#mask-mandates

#mask-mandates

Top U.S. originator United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) is the target of two lawsuits filed by former underwriters alleging retaliation, a hostile workplace environment, gender/sexual harassment and failure to pay minimum wages and overtime.The company declined to comment on the accusations.According to the lawsuits filed in a U.S. district court in Michigan, the alleged events occurred amid the mortgage lender's return-to-work policy during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A top New York City Police Department official advised business owners to only allow in patrons who take off their masks, ostensibly to deter crime by people who cannot be identified by cameras.The Feb. 28 comments by the NYPD's Chief of Department, Jeffrey Maddrey, would represent a remarkable development in city policy towards the COVID-19 pandemic, likely marking the first time city brass officially and explicitly suggested people stop wearing masks in some capacity.

Respiratory illnesses are running rampant among children, resulting in hospital visits and admissions at far higher rates than normal for this time of year, according to fresh data from hospitals across Ontario.Similar surges are being reported at hospitals across Canada.Although no other province makes public as much data on respiratory illnesses, experts say Ontario's figures help give a clearer picture of the extent of the problem nationwide.

Dr. Kashif Pirzada says he's never seen anything like the crisis facing Ontario pediatric hospitals right now.The Toronto emergency room physician is calling on the province to bring back mask mandates until the wave of respiratory viruses impacting children subsides.The province is quickly running out of critical care beds for babies and children with severe flus, COVID-19 or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)  an illness that's surging in many parts of Canada.

MSNBC columnist and New York University professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat opined that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was so dangerous in every way and authoritarian after he recommended that students be prevented from using their phones during class at a press conference.Why are these kids on their phones during class all the time?

Throughout his campaign for Virginia governor, Glenn Youngkin embraced the rhetoric of "parental rights," allowing it to guide his campaign's position on key issues, including mask mandates and diversity efforts in our K-12 system.To be clear, there is a dire need to ensure that parents have a voice in our education.

Germany will soon drop a mask mandate on long-distance trains and buses, one of the country's last remaining COVID-19 restrictions, the health minister said Friday.The mandate will be dropped on Feb. 2, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach announced in Berlin.Other European countries already have scrapped mask mandates in public transport, and Lauterbach faced increasing pressure to follow suit in recent weeks.

Germany's governing coalition is arguing over whether remaining COVID-19 restrictions should be dropped after one of the country's top virologists was quoted as saying that the pandemic is over.Germany has scrapped the bulk of restrictions imposed at the height of the pandemic but, unlike other European countries, still requires mask-wearing on long-distance trains and buses.

The Minister for Health has said it is likely that pressure on hospitals due to a surge in respiratory illnesses will get worse in the coming weeks.t comes after the highest number of people waiting on trolleys was recorded on Tuesday, and as the Health Service Executive (HSE) advised people to consider attending their GP or minor injury units before an emergency department.

By Katharine Jackson
(Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to runfor the White House again in 2024 has potential rivals gearing up to take on a divisive Republican leader left bruised by his party's midterm election losses.Here is a look at his possible challengers for the Republican nomination:
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
Strategists and party leaders have said Trump, 76, remains the odds-on favorite for the Republican nomination in 2024.

The "triple threat" of a bad flu season, COVID-19 and the resurgence of a childhood viral illness is putting a strain on the health system, Ontario's top doctor said Wednesday, with a decision on masking recommendations possibly coming in a couple of weeks.Dr. Kieran Moore has said if COVID-19 starts affecting the ability to reduce the surgical backlog he would suggest the government make a recommendation on masking in certain indoor settings, and if there are further effects he would  recommend reinstating mask mandates.

Politics "I am so ready to get to work on behalf of the Commonwealth and behalf of all of you as the next attorney general."Massachusetts voters chose Democrat and former Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell to follow in Maura Healey's footsteps as the state's attorney general Tuesday night.