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COVID-19 vaccine
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The Postal Service, as an independent agency, is setting its own rules on masks and vaccines apart from the rest of the federal workforce, but is seeing an uptick in employees who need to quarantine as the delta variant of COVID-19 presents new challenges for the agency.
August 03, 2021 -
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Contractor employees who haven't done so already need to roll up those sleeves and get a vaccination — that is, if they want to go back on site.
August 03, 2021 -
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WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller explained further on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
August 02, 2021 -
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The Biden administration's new vaccine policy may not move mountains in convincing more federal employees to get vaccinated. But at the very least, it should give agencies more information to help them make safety decisions for the workplace.
August 02, 2021 -
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The new vaccine requirements apply to all federal employees and onsite contractors, the Biden administration said Thursday.
July 29, 2021 -
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For what the implications might be, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the managing partner of the law firm Tulley Rinckey, Dan Meyer.
July 29, 2021 -
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Federal employees may soon face a new vaccine mandate, or at least stricter requirements from the Biden administration. Guidance on the legality of vaccine mandates are clear, but how they're implemented unleashes a whole host of complex questions for agencies.
July 28, 2021 -
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In today's Federal Newscast, the federal employee vaccination mandate expected from the White House may not go down easy.
July 28, 2021 -
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In today's Federal Newscast, agencies spent billions on urgent COVID-related contracts, but they neglected to report some important award information.
July 27, 2021 -
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The agency said employees who are not fully vaccinated must still wear a mask in situations where they can’t maintain a six-foot distance. However, the agency said it will not require any employee to provide proof of vaccination.
July 26, 2021 -
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Title 38 health care workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs will have eight weeks to get fully vaccinated, per a new mandate from the agency.
July 26, 2021 -
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with renowned vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. A member of the FDA COVID Vaccine Advisory Panel and co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine, Dr. Offit points to the growing body of data around the safety and efficacy of the mRNA-based COVID vaccines, that it’s safe for all populations, including children and pregnant women, and sees it as a game changer for the future of vaccinology. He warns that the lack of global vaccination will impact vaccine effectiveness against growing threat of variants.
July 08, 2021 -
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Vaccination rates have risen significantly among active duty service members, but DoD health officials still consider the Delta variant as a threat.
July 01, 2021 -
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It took a lot of collaboration between the pharmaceutical industry and the government to get COVID-19 vaccines developed and proven safe.
June 30, 2021
