COVID-19 and flu levels continue to increase but CDC director believes US has hit peak of RSV Seventeen states are seeing “high” or “very high” levels of respiratory illness activity as COVID-19 and flu hospitalizations increase across the U.S., new federal data shows. Weekly COVID-19 hospitalizations rose to 23,432 for the week ending Dec. 9, […]
Credit – Getty Images Respiratory disease season is in full swing, with influenza, RSV, and COVID-19 case counts rising in various parts of the U.S. Hospitals in some states are also reporting upticks in pediatric pneumonia diagnoses, which experts say seems to be unrelated to the recent spike of pneumonias reported in China. On the […]
A vial of the COVID-19 vaccine targeting XBB.1.5, made by Pfizer and BioNTech Credit – Christophe Gateau/picture alliance—Getty Images Every COVID-19 vaccine is a step behind the virus. In the time it takes companies to make the shot, SARS-CoV-2 is already busy mutating into different versions that can evade the immune response produced by it. […]
The claim: More than 20% of vaccinated New Zealanders died after receiving COVID-19 mRNA vaccines A Dec. 3 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) questions the safety of COVID-19 vaccines. “BREAKING: A New Zealand government whistleblower has come forward with explosive official data that shows more than 20% of the nation’s citizens that received COVID […]
The Supreme Court on Monday threw out several cases challenging the federal government’s now-defunct Covid-19 vaccine mandates for executive branch employees and military service members. The court’s action comes after the federal employee vaccine requirement was rescinded by President Joe Biden in May, and the Pentagon – as a result of congressional action – rescinded […]
The claim: Jacinda Ardern didn’t receive the COVID-19 vaccine A Dec. 5 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a picture of former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. “WEF Dictator Jacinda Ardern did not take the ‘vaccine’ that killed her own Citizens,” reads a screenshot of a post on X, formerly Twitter, within the […]
Donald Trump “flip-flipped” on abortion, overreached in response to COVID-19 and failed to uphold his campaign pledge to get Mexico to pay for a wall on the southern U.S. border, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday in Iowa. DeSantis, who is in a distant second place behind Trump in most national polls in the battle […]
When the White House announced on Monday evening that first lady Jill Biden had tested positive for COVID-19, it was a reminder that, as much as Americans want to put the pandemic completely behind them, the coronavirus continues to circulate — and is doing so more aggressively now than it has in months, with new […]
Pfizer heads into 2024 with a lower-than-expected sales forecast for its COVID-19 vaccine and treatment after weaker demand had already forced it to trim 2023 projections. The drugmaker announced on Wednesday initial expectations for the new year that include about $8 billion in combined sales from its Comirnaty vaccine and the treatment Paxlovid. That falls […]
Scientists are narrowing in on the fastest-growing COVID-19 variant, learning more about the strain that has coincided with a rise in cases as Americans head into the holidays. The JN.1 variant now accounts for more than one-fifth of all cases, based on estimates Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the CDC’s […]
CNN — It’s sourdough bread and handstands for Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Lee Curtis. The two stars are talking about the time they spent together during the Covid-19 pandemic, telling People that the actor, who is Lee’s godson, and his girlfriend Jeanne Cadieu, lived in the house next door that Curtis owns. Curtis, who won […]
(NEW YORK) — The number of U.S. children orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic may be larger than previously estimated, and the toll has been far greater among Black and Hispanic Americans, a new study suggests. More than half the children who lost a primary caregiver during the pandemic belonged to those two racial groups, which […]