Category: AMERICA

Florida Shuts Down Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Sites After FDA Revokes Authorization

All state-run monoclonal antibody treatment sites in Florida are being shut down after U.S. drug regulators revoked emergency use authorization for the two most widely used monoclonals. The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) move banned, at least for now, the use of monoclonals produced by Regeneron and Eli Lilly. The regulator said the most recent…


LA Students Ordered to Wear Non-Cloth Masks at All Times on Campus

Los Angeles school students must now wear non-fabric masks at all times on campus, both indoors and outdoors, as part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. Effective Monday, students in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) must wear “well-fitting, non-cloth masks with a nose wire” only, including during sports. The district announced…


New Bill Would Mandate COVID-19 Vaccine for All California Schoolchildren

All California school students would be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 under legislation proposed Monday. The proposed bill, titled the Keep Schools Open and Safe Act, would eliminate a personal belief exemption in school-based COVID-19 vaccination requirements. State Sen. Richard Pan, a Democrat, introduced the legislation during a news conference at a Los Angeles…


CDC Warns Against Travel to Peru, Kuwait, UAE Over COVID-19

WASHINGTON—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday advised against travel to 15 countries and territories because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases. The CDC elevated its travel recommendation to “Level Four: Very High” for Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Kuwait, Mongolia, Niger, Peru, Romania, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin,…


FDA Restricts Use of 2 Monoclonal Antibody Treatments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Jan. 24 it is restricting the use of two monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19, saying data show such treatments are “highly unlikely” to be active against the Omicron variant, currently the dominant strain in the country. Monoclonal antibodies are laboratory-created proteins that mimic natural antibodies the body…


‘Null, Void, and Unenforceable’: NY Judge Strikes Down Governor’s Mask Mandate

A New York Supreme Court judge on Monday evening ruled that Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mask mandate for schools and public places is unconstitutional, declaring it “null, void, and unenforceable.” In mid-December, the Democrat governor enacted the mandate in the midst of rising COVID-19 cases, in part, fueled by the Omicron variant. New York Supreme Court…


Virginia Schools Defy Governor’s Mask-Optional Policy, Isolate Students Who Refuse to Wear Mask

Some students in Virginia have been isolated from their mask-wearing peers after their parents sent them back to school without a mask per Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order, reports say. Jan. 24 marks the first day that Youngkin’s order took effect. Signed hours after the Republican governor assumed office, the order allows parents to “elect…


Pfizer Board Member Suggests End to Mask, Vaccine Mandates

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former director of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and current board member at Pfizer, said that declining COVID-19 cases should signal to policymakers that it is time to lift more pandemic-related restrictions. “I think certainly on the east coast where you see cases declining dramatically we need to be willing to…


FBI Searches Center for COVID Control Headquarters Following Complaints: Officials

The FBI confirmed its agents searched the Illinois-based Center for COVID Control headquarters in the midst of federal investigations into the multimillion-dollar testing business. “The FBI was conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity in Rolling Meadows [Saturday],” FBI Chicago spokespersons told WGN-9, USA Today, and NBC News in confirming the search of the business. The Epoch Times contacted…


Court Asked to Block Punishment of All Navy Members Seeking Religious Exemptions From Mandate

A federal court that blocked punishment of 35 Navy members seeking religious exemptions to the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate should widen the ruling to cover any Navy personnel seeking an exception, lawyers said in a filing on Monday. The complaint in the case, U.S. Navy SEALS 1-3 et. al v. Lloyd Austin et. al, was…