(Associated Press) California won’t lift its mask requirement until June 15 to give the public and businesses time to prepare and ensure cases stay low, state Health Director Dr. Mark Ghaly said Monday.
“This four week period will give Californians time to prepare for this change, while we continue the relentless...
(Headline USA) New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo disclosed Monday that he was paid a $3.1 million advance to write his COVID-19 leadership book last year and under his publishing contract will make another $2 million on the memoir over the next two years.
The Democrat had, for months, declined to say...
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, wants the Biden administration to declassify all intelligence related to the U.S.’s funding of the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s coronavirus research.
Nunes, who is expected to release a report on China and the coronavirus’s origins this week, said...
(Cameron English, American Council on Science and Health) 72 percent of Americans believe that federal public health institutions play a pivotal role in the nation's health care system, though fewer than 40 percent of people trust these agencies to fulfill that obligation. That's according to a new survey from the...
(Headline USA) The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday defended the decision to ease mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, stressing that increasing political pressure had nothing to do with the abrupt shift in guidelines.
“I’m delivering the science as the science is delivered to the...
(Associated Press) More than a dozen states quickly embraced new federal guidelines that say fully vaccinated Americans no longer need to wear masks indoors or out in most cases.
But other states and cities and some major businesses hesitated amid doubts about whether the approach is safe.
Some businesses argue there...
The recent news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that some people in certain situations might be able to stop wearing masks seemed to come at just the right moment.
Perhaps it was a little too perfect, in fact.
It broke amid growing public awareness of the evidence that...
(Associated Press) A taping of Bill Maher's weekly HBO show was canceled after the host tested positive for COVID-19.
Maher, who is fully vaccinated, is “asymptomatic and feels fine," according to a statement Thursday from HBO.
“No other staff or crew members have tested positive at this time,” the channel said.
The taping...
(Headline USA) In a move to send the country back toward pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday eased indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, allowing them to stop wearing masks inside in most places.
The new guidance still calls for wearing masks in crowded indoor...
(Headline USA) The president of the American Federation of Teachers called Thursday for a full return to in-person learning in the fall, saying the union is “all in” on bringing students back to the classroom.
In prepared remarks obtained by the Associated Press, Randi Weingarten says the wide availability of vaccines...
(Associated Press) Republican lawmakers across the country have tried to roll back the emergency powers that governors wielded during the COVID-19 pandemic, as they ordered businesses shut, mask-wearing in public and students home for distance learning.
Pennsylvania's Legislature is now taking its case to the ballot.
In the first vote of its...
Senator Lisa Murkowski, R.-Alaska, pressed Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about fishing boat mask mandates in a hearing on Wednesday.
Murkowski expressed concern for the safety of the state's fishermen, arguing that mask mandates serve only to increase the dangers of an already...