Anne Arundel Medical Center won’t join a group of major Maryland hospitals that plans to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment by the end of the summer.
State Roundup: Cardin says U.S. must improve equity with investments into small businesses
The Great Falls of the Potomac River. Photo by TerryDOtt with Flickr Creative Commons License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
CARDIN: WE MUST DO BETTER ON SMALL BIZ INVESTMENT: U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., Wednesday emphasized the need to ensure that money from a federal program that provides financing to promising small businesses is more equitably distributed to entrepreneurs in underserved communities throughout the nation, Bryan Renbaum reports for Maryland Reporter.
SHORE RESIDENTS URGE STATE TO ADOPT SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS: Eastern Shore residents urged the Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission to adopt single-member legislative districts at a virtual hearing Wednesday evening, with some charging that the state’s current hybrid model is unfair for voters, Bennett Leckrone reports for Maryland Matters.
Maryland hospitals and health systems will each set a date for employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment, setting the stage for immunization requirement at all other state businesses, workplaces and institutions.
The University of Maryland Medical System is donating $4.6 million worth of personal protective equipment such as masks and gloves as well as generators and other goods to South Asian countries such as India and Sri Lanka currently hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
Doctors and nurses have seen the devastating effects of COVID-19 firsthand. But the News4 I-Team found thousands in our area have yet to get the vaccine.