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COVID-19: Vaccine mandate enforced in Austria

Healthcare It News

With rising case numbers in across the DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) region and the rest of Europe, a fully vaccinated status might become compulsory for the use of the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EUDCC) soon – at least in some countries. Thus, negative test results or the recovery status would no longer be accepted.

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COVID-19 vaccine saved millions of lives, study calculates

Healthcare Dive

The vaccines also reduced infections and hospitalizations, which freed up hospital resources, researchers at the Commonwealth Fund and Yale School of Public Health concluded.

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‘We Want Them Infected’: An Excerpt from Jonathan Howard’s New Book on the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bill of Health

This excerpt from the new book titled “ We Want Them Infected ” is printed with permission from Jonathan Howard, MD and Redhawk Publications. By Jonathan Howard On June 29, 2021, Dr. Harriet Hall penned an essay on the website Science Based Medicine titled “A New COVID-19 Myth?” That’s obviously a myth.

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How to Fairly Allocate Scarce COVID-19 Therapies

Bill of Health

Vaccines are no longer our only medical intervention for preventing severe COVID-19. Older and medically vulnerable people who continue to face high risk of COVID-19 illness after vaccination should not be asked to wait in line behind adults who refused vaccines.

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The Supreme Court Blocks a COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for 84-Million Workers, but Upholds a COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers

Health Law Attorney

In June 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“ OSHA ”) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (“ ETS ”) that would require, amongst other things, employers with 100 or more employees to adopt a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy. OSHA was empowered solely to set workplace safety standards.

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Remember the Babies: The Need for Off-Label Pediatric Use of COVID-19 Vaccines

Bill of Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is failing parents by preventing off-label use of our existing COVID-19 vaccines in the under-five set. Parents of children under five years old need to navigate omicron-fueled rising pediatric hospitalization rates while their kids remain entirely unvaccinated.

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Children’s COVID-19 Vaccine: A Key to Protecting Pediatric Asthma Patients

HIT Consultant

What Has Everyone Excited about COVID-19 Vaccines for 5-11-year-olds? With the rollout this month of the COVID-19 vaccine for those 5-11 years of age, we can now directly protect children with asthma for whom COVID-19 infection is an even bigger hazard for our children during the pandemic.