(Headline USA) Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, leaving him poised to become the first transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
A pediatrician and former Pennsylvania physician general, Levine was appointed to his current post by Democratic...
(Headline USA) A line formed out the door during the lunch rush at the Carver Hangar, a family-owned restaurant and sports bar, and waitresses zipped in and out of the kitchen trying to keep up with orders as customers backed up in the lobby.
Indoor dining has been banned in much...
(Headline USA) The desperately awaited vaccination drive against the coronavirus in the U.S. is running into resistance from an unlikely quarter: Surprising numbers of health care workers, who have seen the misery inflicted by COVID-19, are refusing shots.
It is happening in nursing homes and, to a lesser degree, in hospitals,...
A New York Democrat introduced a bill in the state legislature this week that would allow the governor or his surrogates to put individuals with contagious illnesses like COVID-19 in detention centers.
New York State Assemblyman N. Nick Perry defended the bill, known as Bill A416, as a precautionary measure.
"This...
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deployed a new “Super-Spreader Task Force” over New Year’s Eve to detain more than 900 people for violating coronavirus restrictions.
TONIGHT: As #COVID19 cases & deaths explode in L.A. & small businesses crumble under endless restrictions, we were at several massive NYE parties in...
Two Minnesota lawmakers are calling for a national audit of the country’s coronavirus death total, arguing that COVID-19 deaths in their own state have been wildly inflated.
State Reps. Mary Franson and Scott Jensen said they “enlisted” experts to go through Minnesota’s numbers, and what they found was that the...
The number of flu cases in the U.S. dropped to a record low this month even as coronavirus cases surge. One reporter discovered that this sudden disappearance in flu cases probably has to do with the fact that many flu diagnoses are being labeled as COVID-19 cases.
“If accurately identified,...
EDITOR'S NOTE: The in-depth, investigative report below marks a break with normal Headline USA conventions.
The piece, which appeared via the Associated Press syndication service on Wednesday, also marks a conspicuous change in tone for the wire agency.
After spending the past several months denying skeptics' insistence of all things...
(Headline USA) China authorized its first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine for general use Thursday, adding another shot that could see wide use in poorer countries as the virus surges back around the globe.
Although China's months of researching the coronavirus pandemic and stockpiling provisions while downplaying it to other world leaders...
(Headline USA) The legendary curse of the Buffalo Bills may soon get a whole lot worse.
The team's first playoff game in 14 years may become a super-spreader bloodbath courtesy of Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who decided to relax New York's draconian lockdown rules because he, himself, wished to attend...
(Headline USA) Police and federal authorities are investigating after an employee at a Wisconsin health system admitted to deliberately spoiling 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine.
Aurora Medical Center first reported that the doses has been spoiled on Saturday, saying they had been accidentally left out unrefrigerated overnight by an employee...
(Associated Press) The Canadian government said Wednesday that passengers must have a negative COVID-19 test taken within three days before they arrive in the country.
Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc said the measure will be implemented in the next few days.
Canada already requires those entering the country to self-isolate for...
