(Headline USA) The Biden administration’s plan for health insurers to reimburse consumers for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests echoes a bygone era when the companies processed large volumes of claims from individuals---with paper receipts.
It’s unclear if the buy-first, get-paid-later approach will spur people to go out and get the tests, even...
(Headline USA) Facing rising infections and a new COVID-19 variant, colleges across the U.S. are once again starting to require booster shots, extend mask mandates, limit social gatherings and, in some cases, revert to online classes.
But the panic pandemic may be worse than the risk of the virus itself,...
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden has set many undesirable records in his 11 months in office.
This week he appeared to set another---surpassing his predecessor in the number of coronavirus deaths on his watch in record time, despite the presence of several vaccines that ostensibly prevented the virus and authoritarian,...
(Headline USA) A new dictum could soon have waitresses asking customers if they'd like coffee, tea, or a dose of vaccine to accompany their meals. Philadelphia will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination to dine indoors at bars, restaurants, indoor sporting events and other food-related establishments starting Jan. 3, city and...
COVID czar Anthony Fauci decreed that Americans must simply get used to routine COVID vaccine booster shots, Fox News reported.
Fauci was asked by a reporter when asked how the government plans to handle the omicron variant.
He responded by suggesting that the level of protection that the current booster jabs...
Two firefighters in Beverly Hills, Calif., are suing the city and Los Angeles County over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, calling it forced “experimental gene modification.”
Los Angeles’s vaccine mandate requires all healthcare workers and first responders to show proof of vaccination or apply for religious or medical exemptions.
The firefighters, Josh...
(Jon Styf | The Center Square) The South Carolina House has approved a bill that blocks any state entity from accepting federal funds to impose a mask or COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
House Bill 3126 was sent to the Senate on Friday.
The House amended the bill Thursday to eliminate private businesses from the...
Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis pushed back on leftists demanding that he reimplement mandates to combat the pandemic, declaring the pandemic “over.”
"Everybody had more than enough opportunity to get vaccinated,” he told Colorado Public Radio on Friday.
"Hopefully it's been at your pharmacy, your grocery store, a bus near...
(Headline USA) As the omicron variant sweeps through South Africa, Dr. Unben Pillay is seeing dozens of sick patients a day.
Yet he hasn’t had to send anyone to the hospital.
That’s one of the reasons why he, along with other doctors and medical experts, suspect that the omicron version really...
(Headline USA) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is receiving treatment for mild COVID-19 symptoms after testing positive for the disease Sunday, his office said.
Ramaphosa started feeling unwell and a test confirmed COVID-19, a statement from the presidency announced.
He is self-isolating in Cape Town and is being monitored by the...
(Headline USA) A Navy commander has been fired from his job as the executive officer of a warship because he refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine as required and refused to be tested for the virus, Navy officials said Friday.
Cmdr. Lucian Kins was relieved of his duties Friday as...
(Headline USA) The president of California’s medical board, which issues medical licenses and disciplines doctors, complained that a group of anti-vaccine activists stalked her at home and followed her to her office---where four men confronted her in a dark parking garage in what she described as a terrifying experience.
Kristina...