Category: AMERICA

Omicron BA.2 Subvariant Accounts for 1 in 3 US COVID-19 Cases: CDC

A subvariant of the Omicron strain of the novel coronavirus, BA.2, now accounts for just over a third of daily reported COVID-19 cases in the United States, according to government data released on Tuesday. As overall infections continue to decline from January’s record highs, the subvariant is gaining ground across the country, data from the…


Hilary Clinton Tests Positive for COVID-19

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday she tested positive for COVID-19. “Well, I’ve tested positive for COVID,” she said in a statement. “I’ve got some mild cold symptoms but am feeling fine. “I’m more grateful than ever for the protection vaccines can provide against serious illness. Please get vaccinated and boosted if you…


Volunteers Set up National Legal Network to Help COVID Patients, Families in ‘Dire Circumstances’

Lawyers around the country are volunteering their time to help route people with “dire circumstances” involving COVID-19 to attorneys with experience who are ready to help. Patients and families of patients told The Epoch Times that they’ve struggled to find any lawyer willing to even talk about their legal needs. Tapping into the network that…


Volunteers Start National Legal Network to Help COVID Patients, Families in ‘Dire Circumstances’

Lawyers around the country are volunteering their time to help direct people with “dire circumstances” involving COVID-19 to attorneys with experience who are ready to help. Patients and families of patients told The Epoch Times that they’ve struggled to find any lawyer willing to even talk about their legal needs. Tapping into the network that…


Real Scientific Inquiry Requires Dissent, but That’s Not What the CDC and JAMA Want

Commentary  Mendacity is worse than dishonesty. According to one essay on mendacity, “Mendacity connotes a mixture of dishonesty, hypocrisy and audacity.” Mendacity is an important theme of the play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” by Tennessee Williams: “What’s that smell in this room? Didn’t you notice it? Didn’t you notice a powerful and obnoxious odor of…


White House Press Secretary Psaki Tests Positive for CCP Virus

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has again tested positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, she announced in a statement released Tuesday afternoon. The press secretary said she had two “socially-distanced” meetings with President Joe Biden on Monday, ahead of the president’s planned trip to Europe this week, and that Biden has tested…


NYC Mayor Announces Plans to End Mask Mandate for Young Children

Children under 5 in New York City will not have to wear masks in schools and daycares starting on April 4, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday. “We want to see our babies’ faces,” Adams told reporters at City Hall in the borough of Manhattan. The Democrat had kept the mandate in place for young children…


Decentralize Scientific System to Lessen Reliance on Journals, Major Funders: Kulldorff

The current scientific paradigm needs to change to lessen reliance on journals and major funding entities such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Martin Kulldorff says. The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the serious problems with the system, including how a select few control much of the financial support available to researchers in the…


‘Even If It’s Just One Truck, It’s Still the People’s Convoy:’ Trucker Vows to Press On

When Ron Coleman arrived at the Adelanto Stadium outside of Victorville, California, on Feb. 21, he was the second trucker to arrive for the People’s Convoy, scheduled to roll out two days later for a cross-country ride to the nation’s capital. The objective was to end the national emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic…


AstraZeneca COVID Drug Performs Well Against Omicron Subvariants: Study

A COVID-19 drug made by AstraZeneca did nearly as well against subvariants of the Omicron virus variant as the main variant, according to a new study. Researchers with AstraZeneca, the Washington University School of Medicine, and other institutions used mice to test the monoclonal antibody combination, known as Evusheld, and a drug made by Vir Biotechnology,…