COVID19

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Key Points:Vaccinations for COVID-19 are picking up steam around the country as supply increases and…

People with mental and developmental disabilities - such as Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and autism - faced significant educational, employment, and mental and physical health hurdles during the pandemic.Despite…

C.Ovid-19 vaccines offer a way out of the global crisis that has changed and shortened lives for more than a year. Three vaccines have now received Emergency Use (EUA) approval from the FDA. One question that employers and universities…

It is just over a year since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Nigeria. Since then, 1,923 deaths have been recorded by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). For many Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), it has been a year…

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont at a news conference on June 3, 2020. Photo: Michael Marciano / ALM A Connecticut statewide advocacy group filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health with the U.S. Department…

PHILADELPHIA - Trey Gillece, 20, was nervous as he took the escalator to the second floor of Lincoln Financial Field and entered a redesigned hall last weekend as a coronavirus vaccination clinic."I don't know…

PINELLAS PARK, Fla., March 26, 2021 / PRNewswire / - When COVID-19 first hit the US, Jodee Pineau-Chaisson worked as the director of social services for a nursing home in the west Massachusetts. The residents of the Center for Extended…

A coalition of interest groups petition calls on the U.S. Department of Education to issue more guidance on caring for students with disabilities during the pandemic. (Anne Meadows / Flickr) The U.S. Department of…

As of Monday, Kansas has embarked on a significant upgrade in vaccination eligibility, which means an additional 600,000 residents will be eligible for the vaccinations under the plan that Governor Laura Kelly unveiled last week.…

TUCSON (KVOA) - The Arizona Center for Disability Law and other disability rights organizations are calling on Governor Doug Ducey to improve accessibility and ensure effective communication for those who…