January 25, 2022 House Republicans introduce bill to block tracking religious accommodations to COVID vaccine Rep. Ralph Norman introduced the Religious Freedom Over Mandates Act to block federal funding for tracking information on individuals with religious exemptions to the coronavirus vaccine.
January 25, 2022 Boston patient removed from heart-transplant list because he’s not vaccinated against COVID: report The parents of a 31-year-old in need of a heart transplant at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital said their son has been removed from the transplant list because he has not been vaccinated for COVID-19, according to a report.
January 25, 2022 How COVID data will change after Biden's testing push Amid an ongoing surge of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, the Biden administration launched a new testing initiative last week, sending every residence four free rapid tests and requiring private health insurers to cover up to eight at-home tests per month for those on their plans.
January 25, 2022 Omicron surge hits Czech hospitals hard The number of COVID-19 patients in the Czech Republic is growing amid a surge of infections driven by the omicron variant.
January 25, 2022 Greece imposes fines on unvaccinated people age 60 and older, reports say Greece is now imposing fines on people age 60 and older who are unvaccinated – even as COVID-19 cases have been declining.
January 25, 2022 New York judge strikes down Hochul’s mask mandate, governor vows fight A New York judge on Monday ruled that Gov. Kathy Hochul’s effort to reinstate the state’s mask mandate is unlawful and “therefore void and unenforceable.”
January 25, 2022 Rand Paul continues pressing Fauci for answers on NIH gain-of-function funding Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky continues to press Dr. Anthony Fauci for answers on the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) gain-of-function research funding.
January 24, 2022 Marine denied of religious exemption says DoD enforcing vax mandate 'to the detriment of national defense' The U.S. military is on the verge of dismissing hundreds of trained fighter pilots for refusing to take the coronavirus vaccine, an active-duty Marine told Tucker Carlson on Monday.
January 24, 2022 Two stealth omicron COVID variant BA.2 cases reported in Washington state Two cases of the new Omicron COVID Variant BA.2 have been detected in Washington state. The new "stealth" subvariant of omicron differs from the original COVID-19 variant in some mutations, including on the spike protein.
January 24, 2022 Los Angeles students must wear non-fabric COVID masks at all times, including sports activities, district says Students in Los Angeles schools are now prohibited from wearing cloth masks as the district ups its efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
