AMA Punts on Vaccine Strategy for Immigrants
Members of the American Medical Association (AMA) weighed the risks and benefits of the U.S. implementing a vaccine mandate for immigrants and examined policy recommendations around short-term medical trips during the House of Delegates annual meeting. Sarah Mae Smith, an alternate delegate from California who spoke on behalf of AMA’s Medical Students Section, said that […]
Philadelphia Restores Indoor Mask Mandate Amid New Wave Of COVID-19 Cases
Philadelphia is restoring its indoor mask mandate as the number of COVID-19 cases rise across the region. The Philadelphia Department of Public Health announced the reinstatement of the mandate on Monday, giving residents and businesses a “one-week educational period” to prepare for the change. Advertisement COVID-19 rates are rising in Philadelphia, with an average of […]
Letting Kyrie Irving Play in NYC Sends the Wrong Message on COVID Vaccination
New York City (NYC) on Dec. 13, 2021 enacted the broadest COVID-19 vaccine mandate of any large U.S. jurisdiction: all private sector employers based in the city must have their employees fully vaccinated whenever they work in-person in the city. In the professional sports world, Brooklyn Nets and other basketball fans complained loudly when the […]
Biden Administration Will Require Insurers To Cover At-Home COVID-19 Tests
The Biden administration plans to mandate that private health insurance providers reimburse people for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests to make those at-home kits free. The federal health, labor and treasury departments will issue the guidance to insurers by Jan. 15, according to senior administration officials on a press call late Wednesday. Advertisement More than 150 million […]