(Associated Press) It was designed as an innovative way to promote COVID-19 vaccinations, but Washington’s new “joints for jabs” program is off to a rough start.
Officials announced Monday that the state's nearly 500 licensed marijuana retailers could begin hosting vaccine clinics and offering a single, free pre-rolled marijuana cigarette to...
Piling onto a recent analysis that Michigan's Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer managed the most ineffective coronavirus response in the nation, the state's clunky vaccine rollout may have needlessly cost 2,500 lives, USA Today reported.
Whitmer sent Michigan's coronavirus vaccines to public health departments, which hosted mass vaccine events at...
Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and James Comer, R-Ky., wrote a letter this week to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, seeking an explanation about whether Dr. Anthony Fauci influenced the platform's decisions about censoring coronavirus-related content.
Newly released emails show that Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,...
The head of the US organization that helped to fund and oversee coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology appeared to boast about conducting controversial gain-of-function experiments during a 2016 forum, the National Pulse reported.
The method---which involves mutating naturally occurring viruses into deadlier, more contagious strains, ostensibly for...
(Headline USA) For months, President Joe Biden has laid out goal after goal for taming the coronavirus pandemic and then exceeded his own benchmarks.
Now, though, the U.S. is unlikely to meet his target to have 70% of Americans at least partially vaccinated by July 4.
The White House has launched a...
(Scott McClallen, The Center Square) Michigan’s COVID-19 recovery is the slowest in the nation, according to a WalletHub study released Tuesday.
Here are Michigan’s metrics using data current as of June 7.
Recovery from COVID-19 in Michigan (1=Quickest, 25=Avg.):
25th – Share of Population Fully Vaccinated
35th – Share of Vaccine Supply...
(Jon Miltimore, Foundation for Economic Education) Dozens of studies show that lockdowns were an ineffective pandemic response. The list just got longer.
In May, Youyang Gu, an MIT-trained engineer and data scientist, released data showing that government restrictions were not correlated with lower COVID mortality in America. Government restrictions were correlated...
An epidemiologist and professor at Stanford University said Dr. Anthony Fauci is not worthy of his high position of authority after his recently released emails showed him denying that masks work while publicly advocating for their use.
“I think his credibility is entirely shot,” Jay Bhattacharya, a medical expert, told Fox...
(Cole Lauterbach, The Center Square) California’s workplace safety department says workers must wear masks unless all employees are confirmed to have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board approved revised guidelines Thursday night, stressing it is likely to revisit them as the state’s anticipated June 15...
Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, said he hoped former president Donald Trump would attack him over his long history with drug addiction and marital infidelity during last year’s presidential debates.
"The one thing that I was hoping for was that attack from Donald Trump, because I knew my...
(Scott McClallen, The Center Square) The Michigan House Oversight Committee on Thursday heard opposing testimony related to whether Michigan is undercounting COVID-19 nursing home deaths.
For over a year, Republicans have alleged Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's Executive Order to place COVID-19 infected patients into nursing homes with non-infected seniors contributed to an excess number of deaths...
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said the state will give away guns in order to bribe people to get the coronavirus vaccine, The Hill reported.
It also plans to hand out cash and trucks via its new vaccine lottery program.
For each of the incentive program's first five weeks, one winner will...