Nearly 1,500 hospitals — roughly a quarter of all hospitals in the U.S. —now require staffers to get a covid vaccine, said Colin Milligan, a spokesperson for the American Hospital Association. Nor is it in Oregon, where a 32-year-old law similarly bans vaccine mandates for health workers. Most restrict only state and local governments or specifically exempt health care facilities, but Montana's law goes further. The Department of Veterans Affairs gave health care personnel eight weeks to get the shot. In Texas in June, Houston Methodist fired or accepted the resignations of more than 150 health care workers who didn't get the jab.

Source: CNN August 09, 2021 10:25 UTC