Updated: 3:54 PM EDT Jun 9, 2021 Maryland hospitals and health systems will require all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.|| COVID-19 updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||On Wednesday, the University of Maryland Medical System and Johns Hopkins Medicine announced their COVID-19 vaccine requirements for employees. UMMS officials said starting Sept. 1, all team members will be required to receive their vaccination or participate in weekly testing.Officials also said all leaders at the manager level and above will have until Aug. 1 to be vaccinated or comply with weekly testing.UMMS President and CEO Dr. Mohan Suntha said in a statement: We follow the science, and the scientific evidence tells us that from a safety and efficacy standpoint, COVID-19 vaccines represent a dramatic accomplishment and a clear pathway out of this pandemic. As health care professionals, we accept that we hold ourselves to a higher standard and we embrace our m
Maryland hospitals and health systems will each set a date for employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment, setting the stage for immunization requirement at all other state businesses, workplaces and institutions.
Masks have stopped disease spread for centuries; here s why they may catch on in the US
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More than a year into a pandemic that has sickened tens of millions of people and killed more than 500,000 in the United States, most people are eager to reclaim some semblance of their former lives.
About half of the country has received at least one dose of coronavirus vaccines authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration. Infection rates are dropping. And federal health authorities have relaxed mask recommendations for people who are fully vaccinated against the virus.
But it s unclear what our new normal will look like and whether, at least in some form, it will include face coverings which have been shown to not only help protect against the coronavirus, but also, with additional measures such as social-distancing, slow the spread of influenza and other respiratory diseases.