Category: AMERICA

Pfizer Board Member: Time to Consider Dumping School COVID-19 Mask Mandates

Former Food and Drug Administration Director Scott Gottlieb suggested that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) should revise its COVID-19 mask recommendation for schools. “We’re going to probably have to tolerate, and probably should, a higher level of baseline spread at the point at which we consider withdrawing some of this mitigation,” Gottlieb,…


Parole Board Denies Release of American Who Killed New Brunswick Cop in 1987

FREDERICTON—An American who has spent nearly 35 years in prison for the murder of a New Brunswick police officer was denied full parole on Wednesday. Anthony Romeo, 58, is serving a life sentence in a New Brunswick prison for the shooting of highway patrol Const. Emmanuel Aucoin during a traffic stop in March 1987, southwest…


49 GOP Reps, Senators Pledge to Oppose Vaccine Mandate Funding

A coalition of 49 Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate have announced that they will oppose funding for the enforcement of all of President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates this month. Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) released the statement signed by the 49 members in a post on Twitter. The letter was addressed to House GOP…


49 GOP Congress Members Pledge to Oppose Vaccine Mandate Funding

A coalition of 49 Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate have announced that they’ll oppose funding for the enforcement of all of President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates this month. Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) posted a letter signed by the lawmakers on Twitter. The letter was addressed to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and…


White House Urges Spotify to Censor More After ‘COVID-19 Misinformation’ Concerns

White House press secretary Jen Psaki has called on Spotify this week to take more action in censoring Joe Rogan’s popular podcast after the streaming giant introduced content advisory warnings on episodes that include the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Psaki made the remarks during Tuesday’s White House press briefing while responding to a question by a…


US Army Starts Discharging Unvaccinated Soldiers

The U.S. Army announced Wednesday that it will immediately start discharging, or “separating,” soldiers who refused to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Under a directive (pdf) issued by the Army, the order applies to regular soldiers, active-duty Army reservists, and Army cadets unless they have an exemption or a pending exemption. “Army readiness depends on soldiers…


US Army to Start Discharging Unvaccinated Soldiers

The U.S. Army announced on Feb. 2 that it will immediately start discharging, or “separating,” soldiers who have refused to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Under a directive (pdf) issued by the Army, the order applies to regular soldiers, active-duty Army reservists, and Army cadets unless they have an exemption or a pending exemption. “Army readiness…


Washington Orders Restaurant That Defied Mask, Vaccine Mandates to Close

Washington health authorities on Tuesday ordered a restaurant that openly defied the city’s mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates to close. A notice from the D.C. Health Department’s Division of Food was posted on a window at The Big Board, citing violations of District of Columbia food code regulations. The closure is in effect “until further…


Few, If Any, Doses of Spikevax or Comirnaty Available in United States, Despite FDA Approvals

U.S. drug regulators have now approved the COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna, but the approved versions of the vaccines don’t appear to be available yet in the United States. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Moderna’s jab on Jan. 31, about five months after it approved Pfizer’s shot. The approved vaccines are…


FDA Issues Warning on 2 Recalled COVID-19 Tests

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning about two COVID-19 tests made by Empowered Diagnostics because the tests aren’t approved by the FDA, even though the tests’ labels indicate that they are. Empowered Diagnostics makes the CovClear COVID-19 Rapid Antigen and ImmunoPass COVID-19 Neutralizing Antibody Rapid tests. Both tests have been recalled by Empowered…