Category: AMERICA

Studies Highlight Potential Long-term Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Teens

A June study by researchers from the University of Sydney highlighted concerning trends of increased screen time, alcohol use, and poor sleep for teenagers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The increase has implications for teens’ long-term health, said researchers. “We know these lifestyle risk behaviors are common among young people, but we also know they…


EXCLUSIVE: Congress Presses FDA on Why COVID-19 Vaccines Would be Authorized for Young Children

A group of members of Congress is pressing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for answers before the regulator decides whether to authorize COVID-19 vaccines for young children. All Americans aged 5 and older can get a COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA is scheduled to meet with its advisory panel on June 15 to discuss…


Pfizer to Invest $120 Million in COVID-19 Pill as Officials Issue Alert

Pfizer announced Monday that it would spend $120 million to expand U.S. manufacturing of its oral COVID-19 antiviral pill at its Michigan facility. Use of Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill in treatment of newly infected cases has risen even as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned the pill can lead to a rebound…


Yellen Denies Report That She Pushed for a Smaller COVID-19 Relief Package

WASHINGTON—Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday said she never pushed for cuts to President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP), rebutting a media report in which a biographer was quoted as saying she favored scaling it back to avoid inflation. “I never urged adoption of a smaller American Rescue Plan package, and I…


California County Reinstates Indoor COVID-19 Mask Mandate

Alameda County in California’s Bay Area is now requiring residents to wear face masks in most indoor public settings, citing the rising number of CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus infections and hospitalizations. The mask mandate came into effect on June 3. The rule is not applicable in K-12 school settings. However, the county still recommended masking….


Goldman Sachs-Funded Socialist Forum Profits ‘Off the Same System They ‘Hate”: Cubans Who Fled Communism

A socialist group that got at least $12 million of funding from the investment banking company Goldman Sachs has come under sharp criticism for operating in NYC and calling for a socialist revolution in the United States, from people who fled communism and are warning Americans about the dangers of the radical doctrine. The executive director of…


Special Olympics Rescinds COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement After Legal Threat From Florida

The Special Olympics has pulled its COVID-19 vaccine requirement after legal threats from Florida officials. The organization announced on June 2 that it made the move “as demanded by the state of Florida officials on May 27, based upon the Florida Department of Health’s interpretation of Florida law.” “Delegates who were registered for the Games but…


FDA Flags Heart Inflammation Risk Over Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine

Staff with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday flagged the risk of heart inflammation following the administration of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, although they concluded the shot reduces the risk of mild-to-severe COVID-19. In the company’s nearly 30,000 patient trial, conducted between December 2020 and September 2021, there were four cases of myocarditis,…


Peer-Reviewed Studies Confirm That Vaccine and Mask Mandates Did Not Stop COVID Spread in Schools and Universities

During the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus pandemic, school and university administrators have dogmatically, and in many cases forcefully implemented mask and vaccine mandates with the intention to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV2, however, these policies haven’t had much effect, according to recent peer-reviewed studies. A research paper published on May 18 underscores the deficiencies…


Food Allergies Associated With Reduced COVID-19 Infection

A study funded by the National Institutes of Health has found that people with food allergies have reduced risk of COVID-19 infection, being asthmatic conferred no extra risk of infection; but being overweight, obese, or having a high body mass index (BMI) increased the risk of infection. “The observed association between food allergy and the…