Topline Americans’ comfort with domestic air travel has hit its highest point in a little more than a year, new Morning Consult polling finds, ticking up slightly after a federal judge struck down the...
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DOJ Will Appeal Ruling Against Airline Mask Mandate Following CDC’s Request
Topline The Department of Justice said Wednesday it will appeal a judge’s Monday decision to throw out the federal mask mandate for airplanes and public transportation, immediately after the Cen...
CDC asks Justice Department to appeal ruling that lifted travel mask mandate
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS | DigitalVision | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that it requested the Justice Department to proceed with an appea...
FAA Making ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy For Unruly Passengers Permanent Even As Judge Strikes Down Federal Mask Mandate
Topline The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday it will make its “zero tolerance” policy for addressing unruly passengers aboard flights permanent after violent outbursts spiked during...
Philadelphia keeps mask mandate in place despite Florida judge ruling against CDC
A shopper wearing a protective mask as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus selects fruit at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. Matt Rourke | AP Philadelphia health officials a...
Federal Workers Can’t Sue Over Biden’s Vaccine Mandate, Appeals Court Says
Topline Federal workers who want to challenge President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate should turn to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), an agency created to protect the rights of federa...
White House May Appeal Ruling Against Mask Mandate On Planes, Psaki Says
Topline The Biden administration will not rule out appealing Monday’s court ruling that overturned the federal mask mandate on airplanes and public transportation—which could result in the order going...
Uber Abandons Mask Mandate For Riders And Drivers
Topline Uber will no longer require passengers or drivers to wear masks during rides, the company said on Tuesday, a day after a federal judge threw out the federal government’s mandate requiring mask...
Judge Declares Federal Public Transportation Mask Mandate Unlawful
Topline A federal judge threw out the federal government’s mask mandate for airports, airplanes and other public transportation Monday, ruling the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded i...
Supreme Court Refuses To Hear NYC Vaccine Mandate Challenge From Teachers—Again
Topline New York City’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for public school employees will be allowed to stand, as the U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to hear a challenge brought by four teachers who allege...
Florida judge overturns CDC mask mandate for public transit, planes
Travelers make their way through the Miami International Airport before starting the Labor Day weekend on September 03, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images A federal judge in Florida on ...
Biden administration extends transportation mask mandate for 15 more days
Travelers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening checkpoint at Orlando International Airport on the Friday before Memorial Day. As more and more people have received ...
First Major U.S. City To Reimpose Mask Mandate Amid Latest Covid Surge
Topline Philadelphia will reimpose its indoor mask mandate on April 18, the city’s health commissioner announced Monday, the first major city to put its mandate back in effect in response to rising Co...
Philadelphia reinstates indoor mask mandate
A shopper wearing a protective mask as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus selects fruit at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. Matt Rourke | AP With Covid-19 cases slowly risi...
Extending Mask Mandate For Airplanes, Public Transportation ‘On The Table’, White House Says
Topline The Biden administration may continue to require Americans to wear masks on public transportation, airplanes and in airports after the mandate runs out next week, as the White House’s Covid-19...
Federal Vaccine Mandate On Hold? White House Reportedly Delays Enforcement
Topline The White House Thursday told agencies to delay enacting a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees shortly after the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals removed a lower court’s injunction agai...
Appeals Court Restores Biden’s Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate
Topline The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday removed a lower court injunction that halted President Joe Biden’s nationwide Covid-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees, empowering the govern...
Activision workers walk out over lifting of vaccine mandate. It ‘came as a shock to everybody.’
Employees pass in front of the main entrance at Activision Blizzard in Irvine in July. The Irvine office and two other offices out of state will still require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-...
Delta’s health chief thinks the plane mask mandate will soon be lifted
Passengers wearing protective masks wait to board a Delta Air Lines Inc. flight at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Elijah Nouve...
Singapore to ease Covid measures; drops outdoor mask mandate
Office workers walk out for lunch break at Raffles Place financial business district in Singapore on January 4, 2022. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore will ease most of its Cov...
How to refuse a return to office mandate — Quartz at Work
In some parts of the world where Covid-19 cases are dropping, it’s starting to feel like the end of the pandemic is in sight. That’s driving governments and companies to begin encouraging—and sometime...
Mask Mandate On Airplanes, Public Transportation Extended Until April 18
Topline The Transportation Security Administration will extend its mask mandate on public transportation for another month, multiple outlets report, even as other mask mandates have been lifted nation...
U.S. extends airplane mask mandate through April 18
A sign reads “Wear A Mask” at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images T...
Hawaii Becomes Last State To Drop Mask Mandate As Covid Infections Fall
Topline Hawaii plans to drop the nation’s last remaining statewide indoor mask mandate later this month, Gov. David Ige (D) announced Tuesday, as Covid-19 infections have plunged since January—but Ige...
New Jersey will end omicron health emergency, NYC to lift indoor vaccine mandate
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy speaks to volunteers as he meets with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka during the gubernatorial election in Newark, New Jersey, November 2, 2021. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters New Jer...
Los Angeles Expected To Ease Indoor Mask Mandate This Week, County Official Says
Topline Los Angeles County—the nation’s most populous county and one of two places in California that still requires masks indoors—plans to let vaccinated people take off their masks later this week i...
My kids won’t wear Covid masks in school when mandate lifts later this month
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday his children “won’t be wearing a mask” when their local school district’s Covid face-covering mandate lifts later this month. “If i...
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Asks To Reevaluate Vaccine Mandate Keeping Unvaccinated Kyrie Irving Sidelined
Topline National Basketball Association Commissioner Adam Silver questioned a New York City Covid-19 vaccine requirement Wednesday that bars Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving from playing in home games ...
CDC Reportedly Plans To Ease Masking Guidelines As States Lift Mandates
Topline The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning to update its indoor mask-wearing guidelines as early as next week, NBC reported Tuesday, possibly easing its recommendations as many...
California Will Keep School Mask Mandate For At Least Two More Weeks — Even As State Lifts Indoor Mandate
Topline California will keep in place its mask mandate for school children for at least two more weeks even though the state’s indoor mask mandate for vaccinated Californians is set to expire Wednesda...
Walmart Reportedly Scraps Mask Mandate For Vaccinated Staff
Topline Walmart announced Friday that vaccinated employees will no longer be required to wear masks at work, multiple news outlets reported, after Amazon and multiple states loosened their own masking...