CMS Issues COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers

CMS has issued the interim final rule with comment period requiring all healthcare workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
Read moreNursing Home Staff Shortages Linger as Vaccine Mandate Looms

The delta variant drove the share of nursing homes reporting staff shortages to the highest level ever in September—and the situation could worsen in coming months, according to new research.
Read moreWhere are Florida's workers and how are industries responding?

Fewer than 1,000 people rejoined South Florida's job market in September compared to a month earlier.
Read moreAlabama lawmakers plan to appropriate about $80 million for hospitals & nursing homes hit hard by the pandemic during special session

Alabama lawmakers go back into special session later this week.
Read moreMerck applies for emergency authorization for what would be the first pill to treat Covid.

Merck said on Monday that it had submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration to authorize what would be the first antiviral pill to treat Covid.
Read moreTexas Senate supports nursing facilities and assisted living facilities staffing needs

The Texas Senate on Friday voted 31-0 on a third reading to pass a bill allocating $16.3 billion worth of COVID relief funds.
Read moreMissouri businesses, protesters slam Biden’s vaccine mandate

Missouri lawmakers, business lobbyists and protesters on Wednesday railed against President Joe Biden’s planned vaccine mandate for large companies.
Read moreOpinion: Does the U.S. have a retirement crisis?

At the end of a recent conference, the perennial question arose — once again — as to whether the United States faces a retirement crisis.
Read moreMany Older Americans Still Aren’t Vaccinated, Making the Delta Wave Deadlier

The United States has a far higher share of seniors without full vaccine protection than many other wealthy countries, a key risk factor driving serious Covid-19 illness and death, a Times analysis shows.
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