The Supreme Court late Thursday ruled against the national eviction moratorium issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, saying the health agency exceeded its authority in issuing the ban. The moratorium was originally put in place by Congress last year, but that elapsed in July. Then-President Donald Trump …
Read More »All Nursing Home Staff Will Be Required To Be Vaccinated
President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that the Department of Health and Human Services would be drafting new regulations for all nursing home staff in the United States to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The President also said that the government would withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding for facilities that don’t …
Read More »COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots Will Be Available In The Fall
Health officials announced on Wednesday that Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 booster shots would be available for adults in the United States beginning the week of September 20, 2021, pending approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dr. Vivek Murthy, Surgeon General of the United States, discussed the effectiveness of …
Read More »Children’s Hospitals Across The Country Are Being Overwhelmed
Children’s hospitals across the country are overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases as the Delta variant continues to surge and schools reopen. Approximately 1,600 children infected with COVID-19 were hospitalized last week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Public Health officials warn that the number of infections will …
Read More »CDC Suggests Third Dose Of Vaccine For Immunocompromised
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is endorsing a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for immunocompromised individuals. All eleven members of the agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted in favor of additional shots of the vaccine. “At a time when the Delta variant is surging, an …
Read More »Federal Judge Leaves CDC’s Reinstated Eviction Moratorium In Place
A federal judge has denied a request by a group of landlords to block the CDC’s recently reinstated eviction moratorium. U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich ruled that despite her belief the CDC does not have the authority to enact the ban, her hands were tied based on a previous ruling from an …
Read More »CDC Recommends COVID-19 Vaccine For Pregnant Women
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising pregnant women to get the COVID-19 vaccine. “COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for all people 12 years and older, including people who are pregnant, breastfeeding, trying to get pregnant now, or might become pregnant in the future,” the new guidance reads. …
Read More »The Unvaccinated Have Higher Chance Of Being Reinfected With COVID
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report on Friday which reveals that unvaccinated individuals are more likely to get reinfected with COVID-19. The CDC studied 246 Kentucky residents who were reinfected this year after contracting the virus in 2020. Researchers found that those who were not vaccinated …
Read More »Landlords File Lawsuit To Block New CDC Eviction Moratorium
A group of landlords are challenging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) new temporary eviction moratorium, calling the Biden administration’s action “nakedly political” and “unlawful” in a lawsuit filed in federal court. “[T]he CDC caved to the political pressure by extending the moratorium, without providing any legal basis,” the …
Read More »How Cori Bush’s protest led to a new eviction moratorium
The CDC’s new moratorium doesn’t cover the entire nation, but it offers relief for tenants and reduces the potential for COVID transmission in some communities. Candice Norwood Originally published by The 19th For days, Rep. Cori Bush demanded that President Joe Biden and lawmakers in Congress move to reinstate a …
Read More »Biden Administration Issues New Limited Eviction Moratorium
The Biden administration is issuing a new eviction moratorium in the wake of criticism from liberal lawmakers after a previous ban on evictions was allowed to expire over the weekend. According to details released late Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the new moratorium will be more …
Read More »US Finally Hits Biden’s 70% Covid Vaccination Goal
The United States on Monday hit President Joe Biden‘s goal of administering at least one dose of a Covid vaccine to 70% of adults almost a month late, as the newest wave of infections pushed hospitalizations to levels seen last summer. Biden’s administration had initially targeted July 4 to reach …
Read More »Democrats Are Scrambling To Reinstate Eviction Moratorium
Democrats are looking to reinstate the now expired eviction moratorium to avoid a public health emergency. The federal eviction moratorium expired on July 31, 2021. Last week, two days before the eviction moratorium expired, President Joe Biden asked Congress to extend the suspension, which protects renters from being evicted for …
Read More »Dr. Fauci On Surge In COVID-19 Cases: ‘Things are going to get worse’
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday said he believes “things are going to get worse” as the United States experiences a surge in COVID-19 cases but added he does not expect widespread lockdowns to return. ABC News’ This Week host John Karl asked Fauci if he believes the current surge, which …
Read More »Millions Of Americans Risk Eviction As Virus Cases Spike
Millions of Americans could soon find themselves homeless, as a nationwide ban on evictions expired on Saturday against a backdrop of surging coronavirus cases and political fingerpointing. With billions in government funds meant to help renters still untapped, President Joe Biden last week urged Congress to extend the 11-month-old moratorium …
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