A majority of judges on the court did not vote in favor of the petitions for initial hearing en banc, so the challenge will be heard by a three-judge panel
Bureaucratic foot-dragging is costing lives.
15 out of 16 adult New Yorkers have gotten the jab, but that's not enough to keep government from fining businesses and excluding kids.
The omicron COVID-19 variant is likely to sweep through the country in the next month or so.
Los Angeles Unified School District's 34,000 unvaccinated teens should not go back to virtual learning.
"Public health [officials] don't get to people what to wear; that's just not their job," Polis told a Colorado public radio station.
The nation's capital has perhaps the least intrusive pandemic policies of any big, blue American city.
Now that a federal appeals court has weighed in, the CMS mandate may reach One First Street.
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Two federal district courts have now ruled against the mandate for federal contractors.
Pfizer/BioNTech reports that a third shot significantly neutralizes the emerging variant.
Requiring kids as young as 5 to either get vaccinated or stay home is not as smart or as necessary as de Blasio claims.
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The mayor also said that children aged 5–11 will have to be vaccinated in order to go to restaurants or engage in "high-risk" extracurricular activities.
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Vaccine makers are already targeting the omicron variant.
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Just how infectious and dangerous the new variant could be is not known at this time.
The government argues that the 5th Circuit erred in concluding that the rule "grossly exceeds OSHA's statutory authority."
California is leading the country in student vaccine mandates that will disproportionately harm the education of poor and minority students.
The latest restrictions come less than a week after the country ordered its unvaccinated population into lockdown.
After months of inconsistent messaging and a chaotic track record, will anybody trust it?
A petition has been filed asking the full court to hear the legal challenges to the OSHA COVID-19 vaccinate-or-test mandate.
The agency is staying in its lane—for now.
As a result of the multi-district litigation lottery process, all of the challenges will be heard in a single circuit.
While the court identified serious problems with the new OSHA regulation requiring larger employers to vaccinate or test their workers, its opinion was rushed and sloppy.
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A unanimous three-judge panel concludes that the decree "grossly exceeds OSHA's statutory authority."
A federal judge concluded that the Texas governor's ban on mask mandates illegally discriminated against students with disabilities.
Is the COVID-19 virus an "agent"?
Misinformation and bad policy can only be defeated by robust, open debate in the public square.
Rochelle Walensky seems to be relying on a laboratory study that did not measure infection risk.
The U.S. government doesn't reflect on its spending history, and that shows.
The appeals court said the rule, which was published on Friday, raises "grave statutory and constitutional issues."
The stay may only last a very short time. But it does suggest the judges think the plaintiffs have a serious case to make against the mandate.
Several Republicans are seeking to overturn the new OSHA rule. Despite the razor-thin margins in both Houses, a repeal resolution will not get enacted.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has adopted a more stringent rule for health care providers than OSHA is imposing on large employers.
The rule just issued by OSHA has fewer legal flaws than the initial plan floated by the White House. But it's still problematic, and could set a dangerous precedent if upheld by courts.
Federal courts will have to decide whether the rule is "necessary" to protect workers from a "grave danger."
The federal standard contains some carve outs that were not part of the White House announcement, likely to help insulate rule from legal challenge. (Updated with a response to Ilya Somin.)
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