Tag: vaccine
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10th Circuit rejects assortment of legal theories challenging workplace vaccine mandates
The Denver-based federal appeals court rejected an array of legal theories on Tuesday that challenged employers’ ability to impose COVID-19 vaccination requirements under the U.S. Constitution, laws governing emergency drug authorizations and the rules for human experimentation. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit followed in the footsteps of…
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Federal judge rejects ex-Denver employee’s lawsuit over vaccine objection
A federal judge ruled last week that a former Denver employee had not shown the city violated his rights by rejecting his request for a religious exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Specifically, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer concluded plaintiff Patrick Higgins had not actually lodged a coherent religious-based objection, as he…
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Federal judge rejects ‘inaccurate’ characterization of COVID vaccine decision
A federal judge last month refused to alter her decision dismissing a sprawling lawsuit that claimed a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for medical personnel violated a panoply of laws, rules, constitutional provisions and treaties. In 2023, 19 former employees of the University of Colorado Hospital Authority filed suit against state officials, alleging UCHA acted unlawfully by…
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10th Circuit partially reinstates fired nursing home worker’s lawsuit over COVID-19 vaccination
The federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Tuesday that a former nursing home employee can pursue her claim of religious discrimination against her employer for failing to grant a religious exemption to its COVID-19 vaccination requirement. Diann R. Bolonchuk alleged she was an 18-year employee of Cherry Creek Nursing Center/Nexion Health when it…
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‘Hostile and discriminatory’: 10th Circuit slams CU for treatment of religious vaccine exemptions
In a fiery opinion on Tuesday, the federal appeals court based in Denver tore into a pair of COVID-19 vaccination policies the University of Colorado imposed on medical staff in late 2021, concluding they discriminated against certain religions and affected plaintiffs were consequently entitled to exemptions. By 2-1, the all-Republican panel of the U.S. Court…
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NEWS | Five Colorado teens, one adult win vaccine prize money
Another group of vaccinated Coloradans are ending this week with hefty purses after they became the latest winners in Gov. Jared Polis’s vaccine incentive campaign.
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NEWS | Colorado’s second vaccine lottery winner
Friday afternoon, Gov. Jared Polis announced that Stephanie Ward, of Littleton, Colo., is the latest winner in the “Colorado Comeback Ca$h” sweepstakes. (Video by Katie Klann)
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NEWS | Colorado’s 1st million dollar vaccine lottery winner
Hear from Colorado’s 1st million dollar vaccine lottery winner, Sally Sliger, a healthcare worker and Mead resident. (Video by David Mullen)
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Officials confident state will reach herd immunity in ‘weeks to months’
As vaccine supply begins to outstrip demand, Colorado health officials said the state can reach herd immunity to stop the spread of coronavirus in the coming “weeks to months.” In order to reach herd immunity, at least 70% of Coloradans need to be vaccinated. With enough people immune to COVID-19, the virus can’t find enough…
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Coronavirus vaccinations drop in El Paso County, statewide as cases rise locally
The number of people getting vaccinated for the coronavirus in El Paso County dropped off last week even as the percentage of people testing positive for the disease rose. The number of people getting vaccinated fell from about 40,000 during the second week of April to about 30,000 last week, a drop of about 25%.…