Category: AMERICA

Soak up the Summer at These Spots on the Water

By Lynn O’Rourke Hayes From FamilyTravel.com Let a little hydro power direct your future family vacation. Here are five places where water is part of the appeal. The Arizona Biltmore, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, Phoenix, Arizona Once considered the grandest hotel of Hollywood’s Golden Age, the historic Arizona Biltmore, renowned for its Frank Lloyd Wright…


Elevate Your Vacation in a Mountain Town

By Lynn O’Rourke Hayes From FamilyTravel.com Fresh air, cool temperatures and outdoor adventure combine to lure families to mountain towns. Here are five to consider: Big Sky, Montana Sample life under big Western skies in this scenic town where hiking, biking and fly-fishing provide an active cornerstone for a family’s mountain vacation. Kids can up…


Top Chinese Officials Offered to Brief US Officials on COVID-19 in Closed-Door Meeting, Emails Reveal

Top Chinese health officials offered to brief U.S. counterparts on the “new coronavirus in Wuhan” in a closed-door meeting in early 2020, newly obtained emails show. As health officials in the United States and around the world were scrambling to respond to the emerging COVID-19 outbreak from China, Lance Rodewald, a senior adviser to the…


Rep. Cline Calls Into Question DOJ Appeal on Mask Mandates

One congressman says the Department of Justice (DOJ) is misinterpreting the statute it’s citing as it appeals a decision from a federal judge that says the government exceeded its authority by imposing mask mandates on public transportation. On April 18, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s…


5 Best Hiking Trails in the US

Ready for your next adventure? Believe it or not, an out-of-this-world trip might not be too far from your own backyard. Hiking trails across the United States from Arizona to Alaska offer easy access to some of the most incredible views on earth. Today, we’re highlighting five stand-out trails that are designed for weekend warriors…


Trump White House Blocked CDC From Recommending Virtual Church Services: Emails

President Donald Trump’s administration stopped the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from recommending people attend church remotely in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to emails made public on April 29. The CDC planned to include the recommendations in guidance for faith communities released in May 2020, according to an email…


Study Links Increase in Emergency Heart Events With COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

A new study found a correlation between an increase in emergency cardiovascular events among people under 40 years of age during the launch of Israel’s COVID-19 vaccine program. Published in the Nature journal, researchers utilized data from the Israel National Emergency Medical Services between 2019 and 2021 that evaluated emergency, or EMS, calls among 16- to…


Merck Raises 2022 Forecast as COVID Pill, Cancer Drug Fuels Profit Beat

Merck & Co. on Thursday reported quarterly profit and sales that beat estimates and raised its full-year forecasts on strong demand for top-selling cancer drug Keytruda, its Gardasil vaccine and COVID-19 antiviral pill molnupiravir. The U.S. drugmaker’s shares rose 1.8 percent to $85.90 before the opening bell as revenue rose 50 percent to $15.9 billion,…


Teen Killed Himself After Bullying Over COVID-19 Vaccination Status: Lawsuit

A 15-year-old boy who was targeted by an allegedly false rumor that he was unvaccinated was bullied until he took his life earlier this year, according to a lawsuit filed by his parents. A lawsuit (pdf) filed by the boy’s parents, Robert and Rosellene Bronstein, accused administrators at the Latin School of Chicago, a private…


Fauci Now Says Pandemic is Not Over

Dr. Anthony Fauci on April 27 sought to clarify remarks he made a day prior about the state of the COVID-19 situation in the United States. Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser and the longtime head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on PBS on Tuesday that “we are certainly right…