The U.S. Department of Education's Civil Rights Bureau is investigating whether the nationwide ban on universal masking in Tennessee schools discriminates against students who are at increased risk of serious illness from COVID-19.Tennessee…
August 30, 2021, 7:36 pmA disability discrimination lawsuit by a laid-off employee of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was falsely dismissed on the grounds that the center retained sovereign immunity from a lawsuit because…
Welcome to Monday Healthcarewhere we keep track of the latest guidelines and news about your health. Subscribe here: thehill.com/newsletter-signup.A Las Vegas feed store is there require Customers looking for ivermectin to show a picture…
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) - Hundreds of merchants in the Bay Area have recently been hit hard by lawsuits for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. And the legal steps are not only directed against brick-and-mortar stores; it also…
Disabled women make up just 2.9 percent of all elected officials and a whopping 16.1 percent of U.S. women.
A protest by Close the Camps in front of an ICE facility in San Francisco in 2019 invited “all fat people, all disabled…
The last plane carrying US forces left Afghanistan, meeting the deadline to withdraw from the Taliban-led country after 20 years of war. States en route from Hurricane Ida are assessing the damage from a storm so strong it will reverse the…
Published Monday, Aug. 30, 2021 | 1:22 p.m. Updated 8 minutes ago WASHINGTON — U.S. government advisers on Monday reiterated that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for people 16 and older. The vaccine was the first to win…
As the global community continues to run vaccination campaigns, UNESCO has released a policy document and toolkit on disability inclusion. The aim is to empower governments to develop responsive responses to COVID-19 and beyond, highlight…