France is one of the few countries left where unvaccinated health care workers remain suspended from their jobs. A parliamentary group last week tried to pass a bill to reintegrate them into the workforce. But President Emmanual Macron’s coalition in Parliament prevented a vote on the bill, causing a heated debate.
Kyrie Irving says he turned down a $100 million contract, in favor of staying unvaccinated. Phil Mickelson has asked to be withdrawn as a plaintiff in an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour.
Former President Donald Trump said on Aug. 7 that if he returns to the White House in 2025 he’ll rehire the service members who lost their jobs by refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine. “I think it’s a disgrace what happened to them,” Trump said, answering a reporter’s question. Trump was responding to questions from […]
In France, at least 15,000 health care workers who chose not to get the COVID-19 vaccine have been dismissed. As hospitals face staff shortages, the government promised they will be reinstated. But as weeks pass by, workers are still wait for this to happen. Meanwhile, they have not received any pay for months.
A federal district court in Ohio has temporarily blocked the Biden administration from enforcing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on thousands of U.S. Air Force service members who remain unvaccinated after having opposed the shot on religious grounds but have had their religious exemption applications denied. U.S. District Court Judge Matthew McFarland, who was appointed by […]
A national legal rights organization has filed the first of what it says will be dozens of lawsuits against U.S. health care facilities that are denying patients organ transplants for not being vaccinated against COVID-19. In the first complaint—which was filed against the University of Michigan’s transplant center—the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) argues the hospitals […]
Over 60,000 unvaccinated members of the National Guard and the Army Reserve could lose their jobs over the vaccine mandate. The U.S. Army is cutting off their pay and benefits, and barring them from their military duties.
David Ferguson tells the story of his son, David Ferguson, Jr., who has a genetic heart condition that, at 31 years old, has caused him to need a heart transplant. While he fits all the criteria, he is being denied that transplant by Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston because he is unvaccinated. Ferguson tells […]
Unvaccinated Delta Air Lines employees don’t have to pay more for their health insurance anymore. CEO Edward Bastian announced the company has dropped its $200 monthly surcharge for workers who refused to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
