January 19, 2022 White House won't say if US will lift airport mask requirement as UK plans to ditch mandates UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Wednesday that England would no longer be mandating citizens wear masks “anywhere” alongside announcing the cessation of other COVID-19 policies in the kingdom’s return to “Plan A.”
January 19, 2022 WHO says no evidence that COVID boosters are needed for healthy children, young adults The World Health Organization's (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said Tuesday that there is no current evidence that suggests healthy adolescents or children need COVID-19 vaccine booster doses.
January 19, 2022 Models predict wave of omicron deaths The omicron variant may cause less severe disease on average, but COVID-19 deaths are climbing and modelers say 50,000 to 300,000 more Americans could die by the time the wave subsides in mid-March.
January 19, 2022 CNN's Don Lemon rails against unvaccinated 'idiots': 'We have to start doing things for the greater good' CNN's Don Lemon railed against unvaccinated people, calling them "idiots," and implored Americans to "start doing things for the greater good of society."
January 19, 2022 400M free N95 masks to be distributed by Biden administration As the omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to infect across the country, the Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will begin to distribute 400 million free N95 masks to Americans next week.
January 19, 2022 Scotland's COVID-19 omicron restrictions to be lifted Nightclubs will reopen and limits on hospitality come to an end as all of Scotland's omicron coronavirus restrictions will be lifted next Monday.
January 19, 2022 Federal government's at-home COVID test website launches The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and federal websites that allow Americans to request free COVID-19 tests have begun accepting orders.
January 19, 2022 Biden COVID-19 promises on eliminating virus, fixing testing fall flat during first year in office President Biden's top coronavirus adviser this week admitted that the U.S. is still stuck in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 19, 2022 A vet, engineer and podcast host are among the '270 doctors' demanding Spotify take action against Joe Rogan Last week, 270 so-called "doctors" co-signed an open letter to Spotify demanding the company take action against podcast host Joe Rogan for promoting what they called COVID-related "misinformation."
January 19, 2022 Biden administration to provide hundreds of millions of free N95 masks The Biden administration will be distributing hundreds of millions of free N95 masks from the Strategic National Stockpile, a White House official confirmed Wednesday.
