Jake Zuckerman reports: School vaccination records were missing or incomplete among roughly 1 in 5 sampled Ohio middle and high school students last year, despite state law requiring local boards of education to track immunizations records of all enrolled students. All Ohio students, per state law, must be vaccinated against mumps, tetanus, polio, measles, Hepatitis B,…
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New Bill Would Revoke Section 230 Liability Protection for “Health Misinformation” Promoted During Public Health Emergencies
Lindsey Tonsager & Andrew Longhi of Covington & Burling write: To add to the growing number of bills that would amend or revoke Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, last month Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the Health Misinformation Act of 2021 (S.2448). Senator Ben Lujan (D-NM) cosponsored the bill. The bill would amend…
Ex-West Penn Hospital technician gets jail for secretly recording undressed patients
Paula Reed Ward reports that Guy Caley, 53, of Canonsburg, a former medical technician at West Penn Hospital, has been sentenced to serve 11 to 22 months in Allegheny County Jail, to be followed by 10 years of probation. Caley pleaded guilty in May to 89 counts including invasion of privacy and intercepting communications. Of note,…
Supreme Court won’t block Indiana University vaccine mandate as Justice Barrett rejects student plea
Robert Barnes reports: Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday rejected a plea from a group of Indiana University students to stop the university’s requirement that all students be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Barrett, who received the request because she is the Supreme Court justice tasked with emergency petitions from that region of the country, did…