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Washington (AFP) - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Tuesday rescinded the Pentagon's Covid-19 vaccine mandate, a move required by Congress over his objections as part of the 2023 defense spending bill. Austin wrote in a memo scrapping the mandate -- under which the Pentagon says more than 8,000 military personnel were discharged for refusing to comply -- that he is "deeply proud" of the Defense Department's efforts to combat Covid-19. "We have improved the health of our service members and the readiness of the force, and we have provided life-saving assistance to the American people," h...
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Washington (AFP) - A US judge ruled Monday in favor of United Airlines, which offered unpaid leave to employees who declined to receive a mandated Covid-19 vaccine on religious or medical grounds. The decision came after a federal appeals court on Saturday suspended a vaccine mandate by President Joe Biden's administration that is intended to push millions of workers at businesses with more than 100 employees into getting Covid-19 shots. United Airlines had announced on August 6 that its employees should be vaccinated or risk being terminated. "It is not for the Court to decide if United's vac...
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Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden's administration on Sunday issued a vocal defense of a controversial Covid-19 vaccine mandate for large companies despite a court challenge that temporarily freezes the program. "The president and the administration wouldn't have put these requirements in place if they didn't think they were appropriate and necessary," Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said on ABC talk show "This Week." "The administration is certainly prepared to defend them." And White House chief of staff Ron Klain, citing earlier court rulings that upheld state-level mandates, said he was ...
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Washington (AFP) - A US federal appeals court Saturday halted a vaccine mandate by President Joe Biden's administration that is intended to push millions of workers at businesses with more than 100 employees into getting Covid-19 shots. The New Orleans-based US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said that because petitioners "give cause to believe there are grave statutory and constitutional issues with the Mandate, the Mandate is hereby STAYED pending further action by this court." The traditionally conservative court ordered the government to reply to the motion for a permanent injunctio...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - When vaccine mandates were announced in the United States, there were dire warnings they would cause mass layoffs or walkouts. But they didn't. In fact, figures show they are working. There are pockets of resistance to rules requiring employees be protected against Covid-19, notably among police and firefighters, but they have nudged more people towards getting the jab. "Mandates, so far, seem to be the most effective thing we have to overcome the vaccine hesitancy," Bradley Pollock, professor of Public Health Sciences at the University of California at Davis, told the Sacr...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - More than a quarter of staff in the United States' largest sheriff's department could lose their jobs for refusing to comply with Covid-19 vaccine mandates, the sheriff said Tuesday. Just half of Los Angeles County Sheriff employees are fully vaccinated, a month after local rules came into force requiring that they get the shot or potentially face the sack. The reluctance is a common theme among law enforcement personnel across the United States, where skepticism over vaccines is rife, despite solid scientific evidence of their safety and efficacy. "Imagine what would happe...
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New York (AFP) - Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo was on Thursday charged with a misdemeanor sex crime for forcible touching, a court spokesperson said. The charge is the first to be filed since the once-powerful politician was forced to resign this year following a slew of sexual harassment allegations. "A misdemeanor complaint against former governor Andrew Cuomo has been filed in Albany City Court," said Lucian Chalfen, a spokesman for the New York state courts, describing it as a "sex crime." The complaint accuses Cuomo of putting his hand down the victim's blouse and grabbing her lef...
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New York (AFP) - New York City ordered all police officers to get vaccinated against Covid-19 Wednesday, setting up a showdown with the force's union as cops across the United States challenge mandated inoculations. The directive -- which also applies to firefighters, prison guards and sanitation workers -- comes as disgruntled officers in Chicago and Los Angeles push back against proof of vaccination requirements. Vaccine rates amongst the New York Police Department lag behind the city average: some 71 percent of the force's 55,000-strong staff have been inoculated compared to 84 percent of a...
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Washington (AFP) - A US Supreme Court justice on Tuesday rejected a request by health workers in Maine to block a statewide vaccine mandate, while their wider legal challenge against the measure proceeds. All healthcare workers in the state will have to be fully vaccinated under the mandate, which comes into force on October 29. Several unnamed health workers and one health provider insist the decree violates their constitutional right to freedom of religion, citing conscientious objections to the vaccine. They brought the case against Maine Governor Janet Mills and other officials, and have a...
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New York (AFP) - Clutching vaccination cards and personalized QR codes, New Yorkers showed proof of inoculation against Covid-19 to enter restaurants, gyms and movie theaters Tuesday as America's first city-wide vaccine mandate got underway. The policy -- announced by Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio earlier this month -- comes as the United States steps up vaccine requirements to help fight the hyper-contagious Delta variant. "It's a no-brainer," said 33-year-old Casey Shane at a fitness center in Manhattan, where he presented his state-issued vaccine "pass" on his phone before working out. "I...
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