(Headline USA) A bill that would have created the nation's only government-funded universal health care system died in the California Assembly on Monday as Democrats---who hold a strong majority---could not gather enough intra-party support to bring it for a vote ahead of a legislative deadline.
The bill had to pass...
(Headline USA) Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a lawsuit against an Illinois-based COVID-19 testing company, accusing it of improperly handling tests and providing fake results.
The lawsuit announced Monday and filed in King County Superior Court said the Center for COVID Control “failed to deliver prompt, valid...
(Headline USA) U.S. regulators are urging drugmaker Pfizer to apply for emergency authorization for a two-dose regimen of its COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years old while awaiting data on a three-dose course, aiming to clear the way for the shots as soon as late February,...
(Headline USA) As school systems across the U.S. struggle to keep classrooms open amid the pandemic, New Orleans is set to become the nation's first major district to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for children 5 and up, though state regulations will allow parents to opt out easily.
Ahead of Tuesday's deadline, many...
(Headline USA) Following protests of Spotify kicked off by aging classic rocker Neil Young, who accused the platform of spreading of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, the music streaming service said that it will add content advisories before podcasts discussing the virus.
In a post Sunday, Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek laid...
(Gregg Pupecki, Headline USA) As reported on WCVB Boston, Brigham and Women's Hospital will not give a 31-year-old father of two a heart transplant because he refused to get the experimental gene therapy vaccine.
"Given the shortage of available organs, we do everything we can to ensure that a...
(John Ransom, Headline USA) Award-winning journalist Alex Berenson, citing data from several countries that he said shows mRNA vaccines are helping spread the coronavirus, has demanded that governments stop the “mRNA experiment ... mmediately,” and halt the distribution of COVID vaccines, according to his blog on Substack.
Alex Berenson: "Vaccine efficacy...
(Headline USA) Current and former staffers have accused the top director of the World Health Organization in the Western Pacific of racist, unethical and abusive behavior that has undermined the U.N. health agency’s efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic.
The allegations were laid out in an internal complaint filed in...
(Joshua Paladino, Headline USA) Those who receive both COVID-19 shots may face a higher risk of infection from the Omicron variant than people who never got the injections, according to a study by CDC researchers in Atlanta.
The data indicates that after the shot's efficacy subsides—in about three to six...
(Joshua Paladino, Headline USA) Several South Carolina Republican state lawmakers have introduced legislation that would impose misdemeanor-level fines or prison sentences on businesses that inquire into a customer's COVID-19 vaccination status, The Blaze reported.
South Carolina state Rep. Mike Burns introduced H.B. 4848, which would make it illegal for an "employee,...
(Headline USA) The COVID-19 booster drive in the U.S. is losing steam, worrying health experts who have hectored Americans to get an extra shot to shore up their protection against the highly contagious omicron variant.
Just 40% of fully vaccinated Americans have received a booster dose, according to the Centers...
(Joshua Paladino, Headline USA) Singer and guitarist Eric Clapton said in an interview with The Real Music Observer that people vaccinated against COVID-19 suffer from "mass formation hypnosis," a propaganda-driven herd mentality that causes aggression, depression, and viewpoint intolerance.
Clapton himself received the AstraZeneca shot in 2021, suffered a "disastrous" reaction...