Tag Archives: COVID-19

Fox News is in hot water once again after seemingly criticizing President Joe Biden for visiting Delaware. On Friday morning, the Fox News Twitter account tweeted an article that read, “Biden flying to Delaware despite CDC warnings to avoid travel.” The article takes aim at Biden for visiting the state, …

On Thursday, Johnson & Johnson asked U.S. regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine. If regulators approve, the vaccine will become the third available vaccine in the U.S. within weeks, The Wall Street Journal reports. Last week, results from an international trial revealed that a single shot of …

Live Nation filed a lawsuit against its insurance company for allegedly refusing to cover hundreds of millions of dollars in losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. On Jan. 29, Live Nation sued insurance company Factory Mutual claiming the company is refusing to uphold its premium policy it sold the entertainment …

Adding to its delivery options, Uber will acquire alcohol delivery service Drizly for $1.1 billion in stock and cash. Drizly will be added to Uber’s food delivery app and will also have an app of its own. “Wherever you want to go, and whatever you need to get, our goal …

The Biden administration will begin distributing COVID-19 vaccines directly to retail pharmacies as early as next week. The administration will announce Tuesday, which will detail its plan to provide a limited supply of vaccines to pharmacies throughout the country to meet the growing demand for the vaccine and speed up …

A Missouri teenager who beat cancer three times has just passed away from Covid-19 complications. Aspen Deke, 17, was diagnosed with the Philadelphia chromosome-positive form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia at the age of four. At the time, she was given a dire prognosis. On Saturday, the teen passed away while …

Mayor Bill de Blasio is outraged after learning that a coronavirus vaccination site in a Latino community in New York City hit hard by COVID-19 saw many White people from other areas show up to the site to get the shot. “The more I learn about this, the angrier I …

A Florida family continues to mourn the loss of their beloved matriarch, who fostered over 300 kids and adopted seven after she passed away due to coronavirus-related complications. Earlier this month, Susan (Sue) Braley, 66, had woken up one morning with a sore throat. Having suffered from a pre-existing condition, chronic obstructive …

A 4-year-old has been left paralyzed after a battle with COVID-19 left her with spinal column inflammation. Stella Martin was taken to San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, New Mexico, in April 2020 after complaining of back pain. The girl’s mother, Cassandra Yazzie, said that the girl ran to …

A South Carolina town needed assistance when a drive-thru coronavirus vaccine clinic got backed up-, so the mayor called a professional for help: a Chick-fil-A manager. According to CNN, Jerry Walkowiak, who is the manager of a nearby Chick-fil-A, came to the rescue after local hospitals in Mount Pleasant opened …

Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch, who had been vaccinated for Covid-19, tested positive for the virus on Friday afternoon, according to his spokeswoman. CNN reports that Lynch is described as asymptomatic and plans to isolate and vote by proxy in Congress over the coming week. “This afternoon U.S. Representative Stephen …

On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that the United States will now require masks on all public transportation.  According to CNN, this includes buses, trains, taxis, airplanes, boats, subways, or ride-share vehicles while traveling into, within, and out of the U.S. The request goes into effect at 11:59 p.m. …

Health officials are blaming Walgreens and CVS for the slow rollout of the Covid-19 for nursing homes and long-term care facilities. According to CBS News, the federal government chose Walgreens and CVS as the main leaders in distributing the coronavirus vaccine. Critics say the vaccine rollout was poorly put together …

Medical device company Johnson & Johnson said it has a Covid-19 vaccine that is 85 percent effective against the sometimes fatal virus. We’re almost as tired of hearing about Covid-19 as we were about 45. The latest news about Rona comes from Johnson & Johnson, which just announced its coronavirus …

Attorney General Letitia James released a 76-page report revealing that nursing home deaths in New York were misrepresented. The report states that the death count could be off by 50% because the state only counted those who died on facility grounds and not those who died at the hospital. According …

More than 1,000 Columbia University students have banded together and are withholding this semester’s tuition as they demand that the prestigious university lower its cost amid heavy financial burdens and the move to remote learning prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic. According to NBC News, the students started their strike last …

A new variant of the coronavirus originally identified in South Africa has emerged in the United States, posing another public health challenge to a country that is already overwhelmed and losing more than 3,000 people a day to COVID-19. According to Yahoo News, this mutated version of the virus was …

On Sunday, the country’s top infectious-disease expert warned that the new strain of COVID-19 is more virulent, and authorities should assume the worst. “We need to assume now that what has been circulating dominantly in the U.K. does have a certain degree of increase in what we call virulence, namely …

January has been the deadliest month for COVID-19, surpassing December’s record of deaths. 80,000 people have died this month from the virus, according to data from John Hopkins University. “The brutal truth is it’s going to take months before we can get the majority of Americans vaccinated. Months. In the …

With mask orders still in full effect to slow the spread of COVID-19, many people are experiencing a skin rash known as “maskitis.” This condition causes blemishes to be produced by humidity and friction created by the masks. Skincare expert Dr. Dennis Gross says that the breakout is often confused …