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As Vaccine Deadlines Approach, Hospitals Fear Staffing Shortages Will Occur

About a dozen states have vaccination mandates covering health care workers in hospitals, long-term care facilities — or both.

NY Hospitals Worry About Staff Shortages As Monday Vaccine Deadline Approaches

The statewide COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers takes effect Monday and hospitals and nursing homes fear it could lead to staff shortages.

Birth Control Will Soon Be Free For Many People In France Until They’re 25

All contraceptive methods were already free for girls up to 18 years old, and that is being expanded to all women up to 25. The health minister didn’t address contraception methods for men.

A Fire At A Field Hospital Set Up To Treat COVID-19 Patients Kills 14 People

The blaze broke out late Wednesday in the western city of Tetovo, where the hospital had been set up following a recent spike in infections in the region that left local hospitals full.

153 Hospital Workers Quit Or Were Fired Because They Refused To Get COVID Vaccines

The Houston Methodist Hospital system said 153 employees either resigned or were terminated. Earlier this month, a federal judge threw out a lawsuit over the COVID-19 vaccine requirement.