New ‘Pirola’ variant of COVID is spreading fast, has experts concerned
New York Post - Fri Sep 1, 2023
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise nationwide, a new variant dubbed “Pirola” has experts worried. More»
Oklahoma ICU Locks Down, Files Restraining Order Against Evangelical Church Leader
Daily Kos - Fri Feb 18, 2022
Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City has had to increase security, lock down their intensive care unit, and file a restraining order, all because of an Oklahoma church group that had been protesting the care and treatment of one of their members for COVID-19. More»
Metro Atlanta Doctors Paint a Bleak Picture of Omicron's Toll
Marietta Daily Journal - Sat Jan 22, 2022
As they did five months ago when the delta variant was ravaging Georgia, doctors from six of metro Atlantas largest healthcare providers joined forces Thursday to pull back the curtain on the toll omicron is now taking on their hospitals. More»
Florida Health Official Put on Leave After Encouraging Staff to Get Covid Vaccine
The Guardian - Wed Jan 19, 2022
A health official who helped lead Florida’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been put on administrative leave as state officials investigate whether he tried to compel employees to get vaccinated. More»
Desperate Hospitals Asking Covid Infected Staff to Return
Politico - Mon Jan 17, 2022
Hospitals and long-term care facilities are so short staffed that many are compelling Covid-positive doctors and nurses to return to work, arguing that bringing back asymptomatic or even symptomatic staff is the only way they can keep their doors open amid a spike in hospitalizations. More»
US COVID Hospitalizations Hit New Record High, Raising Risks for Patients
NPR - Tue Jan 11, 2022
The omicron-driven surge has sent COVID-19 hospitalizations skyrocketing across the US, reaching a new pandemic high this week with 145,982 patients hospitalized. More»
Study Finds Cannabis Compounds Prevent Infection By Covid-19 Virus
Forbes - Tue Jan 11, 2022
Compounds in cannabis can prevent infection from the virus that causes Covid-19 by blocking its entry into cells, according to a study published this week by researchers affiliated with Oregon State University. More»
Dallas QAnon Cultists Are Drinking Toxic Chemicals from a Communal Bowl
Dallas Observer - Sun Dec 26, 2021
The family of a Dallas QAnon cult member is sounding the alarm. More»
Infamous anti-vaxxer Marjorie Taylor Greene owns stock in the three major vaccine companies
Daily Kos - Thu Dec 23, 2021
Perhaps it will come as no surprise to you that despite the fact that Republican Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene rails against the COVID-19 vaccine, she doesn’t mind making money from it. More»
‘A terrible tragedy’: US Passes 800,000 Covid Deaths – Highest in the World
The Guardian - Tue Dec 14, 2021
The US death toll from Covid-19 has passed 800,000, a once-unimaginable figure seen as doubly tragic given that more than 200,000 of those lives were lost after vaccines became available last spring. More»
Omicron! Officials Confirm 5 Cases in NYC Metro Area
CNBC - Thu Dec 2, 2021
NEW YORK, New York - New York officials have confirmed five cases of the omicron Covid-19 variant in the New York City metropolitan area, Governor Kathy Hochul announced late Thursday, hours after cases were detected in Minnesota and Colorado. More»
Fauci Says Omicron Variant Is Likely Already Here, NY Declares State of Emergency
Daily Beast - Sat Nov 27, 2021
Parts of the US have begun an all-out assault against the new, highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19 as Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that the variant is likely already circulating in the country. More»
Colin Powell, first Black secretary of state, dies at 84 from COVID-19 amid cancer battle
CBS News - Mon Oct 18, 2021
Washington — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell died Monday morning due to complications from COVID-19, his family announced, amid an ongoing battle with cancer. More»
QAnon Followers Threaten Hospital After Outspoken COVID Denier Dies Of COVID
Huffington Post - Mon Sep 13, 2021
QAnon believers and other conspiracy theorists have inundated a Chicago hospital with threats after a prominent COVID-19 denier who sought treatment for the disease died Monday. More»
Far-Right Proud Boys Attack Three Schools
Daily Beast - Sun Sep 5, 2021
VANCOUVER, Washington - Three schools in Vancouver, Washington went into lockdown Friday after a group of anti-mask protesters that included the Proud Boys attempted to gain entry and disrupt the school day. More»
