Study: Employer prodding increases odds of the shot.

Workers are more likely to have gotten the COVID vaccine if their employer encouraged it or provided sick leave to get the shots and recover from side effects, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation Vaccine Monitor report.

About three-quarters of workers whose employers encouraged getting the vaccine (73%) or offered paid time off to do so (75%) say they have gotten at least one shot. At the time of the survey, that was significantly more than those who work for employers that didn't encourage vaccinations (41%) or...