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Schwabe’s recently published report, “State of Healthcare in the Pacific Northwest,” offers reason for optimism. It notes that over 40% of the healthcare workers in Oregon and Washington who responded to the firm’s survey...more
COVID-19 appears poised to remain with us on a long-term basis, and with every passing day, guidelines appear to become more lax. For example, the CDC now requires a person who tests positive to isolate for five days as...more
In Empower Simcoe v. JL, 2022 ONSC 5371, the operator of a publicly funded residential facility for children and adults with intellectual disabilities (Operator) sought judicial review of the Human Rights Tribunal of...more
We are fast approaching winter, and the Iowa Department of Public Health will be regularly announcing flu rates and weather alerts will be blaring at us weekly. And like your car, you may need to winterize your employee...more
In response to the spread of the COVID-19 omicron variant, Shanghai implemented a general lockdown in April 2022. This LawFlash provides multinational companies with operations in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China with...more
The White House has released a COVID-19 preparedness plan that assumes we will be living with the virus for the long term. The 96-page plan has four primary goals: (1) protect against and treat COVID-19, (2) prepare for...more
In Illinois, as universal masking is fading, the next question looms: what will the end of universal masking mean for staff and students with disabilities who are at high risk? Across the county, issues regarding universal...more
The role of community pharmacies in health care has evolved and expanded in recent years. Many community pharmacies now offer health and wellness services related to identifying, preventing, and monitoring acute and chronic...more
Editor’s Note: In a new primer developed for the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, Manatt Health creates a foundational resource to broaden the collective understanding of racial and ethnic health inequities...more
Virginia employers face additional hurdles as the Safety and Health Codes Board, a subset of the Virginia Department of Labor & Industry, and Governor Northam finished their months-long public review of January’s Final...more
On Monday, September 6, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the Commissioner of Health has designated COVID-19 as a “highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to the public...more
The worst public health crisis in a century has brought with it some swiftly changing coronavirus health measures, and many by now are reacting with weary exasperation, asking: “Why can’t doctors get it straight? Why do they...more
In May of 2021, the CDC significantly relaxed the guidelines and guidance for individuals who have been fully vaccinated. However, given the increase in number of cases and spreading of the Delta variant, the CDC has revised...more
In response to the surge of delta variant cases across the country, federal workplace safety officials just issued updated guidance to help employers and workers identify current COVID-19 risks for unvaccinated or otherwise...more
The tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic is something we all agree we wish we could have avoided. However, the fact of the matter is that many respiratory and clinical labs have seen a boon to their bottom line due to the...more
In our last Act Now Advisory, we discussed California’s mandate requiring verification of workers’ vaccination status, masking guideline compliance, and testing requirements for unvaccinated and incompletely vaccinated...more
Believing current federal standards and regulations were not doing enough to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19, federal workplace safety officials recently issued a new Emergency Temporary Standard – but many private...more
As reported in a previous Alert, on May 5, 2021, New York State passed the Health and Essential Rights Act (HERO Act), requiring, among other things, that New York employers adopt airborne infectious disease exposure...more
The New York Department of Labor quietly published a general model and industry-specific airborne disease prevention protocols under the NY HERO Act. Businesses should consult the model protocols and consider whether to...more
The clock is now running: New York employers have until August 5, 2021, to adopt workplace safety plans, in accordance with the NY HERO Act (“Act”). As we previously reported, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Act into law on...more
As we reported last week, the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“MIOSHA”) updated its Emergency Rules to mirror the safety requirements disseminated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and...more
On June 10, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) – the federal agency tasked with ensuring that working conditions are safe and healthful by setting and enforcing standards and by providing...more
On February 24, 2021, we first reported on the most significant variants of the novel coronavirus then emerging across the globe and here in the United States. In that Alert, we included the prediction by the Centers for...more
Michigan returned to full capacity, lifting pandemic gathering restrictions and the state’s face mask orders, as the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) rescinded the existing COVID-19 Emergency...more