The spread of misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines has become a significant topic of discussion in Congress over the last few months. Democrats have pushed the tech giants to do more to eliminate conspiracy theories about the vaccines, which have proliferated over the course of the pandemic.
Americans enjoying newfound liberty are expected to travel and gather for cookouts, fireworks and family reunions over the Fourth of July weekend in numbers not seen since pre-pandemic days.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas congressman who has been an outspoken critic of COVID-19 mask mandates went without a mask for at least a portion of a commercial airline flight Tuesday evening, an apparent violation of federal law.
Republican Rep. Chip Roy flew from Washington back to his home district in Austin to attend a border security event held Wednesday with former President Donald Trump.
The Associated Press was provided a photo and a nearly three-minute...
Psychologists are reportedly paying close attention to the impact the pandemic made on the country’s mental health, and they’re noticing that many individuals are showing signs of chronic stress.
Vaccine hesitancy follows party lines, with 43% Republicans saying they will reject a vaccine compared to 5% of Democrats. Americans are also split on masks; Republican party representatives are pushing the CDC to lift the mask mandate on airplanes.
TIMES OF ISRAEL – The Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines produce a continuing immune response, a study has found, indicating that they offer long-lasting protection against COVID-19.
The study, published Monday in the peer-reviewed journal Nature, found that the vaccines “induce persistent” production of antibodies “enabling the generation of robust humoral immunity.”
In addition, the vaccines were found to produce high levels of antibodies against three known variants of the coronavirus, including the Beta variant first...
With millions of people having stayed home from places of worship during the coronavirus pandemic, struggling congregations have one key question: How many of them will return?
Xueli Abbing, 16, was left outside an orphanage because of how she looked. She was adopted by Dutch family when she was three and began modelling at 11.
Ahmad Maher Abdel-Munim Alsughayer, 28, of Saginaw, Mich., is charged in Olmsted County District Court with gross misdemeanor unauthorized computer access.
The vaccination drive is lagging far behind in many Amish communities across the U.S. following a wave of virus outbreaks that swept through their churches and homes during the past year.
Women on Web, which provides abortions worldwide, saw the number of visitors to its site radically plummet after Google changed the way its algorithm worked.
"There's no doubt that the people who receive the J&J vaccine are less protected against disease. From the principle of taking easy steps to prevent really bad outcomes, this is really a no-brainer."
About 300 million shots had been administered as of June 11, according to the CDC. There have been just 12.6 heart inflammation cases per million doses for both vaccines combined.
MIAMI HERALD – A Tampa urologist marked a patient’s right testicle for removal of enlarged veins.
But the procedure was supposed to be done on the left.
Dr. Raul Fernandez-Crespo has been fined $2,500 by the State of Florida Board of Medicine.
The complaint says, “Prior to the procedure, while in conversation with Patient C.F., marked the right testicle (the incorrect testicle) for the procedure.”
And, Dr. Fernandez-Crespo, following his erroneous mark, did a varicocelectomy on...