Srividhya Ragavan News Today

Professors Adam Barry, Ann McNamara, Srividhya Ragavan and Lori Taylor will participate in the Southeastern Conference leadership development program.

Less than a week after the new omicron variant of the coronavirus was reported to the World Health Organization, global leaders on Wednesday agreed to start negotiations to create an international agreement to prevent and deal with future pandemics - which some have dubbed a "pandemic treaty."

"No entity in Texas can compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine by any individual, including an employee or a consumer, who objects to such vaccination for any reason…"

The government’s slow response was one of its worst public health failures ever, a parliamentary report found. In Texas, the governor issued an executive order that prohibits private companies from mandating vaccines.

Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest executive order includes private employers, which had been exempt from previous edicts against mandates.

Greg Abbott issued an executive order banning any entity in Texas from implementing a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for employees or customers.

Earlier this year, Abbott banned state and local government agencies from mandating vaccines but allowed private companies to make their own rules.