Circuit says ADA does not require accommodation when an employee blocks medical info access; Johns Hopkins wins COVID vaccine exemption case.

Attorney General Bondi announced she is dismissing charges against Dr. Michael Kirk Moore, a Utah plastic surgeon.

The move makes Moderna’s vaccine, called Spikevax, the first COVID shot for kids in the U.S. to be fully approved, rather than used under emergency authorization, STAT News reported. The vaccine can now be given to children ages 6 months through 11 years, but only if they have at least one health issue that increases their COVID risk.

Moderna’s Covid vaccine for children has been given full FDA approval, making it the first such shot for kids in the U.S. that will no longer be administered under an emergency use authorization.

Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech asked London's Court of Appeal on Thursday to overturn a ruling that their COVID-19 vaccine infringed one of Moderna's patents, in the latest round of a long-running legal dispute between the two sides.

South Africa’s health ministry has expressed concern about a persistent campaign of Covid-19 vaccine disinformation circulating online, referring to a video that purports to show renowned South African epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim calling vaccines unsafe.

Medical associations representing hundreds of thousands of doctors, medical professionals and scientists in the United States are suing the leaders of US health agencies for limiting who can get Covid-19 vaccines and for undermining overall vaccine confidence.

Scientists say the current COVID vaccine is effective against the Nimbus variant and is considered a “variant under monitoring.” The World Health Organization considers the public health risk low at the global level. People over the age of 65, small children and those who are immunocompromised are more prone to the virus.