns of staffing shortages if American Airlines refuses vaccination exemptions

Virginia Aabram · October 9, 2021 9:25 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, flanked by Attorney General Xavier Becerra, right, answers a question concerning a lawsuit the state will likely file against President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif.

Gavin Newsom’s daughter not yet vaccinated as he implements sweeping mandate

Virginia Aabram · October 9, 2021 3:36 pm

Vaccine mandate critics lay in wait for Biden rollout

Naomi Lim · October 9, 2021 11:00 am

Vaccine mandates threaten to worsen police shortages nationwide

Sarah Bedford · October 9, 2021 11:00 am

Anthony Maggert and former Secretary of State Colin Powell pose for a photo.

Sidney Powell files lawsuit against Pentagon over vaccine mandate

Elizabeth Faddis · October 9, 2021 2:46 am