August 16, 2022 Health care workers win $10M settlement over hospitals' COVID vaccine mandate: 'This is a big wakeup call' Liberty Counsel founder Mat Staver explained that NorthShore University HealthSystem implemented a "jab or job" policy and denied employees' religious exemptions.
August 15, 2022 Why some communities are distrustful of doctors and public health efforts Amid developments with COVID, monkeypox, polio and other health issues, trust is the "glue" between doctors and patients, said one doctor said; but some communities have reason to be distrustful.
August 12, 2022 US flu season: Australia cases raise concerns, experts say With the U.S. influenza season on the horizon, experts are monitoring the situation in Australia. The country's health agency says kids have been hit the hardest.
August 11, 2022 CDC no longer recommends students quarantine for COVID-19 exposure The CDC has stated that it will no longer recommend schools or day cares quarantine students or run tests for students to stay at the school if they are exposed to COVID-19.
August 10, 2022 Monkeypox vaccine authorization expanded by FDA to increase dose supply The Food and Drug Administration updated its emergency authorization of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine, a move it said would increase the number of available doses.
August 9, 2022 BioNTech expects Omicron-adapted vaccine deliveries as soon as October BioNTech is expected to be making deliveries of two Omicron-adapted vaccines as soon as October, which will help generate demand for the fourth quarter.
August 5, 2022 NY polio fears on the rise with possible 'community spread' of the dangerous virus New York officials are urging residents to get vaccinated against the dangerous polio virus. The virus has been detected in a New York resident.
August 4, 2022 Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine linked to death in South Africa, health regulator reports South Africa's health regulator has reported the country's first causal link between the Johnson and Johnson vaccine and one of their citizens dying from a rare disease called GBS.
August 1, 2022 Will monkeypox become another COVID or HIV? Monkeypox has been reported in over 20,000 people in 75 countries, but there are reasons to believe it doesn't have the same potential as COVID or HIV.
July 31, 2022 DC schools' COVID-19 vaccine mandate could hit Black students hardest Washington, D.C., will require students over the age of 12 to get vaccinated against COVID-19, a move that threatens to fall hardest on the city's Black students.