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• State Agency Inadvertently Releases Employees Vaccine Status Oregon's central administrative agency inadvertently released the COVID-19 vaccination status of more than 40,000 state employees to two newspapers. The newspapers said they will not publish the data.
  Associated Press, October 20, 2021
• NYC Requiring Vaccine for Cops, Firefighters, City Workers The mandate affecting the nation's largest police department and more than 100,000 other Big Apple workers carries a Nov. 1 deadline for getting the first vaccine dose, de Blasio announced.
  Associated Press, October 20, 2021
• More Than 1800 WA Workers Fired, Leave Jobs Due to Vaccine Mandate Of those who remain employed, the state said that 95% were vaccinated, not including the 1927 who got either a medical or religious exemption and an accommodation to stay on the job.
  Associated Press, October 20, 2021
• US Labor Department Warns 3 GOP States Over COVID Rules The threats were sent to Arizona, South Carolina, and Utah as OSHA prepares to adopt much more far-reaching vaccination and testing rules affecting 80 million Americans.
  Associated Press, October 20, 2021
• COVID-19 and Pregnancy: Women Regret Not Getting the Vaccine Kyndal Nipper, who hails from outside Columbus, Georgia, had only a brief bout with COVID-19 but a more tragic outcome.
  Associated Press, October 19, 2021
• New Mexico Clears Way for Hospitals to Ration Care if Needed The state's health care system has yet to see a reprieve as the nursing shortage continues and as many patients with non-COVID-19 illnesses and those who have delayed care are now filling hospital beds.
  Associated Press, October 19, 2021
• Parents Protest California COVID Vaccine Mandate for Kids Newsom's mandate, announced earlier this month, made California the first state in the country to say it will require the COVID-19 vaccine for schoolchildren.
  Associated Press, October 19, 2021
• Chicago Chief: Unvaccinated Cops Risk Retirement Benefits In a memo sent Sunday night, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said that those officers who do choose to retire rather than comply "may be denied retirement credentials."
  Associated Press, October 18, 2021
• Lawsuits Demand Unproven Ivermectin for COVID Patients At least two dozen lawsuits have been filed around the US, many in recent weeks, by people seeking to force hospitals to give their COVID-stricken loved ones ivermectin.
  Associated Press, October 18, 2021
• Nearly Two Thirds of New Yorkers Are Fully Vaccinated About 12.7 million of New York's 20 million residents are fully vaccinated, according to data released Saturday by the CDC.
  Associated Press, October 18, 2021
• Nebraska AG: Docs Can Prescribe Controversial COVID Drugs Nebraska's attorney general said Friday that he won't seek disciplinary action against doctors who prescribe controversial, off-label drugs to treat and prevent coronavirus infections.
  Associated Press, October 15, 2021
• Cities, Police Unions Clash as Vaccine Mandates Take Effect Police unions and officers are pushing back by filing lawsuits to block the mandates.
  Associated Press, October 15, 2021
• Court Again Lets Texas Continue Banning Most Abortions The decision Thursday could push the law closer to returning to the US Supreme Court, which has already once allowed the restrictions to take effect.
  Associated Press, October 15, 2021
• Chicago Cops Won't Be Sent Home Over Vaccine Status — Yet "Officers will continue coming to work until they are told otherwise (and) that they are no longer on pay status."
  Associated Press, October 15, 2021
• No Unemployment Checks for Health Workers Who Refuse Vaccine "Refusing to comply with an employer's policies, including a health or safety policy, typically disqualifies a person from being eligible to receive unemployment benefits."
  Associated Press, October 14, 2021
• Judge Bars United From Putting Unvaccinated Workers on Leave US District Judge Mark Pittman in Fort Worth, Texas, granted a restraining order in favor of employees who are suing the airline over the mandate.
  Associated Press, October 14, 2021
• Chicago Police Union Head Urges Cops to Defy Vaccine Mandate Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara vowed to take Mayor Lori Lightfoot's administration to court if it tries to enforce the mandate.
  Associated Press, October 14, 2021
• Judge Blocks Vaccination Mandate for California Prisons The public health mandate is aimed at heading off another coronavirus outbreak like one that killed 28 inmates and a correctional officer at San Quentin State Prison last year.
  Associated Press, October 14, 2021
• Texas Women Drive Hours for Abortions After New Law Some came alone. Others were accompanied by a friend or a partner. Some brought their children because they were unable to get child care.
  Associated Press, October 14, 2021
• COVID-19 Hospital Visitor Rules: Families Want More Access Banned from the Florida hospital room where her mother lay dying of COVID-19, Jayden Arbelaez pitched an idea to construction employees working nearby.
  Associated Press, October 13, 2021