Category: AMERICA

Fans Attending Super Bowl Will Receive Free KN95 Masks

LOS ANGELES—All attendees at next month’s Super Bowl at SoFi Stadium will be given free KN95 masks and be required to wear them when not actively eating or drinking, the Los Angeles County Public Health director said. KN95 masks are designed to filter out at least 95 percent of particulate matter in the air. Fans…


Alaska Joins Texas Suit Over National Guard Vaccine Mandate

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has joined Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in a lawsuit in federal court against President Joe Biden and top Pentagon officials to stop a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for National Guard members. The lawsuit is an amended version of the suit Texas filed at the start of January over the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine…


Experts Divided on US Drug Regulators Revoking Authorization of Key COVID-19 Treatments

The Food and Drug Administration’s decision to effectively revoke emergency use authorization for two monoclonal antibody treatments has left experts divided, with some calling it the right move and others asserting it shouldn’t have been done. The agency, of the FDA, on Jan. 24 announced it was barring use of treatments from Eli Lilly and…


‘Don’t See Any Clear Benefit’: Sweden Doesn’t Recommend Vaccinating Kids Under 12

The Swedish government on Thursday declined to recommend giving COVID-19 vaccines to children under 12 years old after determining there would be a little medical benefit in doing so. The Public Health Agency of Sweden, in a news release, said the medical benefit for an individual child aged 5 to 11 who receives a COVID-19 vaccine…


Fauci: Looks Like Children Aged 4 and Younger Will Get a Three-Dose Vaccine Regimen

White House COVID-19 response coordinator Anthony Fauci said that he believes children aged 2 to 5 will need to get three doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. “It turned out that the other dose, namely the other group, from 24 months to four years did not yet reach the level of non-inferiority, so the studies are…


Fauci Predicts Children Aged 4 and Younger Will Get a Three-Dose Vaccine Regimen

White House COVID-19 response coordinator Anthony Fauci said that he believes children aged 2 to 5 will need to get three doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. “It turned out that the other dose, namely the other group, from 24 months to four years did not yet reach the level of non-inferiority, so the studies are…


‘We’re Fighting a War of Information’: Dr. Pierre Kory

Doctors who have developed effective protocols treating COVID-19 patients have difficulty getting their voices heard because information has been suppressed, according to Dr. Pierre Kory, a pulmonary and critical care specialist. “We have combination protocols for every phase of the illness: from prevention to early treatment, to hospital, and even long haul COVID. That information…


Moderna Vaccinates First Participant in Trial of Omicron-Specific COVID-19 Booster

The first person has received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine booster that targets the Omicron virus variant, the company announced Wednesday. The Phase 2 study is expected to enroll approximately 600 adults 18 or older, half of whom have received two doses of Moderna’s original vaccine and half of whom have received both the primary two-dose series and a…


New Mexico National Guard Members Filling in as Substitute Teachers

New Mexico National Guard members this week started volunteering as substitute teachers amid teacher shortages in the state. Fifty Guard personnel have received teaching licenses, a spokeswoman for the New Mexico Public Education Department told The Epoch Times in an email. They were among the 108 who applied for substitute teacher applications after New Mexico…


Social Connectedness, Sleep, and Physical Activity Vital for Youth Mental Health: NIH Study

Supportive relationships with family and friends, exercise and sleep was found to reduce the harmful effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents’ mental health, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released on Jan. 24. The NIH listed “poorer quality and functioning of family relationships” and increased “screen time,” including…