COVID-19

Texas Braces For Surge Of COVID-19 Deaths With Request For Mortuary Trailers

Texas has requested five mortuary trailers from FEMA in anticipation of a surge of COVID-19 deaths, according to state officials.…

3 years ago

Petition To Remove Florida Gov. DeSantis Reaches 35,000 Signatures

As COVID-19 cases continuing to soar in Florida, a petition has garnered more than 35.000 signatures to oust Gov. Ron…

3 years ago

Texas Supreme Court Supports Gov. Abbott’s Mask Mandate Ban

On Sunday, the Texas Supreme Court blocked the effort to establish mask mandates in two Texas counties in defiance of…

3 years ago

U.S. Reports 1 Million New COVID-19 Vaccinations In One Day, Highest In 6 Weeks

The United States reported a million new COVID-19 vaccinations on Friday, marking the biggest one-day number of inoculations since July.…

3 years ago

Canada Will Require All Air Travelers To Be Vaccinated For COVID-19

The Canadian government will begin requiring all commercial air travelers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. This move goes significantly farther…

3 years ago

Supreme Court Won’t Block Indiana University’s Vaccine Requirement

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has rejected a plea from Indiana University students to stop the school from…

3 years ago

Cuomo Avoids Impeachment As Assembly Halts Its Probe After Resignation

New York lawmakers have decided to suspend Gov. Andrew Cuomo's (D) impeachment investigation in light of his decision to resign,…

3 years ago

DeSantis Softens Threat To Withhold Educators’ Salaries Who Enforce Mask Mandates

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who had previously said he would withhold school administrators' salaries if they insist on mask…

3 years ago

FDA Authorizes Third Shot Of Pfizer & Moderna For The Immunocompromised

On Thursday, the FDA authorized the third dose of COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna for people with weakened immunity…

3 years ago

After Sharp Fall, U.S. Poverty Rate Predicted To Rise As Pandemic Relief Expires

A report from the Urban Institute, a liberal-leaning think tank based in Washington, D.C., reveals that while poverty levels in…

3 years ago

Twitter Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene

Twitter has temporarily suspended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) for spreading "misleading information" about COVID-19 vaccines after she wrote that…

3 years ago

Federal Government Sends 200 Ventilators To Florida Amid Steep Rise In COVID-19 Cases

The Biden administration has confirmed that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sent 200 ventilators and 100 nasal…

3 years ago

YouTube Bans Rand Paul For 7 Days Following Misleading Video On Mask Mandate

On Tuesday, YouTube suspended Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), deleting one of his videos and blocking him from uploading content for…

3 years ago

11-Month-Old Baby With COVID-19 Airlifted Due To Hospital Bed Shortage In Texas

An 11-month-old Texas baby with COVID-19 was airlifted to a hospital 150 miles away due to hospital bed shortages in…

3 years ago

United Airlines To Mandate All U.S. Workers Get COVID-19 Vaccine

United Airlines said it would require its workers in the U.S. to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by this fall, joining…

3 years ago

New Jersey Schools Will Require Masks This Year

New Jersey public schools will require students to wear masks during the upcoming school year, Gov. Phil Murphy (D) has…

3 years ago

U.S. Adds 943,000 Jobs In July As Unemployment Rate Falls To 5.4%

The U.S. economy added 943,000 jobs last month, the fastest recovery in a year despite the surging delta variant of…

3 years ago

Tennessee GOP State Rep. David Byrd Begs Doubters To Get COVID-19 Vaccine After Getting Virus

Tennessee State Rep. David Byrd (R), 63, once a COVID-19 doubter, released a statement about his experience with COVID-19. Byrd,…

3 years ago

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Fires Back At Biden After Criticism: ‘Why Don’t You Do Your Job?’

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) for putting his state at high risk amid COVID-19 spikes by…

3 years ago

Lambda Variant Can Evade Antibodies Generated In Vaccinated People, Study Finds

The highly contagious Lambda variant, first detected in Peru last year and currently circulating in 30 countries, can evade vaccinated…

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