Category: AMERICA

Mayo Patient’s Family Begs Judge to Allow ‘Fighting Chance’ with Ivermectin

A mother and son filed a lawsuit in Florida’s Fourth Judicial Circuit Court Wednesday against Mayo Clinic Florida, asking a judge to compel the hospital to give ivermectin and other treatments to their loved one now on “death’s doorstep.” The hospital has denied the family’s request to try alternative treatments for COVID-19 that have been prescribed…


CDC Recommends Against Cruise Travel as COVID-19 Cases Increase

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday that people should avoid cruise travel regardless of their vaccination status after an increase in COVID-19 cases on cruise lines in recent days. The CDC on Thursday increased its COVID-19 risk level for cruise ships to four, which is the agency’s highest warning level….


New York City’s Mayor-Elect to Keep Private Employer Vaccine Mandate in Place

The next mayor of New York City said Thursday he’s not going to roll back a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private workers. “We are going to keep that in place,” Mayor-elect Eric Adams, a Democrat, told reporters during a press conference. Adams had previously resisted committing to maintaining all of the mandates Mayor Bill de…


NYC Times Square New Year’s Show Will Go On Despite Virus Surge: Mayor

The New Year’s show at Times Square in New York City will take place despite a surge in COVID-19 cases, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday. The event has been scaled back to about 15,000 people, about a quarter of the original plan, but will not be cancelled, according to the Democrat. “We want to…


Netherlands Announces Plan to Give People up to 6 Doses of COVID Vaccine

Hugo de Jonge, the Netherlands’ health minister, said the country could be preparing to order another three COVID-19 booster shots—meaning that a total of up to six doses of vaccines may be administered in the coming years. De Jonge told members of Parliament that the country’s cabinet is assuming there will be two extra COVID-19…


Highly Vaccinated Luxury Cruise Ship Won’t Return to New York Amid COVID-19 Concerns: Spokesperson

A luxury cruise ship with more than 1,000 on board won’t come back to New York City amid COVID-19 concerns. The Queen Mary 2, the flagship of Cunard Line, is currently anchored outside Barbados and is slated to stay there until Jan. 2, the company told news outlets. “As a precautionary measure Queen Mary 2…


Highly Vaccinated Luxury Cruise Ship Won’t Return to New York Amid COVID-19 Concerns

A luxury cruise ship with more than 1,000 on board won’t come back to New York City amid COVID-19 concerns. The Queen Mary 2, the flagship of Cunard Line, is currently anchored outside Barbados and is slated to stay there until Jan. 2, the company told news outlets. “As a precautionary measure Queen Mary 2…


T Cells Generated From Vaccination or Prior COVID-19 Infection Protect Against Omicron Variant: Studies

Two new studies released this week have suggested that the T cell response generated by vaccination or from previous COVID-19 infection may provide sufficient protection against the Omicron variant of the virus. T cells are a type of white blood cell that is an essential part of the adaptive immune system. They work to eliminate infected cells…


Democratic Governor Rejects Mask Mandate, Says Policy Is ‘Not Curbing the Spike’

The governor of Connecticut said that he will not reinstate a mask mandate, citing data suggesting that it is not “curbing the spike” in COVID-19 cases elsewhere. Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, told reporters this week that COVID-19 cases have surged in New York City in recent days despite a statewide mask mandate that was…


Biden Administration Inks $137 Million Deal to Boost Supply of Key COVID-19 Test Kit Materials

The Biden administration has inked a deal with the North American arm of a German pharmaceutical company to build a plant in Wisconsin that will produce lateral flow membranes used in rapid diagnostic test kits, including ones used to detect COVID-19. But the facility won’t be built for another three years and so the move…