December 20, 2021 COVID-19 pandemic paradox: People feel powerless despite unprecedented scientific progress The number of adults living with mental illnesses has greatly increased during the coronavirus pandemic, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals a new "epidemic" of loneliness.
December 20, 2021 White House ripped for doomsday winter message of 'severe illness and death' for unvaccinated people The White House was viciously mocked by critics over its messaging that unvaccinated Americans would experience a winter of "severe illness and death" due to the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
December 20, 2021 The importance of work and the benefits of honest labor The U.S. was founded on the idea of the inherent nobility of work. A nation of free, self-sufficient homesteaders believed their hard labor could ensure their prosperity, liberty and autonomy.
December 20, 2021 California group: 90,000-plus school hours lost 'could have been avoided' if educators followed COVID science The founder of Reopen California Schools, Jonathan Zachreson, said that it's "astounding" that a total of 92,455 in-person school days in Los Angeles County were lost during a period of just over a month in the fall due to quarantine measures and that it all “could have been avoided” had school officials not tried to take public health into their own hands.
December 20, 2021 Universities closing over omicron variant making mistake, medical expert suggests Fox News Medical Analyst Dr. Marc Siegel suggests it's “premature” for U.S. colleges to be closing and announcing remote starts to the spring 2022 semester.
December 20, 2021 New Zealand links 26-year-old’s death to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, reports say New Zealand’s COVID-19 safety monitoring board said in a statement Monday that, based on current information available, the death of a 26-year-old man with myocarditis was likely due to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, according to reports.
December 20, 2021 Omicron clobbers Christmas … and Joe Biden As we approach Christmas, our spirits are again dashed by growing COVID cases and cancellations: holiday parties, Broadway shows and even the Rockettes have called it quits on Christmas 2021.
December 20, 2021 Israel moves to ban travel to US due to omicron variant concerns Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday announced that his cabinet approved a travel ban to the U.S. due to rising concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 omicron variant.
December 19, 2021 Outgoing NIH director says 'hundreds of thousands would have died' from COVID if US hadn't listened to him Outgoing National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins took aim at the makers of the 'The Great Barrington Declaration,' refusing to step down from calling them “'fringe epidemiologists' while arguing 'hundreds of thousands' would have died of COVID-19 if the country followed their advice
December 19, 2021 Cory Booker tests positive for COVID Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., announced on Sunday night he has tested positive with a breakthrough case of the coronavirus.
