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Thousands of UTMB employees face vaccination deadline

Thousands of UTMB employees face vaccination deadline

The Galveston County Daily News, November 12, 2021

The University of Texas Medical Branch is requiring its nearly 18,000 employees, students and contract workers to get their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Dec. 6 or go on leave, officials announced Friday. Medicare and Medicaid payments make up about a third of the medical branch’s revenues, roughly $685 million a year, said Dr. Timothy Harlin, executive vice president and CEO of the medical branch health system.