Mask Mandates Return to California With Fines and Prison for Violations
Mask mandates have been reinstated in California’s San Francisco Bay area and, depending upon the county, will include health care workers in medical settings, patients and visitors with fines and prison time for violations. Beginning on Nov. 1, 2024 and through the spring of next year, masks will be required in health care settings, including […]
FDA Licenses First At-Home Administered Influenza Vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has licensed the first of its kind live attenuated nasal spray influenza vaccine that can be administered at home. Adults up to the age 49 will be eligible to self-administer the FluMist Home vaccine or give it to their children two to 17 years old as long as […]
More Americans Have Doubts About Value of Childhood Vaccinations
According to a Gallup survey conducted in July 2024, there is growing skepticism in the United States about the value of the government’s recommended childhood vaccination schedule. The survey showed that only 40 percent of adults in the U.S. agreed that it is “extremely important” for parents to vaccinate their children. This represents a steep […]
Vermont Supreme Court Rules PREP Act Supersedes State Constitution
The Supreme Court of Vermont threw out a lawsuit filed by Dario and Shujen Politella of Brattleboro, Vermont whose son L.P. was given a COVID-19 shot without their consent and against their wishes. The six-year-old boy received the shot at a pop-up health clinic hosted by the local school district and the health department. Prior […]
U.S. Government Settles with Navy Seals Fired for Refusing COVID Shots
U.S. Navy sailors and the Biden administration have reached a settlement in a legal battle that has lasted nearly four years over the Department of Defense (DoD) COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The settlement provides that sailors who refused to take the COVID shots for religious belief reasons will have their record expunged and will be protected […]
Appellate Court Tosses Out 1,200 Shingles Vaccine Injury Lawsuits Against Merck
The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed approximately 1,200 lawsuits filed against Merck & Co. over its shingles vaccine, Zostavax. The Appellate Court upheld a U.S. District Court ruling that threw out the lawsuits for failing to abide by a court order requiring them to provide clinical test results.1 Zostavax, the first shingles vaccine […]
