Category: AMERICA

LA Hospital Officials Dismiss COVID-19 ‘Media Hype’ as Mask Mandate Looms

Two officials at one of the largest hospital systems in Los Angeles and Southern California dismissed government officials’ statements about another wave of COVID-19 hitting the region and the United States as “media hype.” Los Angeles County health director Barbara Ferrer last week said that her county is now seeing a “high” level of COVID-19…


COVID-19 Health Emergency Extended Across US

The Biden administration announced Friday it has extended the COVID-19 public health emergency for three more months. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra officially renewed the emergency declaration. The order was extended to Oct. 13, 2022, “as a result of the continued consequences of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic,” Becerra said in…


New COVID-19 Variant ‘Sensationalized’ by Fauci, White House: Sen. Paul

After White House adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra issued warnings about a new COVID-19 subvariant, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said they are not providing key facts about the latest strain. “How come the flu vaccine changes every year and they’re not willing to change this vaccine?” Paul told Fox…


EXCLUSIVE: Anti-Title 42 Messages Popular With CDC Director Before She Terminated Policy, Emails Show

Messages urging the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to end Title 42 were shared by the agency’s director with colleagues in the weeks leading up to her decision to terminate the policy, emails obtained by The Epoch Times show. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director, shared three different messages with other top officials at…


Court Blocks Biden Admin From Punishing Unvaccinated Air Force Members

A federal district court in Ohio has temporarily blocked the Biden administration from enforcing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on thousands of U.S. Air Force service members who remain unvaccinated after having opposed the shot on religious grounds but have had their religious exemption applications denied. U.S. District Court Judge Matthew McFarland, who was appointed by…


Court Blocks Biden Admin From Punishing Unvaccinated All Air Force Members

A federal district court in Ohio has temporarily blocked the Biden administration from enforcing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on thousands of U.S. Air Force service members who remain unvaccinated after having opposed the shot on religious grounds but have had their religious exemption applications denied. U.S. District Court Judge Matthew McFarland, who was appointed by…


COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Dropped for Illinois College Staff and Students After Lawsuit

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office on Wednesday announced that COVID-19 vaccine mandates can be dropped for colleges and universities across the state for staff and students. However, the vaccine mandates for K-12 students and daycares will remain intact, according to a news release from Pritzker, a Democrat. “Vaccine mandates for higher education employees and students…


COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Dropped for Illinois College Staff, Students After Lawsuit

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office announced on July 13 that colleges and universities across the state can drop COVID-19 vaccine mandates for staff and students. However, the vaccine mandates for K-12 students and day care facilities will remain intact, according to a statement from Pritzker, a Democrat. “Vaccine mandates for higher education employees and students…


Top Regulator: ‘Severe Allergic Reaction’ a Side Effect of New COVID-19 Vaccine

A top government regulator has said that Novavax’s spike protein-based COVID-19 vaccine listed severe allergies as a side effect, as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday issued an emergency use authorization for the shot. The European Medicines Agency on Thursday said that (pdf) severe allergic reactions could be potential side effects of the…


New York COVID-19 Quarantine Rules Unconstitutional and Illegal: Judge

A New York Supreme Court judge this month quietly ruled that regulations mandating that people infected with or exposed to highly contagious communicable diseases be quarantined are a violation of state law, declaring them null and void. The Isolation and Quarantine procedures, known as Rule 2.13, were enacted in February. Under the rule, “whenever appropriate to control…