Former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci revealed in a forthcoming book that former President Trump dropped expletives during a 2020 phone call with him during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci recounted in a new autobiography that Trump dropped numerous expletives in the call just three months into the pandemic, according to reports from The New York […]
(NEXSTAR) – Warning signs that could signal a rise in COVID infections are appearing in parts of the U.S. Wastewater testing, which can help detect the spread of a COVID in a community, has shown a significant uptick of the virus in several states. Testing sites in Montana and Florida are reporting “very high” levels of […]
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An independent investigation into New York’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic found that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) response “engendered public mistrust” and sowed confusion. The investigation, commissioned by current Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), found that Cuomo’s administration and its lack of communication with agencies and facilities, particularly nursing homes, across the state resulted in […]
Los Angeles County’s COVID cases and hospitalizations are continuing to increase as a new subvariant of the coronavirus makes further gains across the state. For the seven-day period that ended Sunday, there were an average of 121 new cases per day in L.A. County, up from 106 a day the prior week, according to the […]
(Reuters) -The U.S. health regulator has changed its strain recommendation for the 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccines, as it asked manufacturers to update the new shots to target the KP.2 variant, if feasible, instead of the JN.1 lineage it sought to target earlier. The Food and Drug Administration’s change in recommendation, in an update dated Thursday, comes […]
As a leading infectious diseases expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci was thrust into a leadership role during the Covid-19 pandemic and experienced volatile treatment from Donald Trump during his presidency, Fauci wrote in his new memoir. Trump would “announce that he loved me and then scream at me on the phone,” Fauci wrote of the abusive […]
Major failures by Minnesota’s education department allowed the rampant misuse of a federal program meant to feed children during the pandemic, according to a state audit report released Thursday. The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) did not properly oversee Feeding Our Future, the nonprofit at the center of an alleged $250 million Covid relief scheme […]
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it had advised drugmakers to update the Covid vaccines to target the KP.2 strain, a descendant of the highly contagious JN.1 variant that began circulating widely in the U.S. this winter. The announcement came just over a week after an FDA advisory panel voted unanimously to recommend that […]
In the fall of 2022, Dr. William Dugal, then 32, contracted Covid-19 and began experiencing unusual symptoms. “It started with the numbness in my feet, almost like my shoes were too tight, and it progressed to where I was having trouble walking,” Dugal, now 34, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, tells TODAY.com. “I knew there was […]
Fact checked by Nick BlackmerFact checked by Nick Blackmer Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that a new COVID variant called KP.3 has risen to dominance in the United States. KP.3 accounts for 25% of cases, while another variant, KP.2, makes up about 22% of cases. Experts said that KP.3 […]
(Reuters) -Moderna said on Thursday its next-generation COVID-19 vaccine candidate met its main goal in a late-stage study by showing vaccine efficacy that was non-inferior compared with the company’s commercial shot. The company has been working on multiple new messenger RNA vaccines, including the recently approved RSV vaccine, mRESVIA, and other experimental shots, to tackle […]