Tag Archives: COVID-19

The US Supreme Court overturned a vaccine mandate imposed by the Biden administration on employees of large companies, while upholding a narrow vaccine mandate on health workers. In a pair of rulings handed down Thursday, the court struck down the federal requirement imposed by President Biden, via the Occupational Safety …

The Biden Administration is planning to distribute 10 million COVID-19 tests per month to schools around the country in a bid to keep them open amid the record-breaking surge in cases related to the Omicron variant. The White House will send out 5 million free rapid tests and 5 million lab-based PCR tests to perform individual …

by Lydia DePillis and Eric Umansky, ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. A few weeks ago, a ProPublica reporter decided to test his kids for COVID-19. They had the sniffles, and with a grandparent set to visit he wanted to minimize the risk that they were infectious. This …

One thing about COVID is that it has created a lot of new scams. This is a time around it involves fake COVID tests. This week the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a consumer alert about fake tests, the New York Daily News reported. Those who choose to take …

In a press conference Thursday morning, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis admitted that state officials allowed around one million unused COVID-19 tests to sit in a warehouse and expire. The head of Florida’s Department of Emergency Management, Kevin Guthries, said, “We had between 800k and a million Abbott test kits in …

The Omicron variant was estimated to be 95% of the coronavirus strains circulating in the United States as of Jan. 1, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday. The CDC said the variant accounted for an estimated 77% of cases in the week ended Dec. …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday issued an advisory urging all travelers — vaccinated and unvaccinated — to avoid cruise ship travel amidst a record-breaking Covid surge driven by the omicron variant in many states across the United States. “Even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk …

The United States recorded a new record high Tuesday, with more than 500,000 new COVID-19 cases reported, according to Johns Hopkins University. According to the database, the U.S. recorded 512,553 positive COVID-19 cases, breaking the all-time record of 294,015 that was set on Jan. 8. CNN and The Washington Post reported that the …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is shortening the recommended time period for isolation from 10 days for people with COVID-19 to 5 days, if asymptomatic, followed by 5 days of wearing a mask when around others. The change is motivated by science demonstrating that the majority of …

Both United and Delta Airlines announced Thursday that an increase of COVID-19 infections had forced them to cancel hundreds of Christmas Eve flights. The cancellations came as the Transportation Safety Administration reported that Christmas traffic is returning to pre-pandemic levels. “The nationwide spike in Omicron cases this week has had …

One day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorization to Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral pill, Paxlovid, the agency on Thursday granted the same emergency use authorization to Merck’s antiviral medication, molnupiravir. Both pills are intended only for people who are at high risk for hospitalization and death from severe …

President Joe Biden on Tuesday addressed the nation about how his administration plans to fight a surge in omicron cases raging around the United States, and he doubled down on his firmest warning yet to unvaccinated Americans about the risk they take by not getting the vaccine. “How concerned should …

Over the weekend, a crowd of Trump supporters in Dallas booed former President Donald Trump after he revealed he received a booster shot for the Covid-19 vaccine. On Sunday night, Trump made the disclosure at the final stop of The History Tour, a live interview show he has been doing with …

As more and more school districts are considering going back to virtual learning in an attempt to avoid the worst of the omicron variant, the Biden administration has announced a new “test-to-stay” strategy to increase Covid–19 testing in order to keep children in the classroom. The “test to stay” approach will allow unvaccinated students …

President Joe Biden will announce today that his administration will distribute 500 million free at-home Covid-19 tests, mobilize military medical personnel if needed and increase vaccination capacity, a senior White House official said Tuesday. The moves come as the Omicron COVID-19 variant has bypassed the Delta variant as the most …