Over 50 medical groups call for mandatory vaccinations for health care workers

More than 50 medical groups, including the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association, called for U.S. health workers to be required to take the COVID-19 vaccine in a joint statement Monday.

Why it matters: Mainstream groups representing millions of medical workers are taking a harder line on the issue of mandatory vaccines, as the pace of shots stalls and the Delta variant drives a national surge in coronavirus infections.

What they're saying: "We call for all health care and long-term care employers to require their employees to be vaccinated against covid-19,” the...