January 7, 2022 Chicago teacher with cancer pushes for in-person classes: 'I learned at the end of life what really matters' Joseph Ocol, who has been with the Chicago Public Schools system for 17 years as both a teacher and after-school chess mentor, has promised himself and his students that he will come into class whenever possible.
January 7, 2022 Washington Post continues poor fact-checking record against Tom Cotton, forced to make second correction The Washington Post expanded upon its poor fact-checking record against Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., after it was forced to make a second correction to his claims that turned out to be true.
January 7, 2022 COVID-19, flu and cold: The symptoms and how they differ Between a surge of COVID-19 variants, an active flu season and other spreading viruses, determining what an illness is can be tricky.
January 7, 2022 Senate Dems give Biden pass on COVID-19 testing shortages despite repeatedly slamming Trump Democrats have been notably silent despite a continued shortage in testing kits for COVID-19.
January 7, 2022 The arrogance of Anthony Fauci On my very first day in medical school, the dean gave a lecture on serendipity and scientific discovery, highlighting Penicillin as the most famous example of a scientist stumbling upon a discovery he hadn’t originally intended to make.
January 7, 2022 Supreme Court poised to decide limits of Biden vaccine mandates for businesses, health care workers The Supreme Court will hold a high-stakes public session Friday to decide whether the U.S. government can begin enforcing sweeping COVID-19 vaccine requirements.
January 7, 2022 As omicron spreads, Europe scrambles to shore up health care Nations across Europe are scrambling to prop up health systems strained by staff shortages blamed on the new, highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus, which is sending a wave of infections crashing over the continent.
January 7, 2022 Australian state's COVID-19 rules ban dancing, singing in nightclubs, suspend elective surgeries Australia’s most populous state reinstated some restrictions and suspended elective surgeries on Friday as COVID-19 cases surged to another record.
January 7, 2022 Biden didn't defeat COVID. It beat him. Here's what we must do now In his campaign, Biden’s closing message centered on his ability to lead us through and out of this pandemic, yet more than half of Americans now say they disapprove of his handling of the pandemic.
January 7, 2022 First 'flurona' case detected in Los Angeles area The first confirmed case of the "flurona" — the flu and coronavirus combination — has been confirmed in Los Angeles County.
