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Biden calls for wealthy countries to ‘step up’ in global vaccination effort
President Biden on Wednesday called on other high-income countries to “step up” in their efforts to vaccinate the world against the coronavirus, as he pointed…
Covid-19 Has Killed as Many Americans as the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
The covid-19 pandemic has killed over 676,000 Americans, surpassing the estimated U.S. deaths from the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. And despite rising vaccination rates, it…
Johnson & Johnson says booster shot provides strong protection against Covid-19
Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said a booster shot of its Covid-19 vaccine given two months after the first strengthens protection against moderate illness and…
Seth Rogen calls out Emmys over lack of COVID-19 restrictions
Actor Seth Rogen on Sunday criticized the Emmy Awards over what he called inadequate COVID-19 precautions while he was presenting an award.When presenting the evening’s first…
US Border Patrol seizes thousands of fake vaccine cards and Pfizer stickers
The US Border Patrol has reported seizing thousands of fake COVID-19 vaccination cards and Pfizer inoculation seals, the latest confiscation in what has been at…
Massive savings “war chest” could drive growth as COVID relief ends
Economists expect the pace of economic growth to cool off now that government transfer payments like stimulus checks and emergency unemployment benefits are in the…
Seattle area to require COVID-19 vaccine to enter indoor venues
Customers at Seattle-area restaurants, gyms and other indoor venues will soon be required to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 under a new county health…
Moderna may have the effectiveness edge over Pfizer
Recent data suggests that Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine may maintain a higher effectiveness over time than Pfizer’s. Why it matters: The effectiveness gap could always disappear…
New York subway system extends policy withholding death benefits from unvaccinated employees
A senior official announced on Monday that New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will extend a policy granting death benefits to vaccinated employees who die from COVID-19…
50 Countries With the Best Covid-19 Vaccination Rates in the World
Countries around the world are racing to get their populations vaccinated, with 30% of the globe now protected against serious disease and death from covid-19….
Surgeon general: New vaccine policies neither illegal nor unusual
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Sunday defended the administration’s new Covid vaccine requirements, calling them “an appropriate legal measure“ that fit in with traditional safety…
Thirteen gorillas test positive for Covid at Atlanta zoo
Western lowland gorillas are believed to have caught the virus from a zookeeper More than a dozen gorillas have tested positive for Covid-19 at Zoo…
Child Covid deaths more than doubled in Florida as kids returned to the classroom
TALLAHASSEE — Florida reached another grim Covid milestone amid the Delta surge: Since August, the number of Covid-related child deaths in the state has more…
U.S. jobless claims reach a pandemic low as economy recovers
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 310,000, a pandemic low and a sign that the surge in Covid-19 cases caused…
With COVID out of control, Biden unveils hefty vaccine mandates
Enlarge / US President Joe Biden speaks on workers rights and labor unions in the East Room at the White House on September 08, 2021,…
GOP governors vow to fight Biden’s new pandemic measures
Several Republican governors on Thursday vowed to take President Biden to court over newly announced measures requiring workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.Biden unveiled…
Could Covid-19 finally end hunger in America?
A peculiar thing happened last year during the Covid-19 pandemic: As large swaths of the U.S. economy shut down and unemployment skyrocketed, hunger rates held…
Pandemic unemployment benefits just expired. What will families do now?
An estimated 7.5 million people will be affected. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/pandemic-unemployment-benefits-just-expired-what-will-families-do-now-n1278495 Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it with you. The Article Was Written/Published…
Arizona reporting more than 3,000 virus cases a day
Arizona has been reporting more than 3,000 COVID-19 cases per day recently as the state experiences a surge of new infections.According to data from Arizona’s Department of…
Huge study addresses fear of major COVID-19 vaccine health effects
A huge study, which will continue to look into the matter for the next two years, reports that there are no serious health consequences associated…
How Covid data gaps allowed Delta to proliferate
When new Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations began soaring in Louisiana in July, state health officials were struggling with data gaps that blinded them to the…
Radically contagious: thousands seem headed for unticketed Burningman
Last year I heard a lot of stories from folks who just had to go with a small group of friends and ‘be’ on ‘the…
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