Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins reported a three-day total of 820 new cases and 14 deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files lawsuit against vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, KERA reports. The lawsuit filed Nov. 15 challenges the required vaccination of health care workers’ at facilities receiving federal funding from Medicare or Medicaid by Jan. 4.
Pfizer agrees to let other companies make its experimental COVID-19 pill, The Dallas Morning News Reports. Pfizer says it would grant a license for the antiviral pill to Medicines Patent Pool. This agreement would allow generic drug companies to produce the pill for use in 95 countries, 53% of the world’s population. Pfizer says its pill cuts the risk of hospitalization and death by 90% in people with mild to moderate coronavirus infections.
Gov. Abbott challenges the OSHA COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate, WFAA reports. Gov. Greg Abbott files petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit challenging the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate. The OSHA mandate will require companies with over 100 employees to ensure their workers are vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. Violations start on Jan. 4 and consist of fines up to $1000.
