With courts reopening, lawyers need vaccination priority, Md. bar group says

February 18, 2021 Comments Off on With courts reopening, lawyers need vaccination priority, Md. bar group says

The letter-writing effort was spurred by private attorneys concerned that their impending return to the courtroom amid the pandemic poses a danger not only to themselves but to litigants, jurors and court staff whom they might unknowingly infect, MSBA President Mark F. Scurti said Thursday.
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Maryland lawyers should be given priority for receiving COVID-19 vaccinations as courthouses are set to reopen next month and jury trials are scheduled to resume in April, the state’s bar association writes in a letter being circulated among local attorney ...

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Hogan wants lawmakers to act quickly on COVID relief

January 13, 2021 Comments Off on Hogan wants lawmakers to act quickly on COVID relief

Speaking just hours before the General Assembly is set to convene, Gov. Larry Hogan urged lawmakers Wednesday morning to pass as soon as possible his proposed $1 billion Relief Act for Maryland businesses and residents hardest hit by the pandemic-spurred ...

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Md. appeals court upholds vaccination over mother’s objection

September 3, 2019 Comments Off on Md. appeals court upholds vaccination over mother’s objection

The state’s interest in immunizing an infant in its protective custody against disease trumps a parent’s religious objections to immunization, Maryland’s second-highest court has ruled in upholding a judge’s immunization order for a child placed in emergency shelter care due ...

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Md. regulators may pay $2.5M for humiliating anti-vaccine doctor

February 5, 2018 Comments Off on Md. regulators may pay $2.5M for humiliating anti-vaccine doctor

Regulators who stripped Mark Geier's credentials were ordered to pay damages by a judge who says the board tried to humiliate the doctor and his family.

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‘Don’t take it and die’

March 12, 2015 Comments Off on ‘Don’t take it and die’

The chairwoman of the Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee is ok with those who don't want to get vaccinated. She just doesn't want those who don't to expose her to anything.

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Employer-mandated vaccines?

February 5, 2015 Comments Off on Employer-mandated vaccines?

My story on how Maryland’s vaccine exemption policy for schoolchildren compares to policies in other states raises another question: how do immunization policies apply to working adults?

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Md. vaccination law takes middle road

February 4, 2015 Comments Off on Md. vaccination law takes middle road

In the midst of a national debate over vaccination requirements, Maryland policy seems to straddle the line between those who advocate for parent choice and those who argue that immunizations should be mandatory as a matter of public health.