On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block a vaccine mandate for healthcare workers in Maine, which thus went into effect that day. The particularly strict mandate has a medical exemption but not a religious one. While the majority on the Court did not give an opinion, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote a dissent that was joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, as highlighted by Robert Barnes with The Washington Post.
Earlier this week, Facebook announced that it would be changing its company name to “Meta.” The social media giant was quickly mocked online after it was pointed out that the new name sounds like the Hebrew word for “dead.”
The Vatican on Thursday abruptly canceled the planned live broadcast of U.S. President Joseph R. Biden meeting Pope Francis, the latest restriction to media coverage of the Holy See.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s advisory panel today voted to recommend the agency allow Pfizer to amend its Emergency Use Authorization for its COVID vaccine for children 5 through 11 years old, despite a host of objections from scientists and physicians.