We may be out of quarantine, but we’re not out of the pandemic. As exciting as it is to see Americans getting vaccinated and the country opening back up again, coronavirus is far from over. While certain parts of the world are still suffering greatly from lack of vaccine technology and shots, new variants of […]
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Health officials rail against Pfizer’s push for COVID boosters—for many reasons
Enlarge / Vials of undiluted Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. (credit: Getty | BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI ) Pfizer has planned to privately brief US health officials on its case for COVID-19 booster shots, but US and global public health officials have not hesitated to publicly blast the idea, calling booster shots unnecessary at this time and unethical in […]
Rapper Juvenile Takes On Coronavirus With Vax That Thang Up! Watch The Remix!
Do you remember the summer of 1999? New Orleans rapper Juvenile was the toast of the summer after releasing Back That Thang Up in early June, and the hit single — featuring Mannie Fresh and Lil Wayne — almost immediately became the song of the summer. And now, well, guess what?! Juve The Great is […]
THOUSANDS In India Injected With FAKE COVID Vaccine — Doctors Arrested In Salt Water Scam!
As if the coronavirus crisis hasn’t been devastating enough… Authorities in India are investigating a vaccine scam after thousands of people were apparently injected with salt water instead of the true coronavirus vaccine, according to multiple outlets. 14 people have already been arrested, including several health care professionals. Related: Kate Middleton Self-Isolating At Home After […]
More hints of progress toward a malaria vaccine
Enlarge / A health worker vaccinates a child against malaria in Ndhiwa, western Kenya. (credit: BRIAN ONGORO / Getty Images) The incredible success of the COVID vaccines has been a triumph of biotechnology. But that triumph has in some ways obscured the amount of luck involved. We’ve been trying for decades to produce vaccines against […]
Fight over hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate ends with 153 workers out of a job
Enlarge / Houston Methodist Hospital at the Texas Medical Center campus in Houston, Texas. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) After staging weeks of protest and being called “reprehensible” by a federal judge, 153 workers of a Houston-based hospital system lost their jobs Tuesday for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Houston Methodist hospital system had placed […]
Kelly Dodd Confirms Daughter Jolie Has COVID-19, Despite Ex-Reality Star Thinking Pandemic ‘Was Over’
No, the COVID-19 pandemic is very much not over! In fact, this is actually an important example of how it’s still possible to be diagnosed with the virus — even now, after vaccines have been available to the general public for months! Related: Andy Cohen Ponders Publicly About The Future Of The ‘RHOC’ Cast, And… On […]
After ruining 75M J&J doses, Emergent gets FDA clearance for 25M doses
Enlarge / The Emergent BioSolutions plant, a manufacturing partner for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 9, 2021. (credit: Getty | Saul Loeb) The US Food and Drug Administration is making progress in its efforts to sort out the fiasco at Emergent BioSolutions’ Baltimore facility, which, at this point, has ruined […]
Experts “extremely worried” about Delta variant as US death toll hits 600,000
Enlarge / Combat medics from Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps vaccinate members of the public at a rapid vaccination centre, set up outside Bolton Town Hall on June 09, 2021 in Bolton, England. (credit: Getty | Christopher Furlong ) By many metrics, the US is currently doing relatively well against the pandemic coronavirus. National […]
This is why no one cares about media access
Shortly after sports returned from their pandemic-enforced break, all leagues announced that media interactions would not take place in the dressing rooms or clubhouse or on the field while the COVID was still ever-present. Press conferences would be conducted in a Zoom-type fashion, and ever since that moment we fans… Read more…