June 14, 2021
By confirming the legality of a Houston hospital's requirement that workers be vaccinated against COVID-19, a federal judge may have given reluctant employers the nudge they need to put vaccination mandates of their own in place. Here are five takeaways from Saturday's decision.
June 13, 2021
A federal judge on Saturday tossed a suit by Texas medical workers challenging their hospital's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, in a fiery dismissal that marks the country's first federal ruling on such mandates.
June 11, 2021
A Texas federal judge showed deep skepticism on Friday of claims that a Houston hospital was unduly coercing staff to be vaccinated for COVID-19, during a hearing on the hospital's bid to dismiss the policy challenge.
June 09, 2021
A Houston hospital system suspended nearly 180 workers Tuesday who are refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine or haven't completed their two-shot regimen. That's one of four battles over the legality of vaccine mandates to keep an eye on.