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Speaking at a news conference, the European Commission chief suggested that member states should move towards mandatory Covid vaccination to help prevent the spread of cases and a further spike in infections due to the emergence of new variants, such as the omicron strain. “I think it is understandable and …

“Our schools already require vaccines for measles, mumps and more,” Newsom tweeted on Friday. “Why? Because vaccines work. This is about keeping our kids safe & healthy.” Speaking at a San Francisco school shortly afterwards, Newsom said the order would apply to kids between 7th and 12th grade, aged between …

On Wednesday a court in Ried, Upper Austria reached a verdict concerning the shocking case of an Afghan teen who had lured a seven-year-old neighbor to a basement before sexually abusing her. The judge gave the teenager a 30-month prison sentence for serious sexual abuse, although he will only need …

For the past few weeks, the contentious issue of mandating Covid vaccination has bedevilled Australian politics and courts. Last week, a directive by the Victoria state government telling construction workers that they could not work unless they were fully vaccinated provoked violent mass demonstrations – led by radical anti-vaxxers – …

The plan, approved by the country’s government on Thursday, is set to be put into motion on October 15. The Italian Senate overwhelmingly supported the measure, with 189 voting for it, with only 32 against and two abstentions. The plan will remain in force until at least the end of …

Active-duty Army personnel will be required to be fully vaccinated by December 15, the branch announced in a statement on Tuesday, noting that reservists and National Guard units have until June 30, 2022.  “This is quite literally a matter of life and death for our soldiers, their families and the …

Despite pledging in the past that he would never force Americans to roll up their sleeves for a mandatory vaccine, that is exactly what President Joe Biden announced this week to a nation already sick and tired of masks, lockdowns and political infighting. Worse, the US leader stoked divisions inside …

Biden signed the order on Thursday, hours before he was due to give a speech laying out a “six-pronged” strategy to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the Associated Press reported, citing an anonymous source. The order requires all federal workers and contractors doing business with the government to be …

Some 35% of the 1,066 unvaccinated individuals polled by the Washington Post and ABC News last week said they would request a religious or medical exemption if their employer adopted a vaccine mandate, while 42% said they would quit. Asked what they would do if no exemptions were available, the …

In an article for the New York Times – which the ACLU posted on its official Twitter account – ACLU National Legal Director David Cole and colleague Daniel Mach defended vaccine mandates by claiming that the right to bodily autonomy is overruled when others are put at risk. “Do vaccine …