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COVID-19 Update: OSHA Issues Emergency Workplace Rules Applicable to Health Care

As we previously announced, on June 10, 2021 the U.S. Department of Labor issued long anticipated emergency workplace guidelines. The Emergency Temporary Standard is applicable to health care entities such as hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities. The full regulation text may be found here. The new rules do not apply to dispensing of … Continue reading

U.S. Declares Coronavirus a Public Health Emergency

By Yvonne Puig (US), Daphne Calderon (US) and Jeff Wurzburg (US) on February 3, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, General, International, News from DC

As of Monday February 3, the death toll of the Coronavirus had risen to 362 and there were over 17,300 known cases around the world. The number of coronavirus deaths in China has now exceeded the severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic in 2003. There have been eight confirmed cases in the United States, with Massachusetts … Continue reading