Arkansas Inmates Not Told They Were Given Anti-Parasite Drug
Associated Press - Sun Sep 5, 2021
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - Several inmates at a northwest Arkansas jail said they werent told a medication they were given to treat COVID-19 was actually an anti-parasite drug that federal health officials have warned should not be used to treat the coronavirus. More»
Anti-vaxxers forced a mobile COVID-19 vaccine site in Georgia to shut down after threatening health workers
Business Insider - Wed Sep 1, 2021
Georgias health department chief said workers at state COVID-19 vaccination events have been the victims of "threats" — and that one mobile inoculation site had to shut down due to "bullying". More»
Supply Chain 'Definitely Not Getting Back to Normal'
New York Times - Mon Aug 30, 2021
Like most people in the developed world, Kirsten Gjesdal had long taken for granted her ability to order whatever she needs and then watch the goods arrive, without any thought about the factories, container ships and trucks involved in delivery. More»
'There is no room to put these bodies,' Alabama health official says as Covid-19 deaths climb
CNN - Sat Aug 28, 2021
The rate of Covid-19 deaths has increased in 42 US states in the last week, according to new data, as the spread of the more virulent coronavirus Delta variant has upended a spring of reopenings and led to increasing concern headed into autumn. More»
Florida Judge Throws Out Governor Ron DeSantis' Order Prohibiting School Mask
NPR - Fri Aug 27, 2021
A Florida judge has ruled that school districts in the state can require students to wear masks. More»
Unvaccinated US school teacher spread COVID to 26 people
AFP - Fri Aug 27, 2021
An unvaccinated teacher at an elementary school in California spread the Delta variant of the coronavirus to at least 26 other people, including 12 students in their classroom, a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday. More»
Texas Veteran Dies of Treatable Pancreatitis While Waiting for Hospital Bed
Daily Mail - Fri Aug 27, 2021
A US Army veteran died of a treatable illness while waiting for a hospital bed as doctors struggled to find a facility that would accept him. More»
Front-Runner For Country's Dumbest Governor Signs Order Letting Georgia Businesses Ignore Covid-19 Rules
CNN - Fri Aug 20, 2021
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed an executive order Thursday allowing businesses to disregard local rules regarding Covid-19 - a move decried by Democrats, as coronavirus cases in the state rise. More»
Over 10,000 students in Florida school district isolated or quarantined a week into school year
ABC News - Wed Aug 18, 2021
Just a week into the school year, over 10,000 students and staff in the Hillsborough County Public Schools district in Florida have been isolated or quarantined as districts across the state grapple with COVID-19. More»
Chicago Announces Indoor Mask Mandate For All, Regardless of Vaccination Status
WMAQ-TV - Tue Aug 17, 2021
The city of Chicago announced Tuesday an indoor mask mandate for all individuals 2 years and older, regardless of vaccination status, beginning Friday, August 20. More»
Full ICUs Are Creating a Dangerous ER Backlog and Forcing Hospitals to Cancel Surgeries
CNN - Sat Aug 14, 2021
Michael Kagan, a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, says the cancerous lymph nodes in his neck are like a "ticking time bomb" - But theres little he can do. More»
US border agents in Tennessee have seized thousands of counterfeit Covid-19 vaccination cards
CNN - Sat Aug 14, 2021
US Customs and Border Protection officers in Memphis, Tennessee, have seized thousands of fake Covid-19 vaccination cards so far this year. More»
Anti-Vax Radio Host Who Called Fauci a ‘Power Tripping Lying Freak’ Dies of COVID
Daily Beast - Mon Aug 9, 2021
An anti-vaccine right-wing radio host in West Palm Beach, Florida died Wednesday from COVID-19 complications. More»
Pentagon To Require COVID Vaccine For All Troops By September 15th
Associated Press - Mon Aug 9, 2021
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will require members of the US military to get the COVID-19 vaccine by September 15, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press. More»
CDC updates guidance, recommends vaccinated people wear masks
ABC News - Tue Jul 27, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday cited new science on the transmissibility of the delta variant in reversing its mask guidance to now recommend that everyone in areas with substantial or high levels of transmission, vaccinated or not, wear a mask in public, indoor settings. More»