- Companies Dangle Incentives to Spur Employees to Get COVID-19 Vaccine
Workers at several companies are being offered money if they are vaccinated against COVID-19, amid reluctance from some to get one of the vaccines. Dollar General is giving hourly workers who get a COVID-19 vaccine the equivalent of four hours of pay. The company said it’s one way to remove barriers to getting vaccinated. Salaried […]
- Dr. Fauci Sees Greater China Role in COVID-19 Spread, One Year In
The head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci said that a lack of openness by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials regarding the novel coronavirus’ transmission and their blocking of top U.S. scientists from going to Wuhan to investigate the virus contributed to the rapid spread of the CCP virus. “Back […]
- Herd Immunity Through Vaccination Won’t Come Until Mid-2021: Health Official
Herd immunity through COVID-19 vaccinations will not happen until next year, a health official said Thursday. Herd immunity “will happen when 70 or 80 percent of the American people have immunity against against COVID,” Adm. Brett Giroir, President Donald Trump’s testing czar, said on CNN’s “New Day.” “That’s when you really see the pandemic dissipate. And […]
- CCP Virus Vaccinations Could Begin by Mid-December: Top Health Official
Vaccinations against the CCP virus in the United States will “hopefully” begin next month, a top official from the government’s vaccine development effort said on Nov. 22. “On the 11th or on the 12th of December, hopefully the first people will be immunized across the United States, across all states, in all the areas where […]
- FDA Gives Eli Lilly’s Experimental COVID-19 Antibody Drug Emergency Clearance
U.S. drug regulators granted Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 antibody drug an emergency-use authorization on Monday, widening access to a therapy that has shown improvement in treating patients with mild to moderate cases of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the use of Eli Lilly’s neutralizing antibody LY-CoV555 for people 12 […]
- Supreme Court Allows Rule Requiring Women To Pick up Abortion Pill in Person
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a Trump administration request to reinstate a rule requiring women to go in person to pick up abortion pills. The nation’s top court voted 6-3 to remove a lower court’s preliminary injunction on the Food and Drug Administration rule that requires women to pick up the abortion medication mifepristone from […]
- LA County Orders Ambulance Crews Not to Transport Patients With ‘Little Chance of Survival’
Los Angeles ambulance crew members have been instructed not to transport patients with “little chance of survival” to local hospitals as ICUs near capacity across the county. In a directive (pdf) issued by the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency Monday, ambulance workers were also told to conserve the use of oxygen in the […]
- COVID-19 Vaccine Won’t Have Immediate Impact on Mortality: Fauci
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN in an interview Sunday that the COVID-19 vaccine would not make a significant dent on mortality from the respiratory illness “for at least several weeks, if not longer.” Fauci insisted, however, that the vaccine would eventually make an impact on […]
- FDA Approves New Drug Combination Treatment for CCP Virus
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a promising new drug cocktail for hospitalized CCP virus patients. The treatment involves combining remdesivir with the inflammatory oral drug baricitinib for patients two years of age or older who need supplemental oxygen, invasive mechanical ventilation, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), according […]
- Studies Show Significant Drop in Mortality Rate Since Beginning of Pandemic
Two recent studies found that the rate of mortality has been dropping for hospitalized COVID-19 patients. One of the studies was conducted on hospitalizations in the New York University Langone Health system between March and August. An author of the study, Leora Horwitz, also an associate professor at the Grossman School of Medicine at NYU, […]
- CDC Denies Existence of Rumored ‘USA Variant’ of COVID-19
A federal health agency on Friday rejected the notion that a new variant of COVID-19 that originated in the United States exists. “Researchers have been monitoring U.S. strains since the pandemic began, including 5,700 samples collected in November and December,” a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesman told news outlets. “To date, neither researchers […]
- Indiana Law Requiring Women To Have Ultrasound Before Abortion Going Into Effect Jan. 1
A new law going into effect in Indiana on Jan. 1, 2021, will require that pregnant women seeking an abortion have an ultrasound performed at least 18 hours prior to undergoing the procedure, Attorney General Curtis Hill announced on Twitter. “For women considering abortions, ultrasounds are an important part of informed-consent counseling. Anyone interested in protecting women’s health, […]
- DeVos Suspends Student Federal Loan Payments Through January
The Trump administration on Friday suspended all federal student loan payments through the end of January and kept interest rates at zero percent, extending a moratorium that started early in the pandemic but was set to expire at the end of this month. By extending payments by one month, the administration is effectively leaving it […]
- Moderna CCP Virus Vaccine Nearly 95 Percent Effective
A vaccine candidate jointly developed by Moderna and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been shown to be 94.5 percent effective. Biotech company Moderna said in a release on Monday that an analysis of its clinical trial by an independent data and safety monitoring board shows that its experimental vaccine is highly effective in […]
- Over 64 Percent of CCP Virus Deaths Occurred in Health Care Settings Between May and August
Over 64 percent of CCP virus deaths happened in health care settings between May and August, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Between May 1 to Aug. 31, the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) recorded a total of 114,411 deaths from the CCP virus, with 64.3 percent […]
- Arizona Reports Nearly 300 Deaths, 10,000 Cases
A health worker displays a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Robert Ballanger hospital in Aulnay-sous-Bois, north of Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Christophe Archambault/Pool Photo via AP) Arizona reported nearly 300 coronavirus deaths, a pandemic high, and nearly 10,000 new infections on Thursday. Health officials have urged Gov. Doug Ducey to install new […]
- Trump Says Vaccine Rollout Going ‘Very Smoothly,’ Hails Quick Development as ‘Great Miracle’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the distribution of the two newly approved COVID-19 vaccines is going “very smoothly,” calling the success of his administration in surging vaccine development a “great miracle.” “Distribution of both vaccines is going very smoothly,” the president wrote in a tweet. “Amazing how many people are being vaccinated, record numbers.” […]
- Vaccine Will Be Distributed to All 64 Jurisdictions Within 24 Hours of FDA Approval: HHS
Top health officials told reporters at a Tuesday briefing on the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed initiative that a COVID-19 vaccine will be distributed to all of the nation’s 64 jurisdictions within 24 hours of approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said at the briefing that […]
- Doctors Turn to Widely-Used Deworming Drug as a Treatment for COVID-19
Eight months into the pandemic and without much guidance from federal health agencies on therapies for COVID-19, doctors are turning to an inexpensive anti-parasitic drug as a treatment for all stages of the disease. Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic medication used for almost three decades, has proven in vitro to stop the replication of several RNA viruses […]
- Nearly a Third of Hospitalized CCP Virus Patients Experienced Altered Mental State: Study
Almost a third of people who have been hospitalized for the CCP virus have experienced an altered mental state, according to a new study. Scientists found patients who suffered altered mental states, most of whom were older and male, were more likely to die than those who did not. The study, published on Oct. 5 […]
