Stricter Workplace Rules Will End Distinctions For Vaxxed Employees: Workplace regulators are poised on Thursday to extend California’s pandemic regulations into next year with some revisions that business groups say could worsen the labor shortage. The main change is that both vaccinated and unvaccinated employees would be barred from the workplace if they come in close contact with someone with the virus. Read more from AP. Costing at least $5.2 million a month, the program is the first of its kind and has been praised for its success in preventing the spread of covid-19. For today's national health news, read KHN's Morning Briefing.

Source: CNN December 17, 2021 02:50 UTC