New York State Team
A large hospital system’s decision to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for its 48,000 workers in New York state could forge a path for other employers to potentially require the shots.
Indeed, experts anticipate the NewYork-Presbyterian hospital network’s move last week to require employee vaccinations could trigger a wave of similar mandates within the state’s health care system and beyond.
“I do expect other hospitals will follow suit and frankly other private businesses will do the same thing,” said Patricia Kuszler, a University of Washington professor specializing in public health law.
“Will they face pushback? Of course they will. It just depends on how much they feel their business will be at risk of outbreaks if employees are not vaccinated,” she added.
Severe blood shortage causes concern at Louisville hospitals
The Red Cross says low numbers are typical this time of year, but doctors say what s in the bank now is a dangerously low supply. Share Updated: 6:27 PM EDT Jun 15, 2021 Severe blood shortage causes concern at Louisville hospitals
The Red Cross says low numbers are typical this time of year, but doctors say what s in the bank now is a dangerously low supply. Share Updated: 6:27 PM EDT Jun 15, 2021
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The Simon & Schuster Mattingly Book Decision: Another Bind
Again, Simon & Schuster’s zeal for expanding its strong political books list in nonfiction finds the Big Five house under fire and faced with challenging decisions.
Students cross a bridge with ‘Breonna Taylor’ graffiti on March 4 near Indiana University in Bloomington. Image – iStockphoto: Susan Vineyard
Distribution vs. Publication Responsibilities
Less than 100 days into the United States’ Biden administration–and, for that matter, less than two weeks after Simon & Schuster announced its two-book deal with the former vice-president Mike Pence–S&S has experienced another close encounter with the heat of political publishing. The sensitivity to these issues seems not to be abating.
I was 100% sure that I was not getting the vaccine at all, said Dean, 18.
But then Shantel Reed, her teacher in Central s pre-med studies program, assigned Dean and other students to research the new COVID-19 vaccines, and Dean said she quickly changed her mind as she learned about the science behind them. Now and I am fully vaccinated and very proud, Dean said.
Dean and three of her classmates spoke at a news conference Wednesday to announce the storied school on West Chestnut Street will be the site of a one-day vaccine clinic Saturday open to anyone 16 or older.
A joint effort with University of Louisville Health and Jefferson County Public Schools, the clinic will be what Dr. Edward Miller, a U of L physician, says is the beginning of efforts to reach deeper into the community to serve people who have been unable or unwilling to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Drug overdose deaths rose nationwide by 29% during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Kentucky ranked third among states in the increase of such deaths, according to new federal data.
In Kentucky, long plagued by high rates of addiction, overdose deaths rose by 50% from September 2019 to September 2020, compared to the previous 12 months, according to preliminary figures released April 13 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Kentucky had 1,956 overdose deaths over that 12-month period compared to 1,304 deaths the previous year, the CDC said, using preliminary data that could change. Indiana had 2,169 deaths in that period, a 32% increase.