New York State DOH lifts flu-related mask mandate for health care workers

The New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald has declared that influenza, or the flu, is no longer prevalent in the state for the "flu season." With this declaration, the ... Read More

RFK Jr.’s new vaccine testing rule agitates industry, experts

When the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new requirement for placebo testing on all new vaccines last week, the agency suggested the move would help protect consumers. Read More

Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals That Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters

The plans amount to an extraordinary flex of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s power as health secretary to make decisions ordinarily left to career scientists at the Food and Drug Administration. Read More

New York, 22 other states sue Trump administration over decision to rescind billions in health funding

New York’s attorney general and officials from 22 other states and Washington, D.C., are suing the Department of Health and Human Services over its $11 billion cut to health funding that was ... Read More

$300 million in federal health care cuts will be 'devastating' to New York, Gov. Hochul says

"These include funds that county health departments across New York are planning to use to fight ... and local health departments battle the COVID-19 pandemic. As the pandemic slowed, the funds ... Read More

Former professor fired for not getting COVID vaccine sues Tim Walz, Lake Superior College

Now, Stewart and the New Civil Liberties ... who refused to comply with its vaccine mandate. The same year, health care workers sued Northfield Hospital for its COVID policies. Read More