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A new Florida law allows healthcare workers to exercise “conscience-based objections” based on sincerely held religious, moral, or ethical beliefs.

Two Florida healthcare workers stand accused of abusing a senior citizen in their care and live-streaming it so friends could watch online.

Vice President Kamala Harris claimed that a lawsuit challenging the FDA’s mifepristone approval is an “attack on the very foundation of our public health system.”

Twenty-five people are facing criminal charges in a scheme out of Southern Florida that allegedly sold 7,600 fake nursing diplomas for more than $100 million, Forbes reported on Tuesday.

A nurse has been fired after she openly proclaimed that people who vote Conservative should not be resuscitated by the NHS.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) quietly dropped its universal masking recommendation for healthcare workers last week.

Healthcare workers at NorthShore University Health System are expected to receive $10.3 million in a “first-of-its-kind” settlement.

The state of Florida reached out to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Monday, asking the agency to withdraw its “arbitrary” COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.

The Senate passed a resolution, led by Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), to block the Biden’s CMS vaccine mandate for most healthcare workers.

As Ontario, Canada looks to end its Wuhan virus restrictions, a provincial government minister has announced a review of vaccine mandates for healthcare workers in long-term care facilities.

Nurses in Britain’s socialised healthcare system have reportedly been fired for raising concerns about NHS policies on transgenderism.

Finland has admitted they were forced to call back unvaccinated nurses a week after banning unjabbed staff from frontline work.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) issued an order Wednesday mandating healthcare workers be fully vaccinated and receive a booster or face being fired.

The state updated its guidance to allow COVID-positive employees to continue working if their facility is “facing a staffing crisis.”

France is allowing health workers who are infected with the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms to keep treating patients.

Pope Francis said Tuesday that spiritual care is just as important as medical care, urging healthcare workers to be attentive to their patients’ psychological and spiritual needs.

The Supreme Court announced late Wednesday that it will hear oral arguments in appeals against President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates for businesses with 100-plus employees and for healthcare workers.

Hospitals across the country are facing “financial ruin” due to ongoing nursing shortages, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.

Twenty-five out of 50 states must once again abide by President Joe Biden’s coronavirus vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant an emergency request from New York healthcare workers to block the state’s coronavirus vaccine mandate, which includes the option to apply for medical exemptions but intentionally excludes religious exemptions.

Several U.S. hospital systems rescinded their vaccine mandates after a federal judge blocked Biden’s mandate for healthcare workers.

Some hospitals, healthcare providers, and nursing homes would stand to lose up to a third of their workers due to Biden’s vaccine mandate.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid is reportedly planning to make vaccines mandatory for healthcare workers in the NHS “as soon as possible”.

New York’s Chinese coronavirus vaccine mandate for healthcare workers does not include an option for religious exemptions.

Monday is the deadline for health care workers to be vaccinated to comply with New York’s mandate and the state is bracing for a worker shortage if the pledge to fire unvaccinated staff is carried out.

A fired New York nurse, who has been working in the medical field for over 20 years, spoke against the coronavirus vaccine mandate, explaining that it is “not just about vaccines” but “human rights.”

“I worry if our patients, who are medically fragile children, are going to get the care they need,” CEO of Ability HomeCare Pam Goble said.

Healthcare workers — before coronavirus vaccines were even available — were notably heralded as “healthcare heroes.”

The Greek hospital workers union POEDIN has called for a six-hour strike on Tuesday to protest mandatory vaccinations for healthcare workers.

French authorities have suspended 3,000 healthcare workers who have not been vaccinated against coronavirus, with France’s health minister saying that many have since agreed to be inoculated now that they had seen “the mandate was a reality”.

The Greek Health Ministry has stated that it would not hesitate to be “ruthless” when looking for unvaccinated healthcare workers who oppose to the vaccine mandate and present fake vaccine certificates.

At least ten vaccination centres in Greece are suspected of issuing fake vaccine certificates, with some healthcare workers having reportedly presented forged documents to avoid suspension.

The Greek Ministry of Health has revealed that 5,895 suspensions have been handed out to hospital workers who are either not fully vaccinated or refused the coronavirus vaccine.

Colorado is the latest state to mandate the coronavirus vaccine for healthcare workers following the State Board of Health approving the requirement.

President Joe Biden’s effort to get more healthcare workers vaccinated could devastate nursing homes and even cause some to shut down, according to state and national trade associations.

Greek healthcare staff have until September 1st to be fully vaccinated against the Wuhan coronavirus or face indefinite suspension from their jobs.