Infectious Disease - Page 491

January 25, 2022

Omicron causes less severe infections than delta and other variants, according to CDC study

The omicron variant of COVID-19 may be more transmissible than previous variants, but it is also associated with less severe disease, accounting for fewer deaths, fewer visits to intensive care units, and shorter hospital stays, according to a CDC study released Tuesday.

January 25, 2022

Judge allows NY mask mandate to continue during appeal process

A New York appellate judge ruled that the state can continue enforcing its mask mandate while it appeals a ruling Monday that struck down the rule.

January 25, 2022

Cheryl Hines calls husband RFK Jr.'s vaccine mandate comments invoking Anne Frank 'reprehensible’

"Curb Your Enthusiasm" star Cheryl Hines said that her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr. invoking teenage Holocaust victim Anne Frank into a conversation about vaccine mandates was "reprehensible and insensitive."

January 25, 2022

Colorado father says school agreed to give vaccine to son without parental consent

Two minors using false identities were approved to receive vaccinations for COVID-19 at a Colorado public school without parental permission, a statement from the high school in question confirms.

January 25, 2022

Records reveal Chinese government performed anal swab COVID-19 tests on US diplomatic officials

U.S. diplomatic officials in China were asked to submit to anal swab COVID-19 testing by the Chinese government, according to records from the U.S. Department of State.

January 25, 2022

Fox News Special Report outlines fresh questions on what Fauci, government knew about COVID origin

Fresh questions are being raised about what American scientists and federal health officials knew about the origins of the coronavirus and whether or not conflicting evidence was suppressed and hidden from the public.

January 25, 2022

Sen. Rick Scott accuses Biden admin of supporting China's 'genocidal regime' with 'Made in China' COVID tests

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., blasted the Biden administration for buying millions of coronavirus test kits that were made in China, saying taxpayer dollars should not be supporting "General Secretary Xi and his genocidal regime."

January 25, 2022

South Carolina bill would make it illegal to ask vaccine status

Republican lawmakers in South Carolina introduced legislation to make it illegal for employers to ask about coronavirus vaccination status, saying it's private medical information.

January 25, 2022

Liberal NY Times columnist says her kids find school 'joyless' under mask mandates

New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg responds to Bari Weiss' COVID declaration, acknowledges mask mandates have taken joy out school.

January 25, 2022

Fauci says omicron vaccine would be 'prudent,' doesn't think COVID-19 will be eradicated

White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that a vaccine specifically targeting the omicron variant of the coronavirus would be "prudent."