California Supreme Court to Decide If Employers Liable for COVID Infections

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Mask-wearing workers prepare to-go orders in Berkeley. Photo by Martin do Nascimento for CalMatters California’s top state court has agreed to decide whether employers can be held liable under state law when their workers contract COVID-19 on the job and spread it to their relatives. The California Supreme Court on Wednesday granted a request by the 9th…

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Khairy: New Covid-19 wave expected to occur earlier than expected

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Khairy said the country was prepared for the new wave and stressed that his statement was not to cause panic among Malaysians but served as a preventive measure to control the transition to the endemic phase. – Bernama photo REMBAU (June 23): Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said a new wave of Covid-19 infections in the…

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Socso paid out RM186 mln in Covid-19 claims

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Deputy Minister of Human Resources Datuk Awang Hashim said at present, Socso was still receiving and processing applications for benefits related to Covid-19 that occurred at the workplace. – Bernama photo ALOR SETAR (June 23): The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has paid out RM186 million in Covid-19 benefit claims to 173,498 workers in the country…

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Covid-19: Highly infectious Omicron sub-lineages detected in Sarawak

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In the light of this development, Dr David advised the public to be aware of the heightened risk of an increase in infection rates in Sarawak. – Malay Mail photo KUCHING (June 23): Several cases of the highly infectious Omicron Covid-19 variants namely the BA.2.12.1 and BA.5 sub-lineages have been detected in Sarawak recently, alerted…

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Publix Won’t Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines For Kids Under Five

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Grocery store chain Publix said it won’t be distributing COVID-19 vaccines for kids under five years old in any of its pharmacies. The company, one of the biggest grocers in America, won’t be explaining its decision at this time, spokesperson Hannah Herring said Tuesday, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The decision puts the company…

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What Goes on Behind the High-Tech COVID-19 Tests People Never Heard Of

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Don’t like to read? Courtesy of USAID U.S. Agency for International Development (Flickr CC0) Many people are curious about how COVID-19 is diagnosed. This outbreak has prompted a surge in COVID-19 tests, which are now available worldwide. However, not many people know what goes on behind the scenes of COVID-19 tests. Here’s how these tests…

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Expert Panel Says Americans Should Have Given Fauci More Power, Not Less, To Stop Pandemic

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A panel of public health experts tasked with analyzing the United States’ COVID-19 response concluded that federal health agencies should be given more power to better handle pandemics in the future. The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a National Public Health System, a group consisting of current and former public health officials and scholars, released a…

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1 in 5 U.S. Adults Who Got COVID-19 Now Have Long COVID, Data Find

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About 7.5% of U.S. adults—roughly 20 million people—are currently living with Long COVID symptoms, according to new federal data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). That finding, drawn from the Household Pulse Survey run in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau, is based on self-reported data from about 62,000 U.S. adults surveyed in…

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Regents to consider repealing COVID vaccination mandate for employees

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Nevada’s higher education board will meet next week to consider rescinding an employee COVID-19 vaccination mandate. The Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents meets at 1 p.m. June 30 at the system administration office in Las Vegas. The meeting also will be streamed live online. Regents heard information about the proposal in late…

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Rady Children’s Hospital One of Sites to Begin Offering COVID Shots for Babies, Tots

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Following CDC approval for vaccination of children aged 6 months to 5 years, 3 year-old Jake Guojo sits on his mother’s lap, as nurse Jillian Mercer administers the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, June 21. REUTERS/Mike Blake The U.S. has begun distributing COVID vaccines for children as young as…

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