President Trump revoked Executive Order 13999, issued by President Biden on January 12, 2021. Issued during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, this EO directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) at the U.S. Department of Labor to consider emergency temporary workplace safety standards were needed to establish special precautions to protect workers from the spread of COVID-19. However, OSHA had already effectively ended their work directed by Biden EO 13999, and terminated their rulemaking on COVID-19 exposure for workers in healthcare settings on January 15, 2025. OSHA stated their preference to move forward with a more “broadly protective” standard on protecting workers from infectious diseases in healthcare settings.