Category: AMERICA

26 Percent of COVID-19 Hospitalizations Admitted for Other Reasons: Study

About a quarter of hospitalizations designated as being for COVID-19 were actually patients admitted for other reasons, according to a new study. Researchers with Massachusetts General Hospital led the study, which analyzed a random selection of electronic health records from COVID-19 patients in 60 hospitals across four U.S. health care systems. Researchers manually reviewed the…


‘Yellowstone’ Actor Won’t Attend Awards Ceremony Over COVID-19 Vaccine Rules

“Yellowstone” actor Forrie J. Smith said he will not attend the Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony in late February because he isn’t vaccinated for COVID-19. The event requires all attendees to have received the vaccine. It’s being hosted at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. Smith posted a video to Instagram this week announcing that…


CDC Estimates Over 1 Million Excess Deaths in United States Since COVID-19 Pandemic

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that there have been over 1 million excess deaths in the United States since February 2020 linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to CDC data, which is updated on a weekly basis, the number of excess deaths in the country was 1,045,389 as of Feb. 17. Excess death…


Maryland’s Most Populous County Scraps Plans for COVID-19 Vaccine Passport

Maryland’s largest county is not moving forward with plans to impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate—though officials are keeping open the option of imposing it in the future. Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, a Democrat, pushed for the mandate, which would have required all businesses to screen customers for proof of COVID-19 vaccination. But when the…


Maryland’s Most Populous County Scraps COVID-19 Vaccine Passport Plans

Lawmakers in Maryland’s largest county won’t be moving forward with plans to impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate—although officials are keeping open the option of imposing it in the future. Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, a Democrat, pushed for the mandate, which would have required all businesses to screen customers for proof of COVID-19 vaccination. But…


Texas Sues Biden Administration Over Federal Mask Mandate on Public Transport

Texas on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its federal mask mandate on public transport, including on airplanes and airports. The suit is filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), and U.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas). It names as defendants CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, CDC chief of…


FDA Official Says US Government Plans to Push Annual COVID-19 Shots

An executive officer at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in a newly released video that President Joe Biden’s administration plans to push annual COVID-19 vaccine shots. Christopher Cole, executive officer of the medical countermeasures initiative at the FDA, made the comments to the journalism group Project Veritas. “Biden wants to inoculate as…


FDA Executive Officer Says US Government Plans to Push Annual COVID-19 Shots

An executive officer at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in a newly released video that President Joe Biden’s administration plans to push annual COVID-19 vaccine shots. Christopher Cole, executive officer of the medical countermeasures initiative at the FDA, made the comments to the journalism group Project Veritas. “Biden wants to inoculate as…


California Truckers to ‘Let Freedom Roll’ in People’s Convoy to Washington

California truckers fed up with the federal government’s endless emergency powers mandating masks and vaccines are gearing up for what they hope will become a Canadian-style “freedom convoy” to Washington, D.C., and are set to roll on Interstate 40 heading east from Barstow on Feb. 23. A national group, called The People’s Convoy, is organizing…


16 Republican Governors Urge Biden to Reinstate Vaccination Exemptions for Cross-Border Truckers

Sixteen governors and two Canadian premiers on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reinstate COVID-19 vaccination exemptions for cross-border truckers. Failing to reinstate the exemptions will worsen the supply chain pain, the governors and premiers said in a letter. “We are deeply concerned that terminating these exemptions has had…