Orlando rapper 9lokkNine pronounced “Glock Nine” was sentenced Wednesday to about seven years in federal charges. He plead guilty to weapon charges and identity theft in July. According to the Orlando Sentinel, 9lokkNine who’s given name is Jacquavius Smith fraudulently applied for and received $10,216 in federal Paycheck Protection Program …

The U.S. government has agreed to pay $5.29 billion for 10 million courses of Pfizer’s experimental COVID–19 antiviral drug as the country rushes to secure new oral treatments to manage the disease. According to Reuters, this deal is for around twice as many treatment courses as those Merck & Co …

Ashanti sat down to chat with Hot 97’s “Ebro In The Morning” show and shared some behind-the-scenes details about the Verzuz battle with Keyshia Cole, her recent Covid-19 diagnosis, Fab’s “Into You” song, and more. Ashanti shared that she went out to “entertain the audience” after Keyshia experienced some technical …

United Airlines is actively working with health officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to contact passengers who might have potentially been exposed to Covid-19 after a man suffered “a medical emergency” during a flight this week and died, the airline said in a statement. According to …

Toilet paper has returned to the shelves, and the world is reopened, but that does not mean COVID-19 is gone. In fact, there is reason to believe the next major wave will be “even deadlier” than before. The World Health Organization is sounding the alarm that the next pandemic could …

Early Friday, WHO announced that Covid-19 is no longer a global emergency. During a news conference on Thursday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that “For more than a year the pandemic has been on a downward trend.” “This trend has allowed most countries to return to life as we knew …

There is another COVID-19 variant making its way across the globe, and new symptoms have arisen along with it. Known as XBB.1.16 or “Arcturus,” this strain is an omicron subvariant.  The advanced virus has been tracked to 29 countries thus far, one of which being the United States.  Scientists have …

Starting Saturday, Turks and Caicos will do away with its requirement for travelers to have a COVID-19 vaccination. T&C’s Ministry of Health and Human Services announced that the popular destination would lift the requirement but still strongly recommends visitors receive both the COVID-19 vaccine and flu vaccine, Travel and Leisure …

Despite COVID-19 still being a thorn in the side of Americans, President Joe Biden will end the public health emergency in May. The Biden administration will turn its focus to managing the virus as a seasonal respiratory disease. The public health emergency allowed hospitals and programs such as Medicaid more …

Health officials are looking to administer Covid-19 vaccinations annually, like Flu shots. For future vaccination efforts, the FDA proposed Monday that most adults and children will receive a once-a-year shot to protect against mutating viruses. If approved, Americans wouldn’t need to keep track of their vaccination statuses. While more than …

Florida Governor Ron Desantis is busy making policies that involve mask mandates and the Covid-19 vaccine. The new policy proposals would permanently prohibit Covid-19 vaccine passports in Florida, prohibit Florida schools from instituting Covid-19 vaccine or mask mandates, forbid businesses in the state from requiring masks, and bar ‘”employers from …

Co-defendants in the Young Thug Rico case have been plagued with a nasty COVID-19 outbreak. In an odd twist of fate, a slew of defendants and even their attorneys have fallen ill with the virus as the highly publicized case pushes forward. This poses a serious challenge for the trial, …

On Monday, the U.S. Transportation Department announced that six airlines were fined $7.25 million in penalties and will be refunding passengers  $622 million over flight cancellations and other disruptions, as the agency vows to enforce consumer protection laws. According to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the actions ensure the carriers paid …

A new study has shown that the stress of the Covid-19 pandemic has affected woman’s period cycles. Researchers collected data from 354 women between 18 and 45 who were evaluated for a study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology. Between March 2020 and May 2021, participants provided information on their stress …

There’s new evidence showing how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted fourth, and eighth-graders reading and math skills as testing scores have dropped. According to a national educational assessment that lists the ways in which the pandemic has affected children in America, fourth-grade students and eighth-grade students’ skills in reading and math …