October 13, 2021 Times Square billboard hammers Biden over forced COVID jabs: 'Hey Joe, time to let the mandate go' A billboard has popped up in New York City’s Times Square hammering President Joe Biden over his support of coronavirus vaccine mandates.
October 13, 2021 Vaccine mandates could lead to police and firefighter exoduses in urban areas In some cities across the country, fire department workers face being fired or sent home without pay for refusing to co-operate with city's fast-approaching COVID-19 vaccine deadline.
October 13, 2021 Bills' Cole Beasley deactivates Twitter account amid vaccine controversy Buffalo Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley has deactivated his Twitter account after using the social platform for months to voice his opinion against the NFL’s vaccine stance.
October 13, 2021 Flu season 2021: What to know As temperatures cool and students return to classrooms amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, flu season has arrived once again.
October 13, 2021 Fauci says COVID-19 pandemic uncontrolled as 66M remain unvaccinated With the U.S. averaging nearly 90,000 new COVID-19 infections each day and some 66 million Americans remaining unvaccinated, Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, said the country needs to gain control to approach normalcy.
October 13, 2021 Pennsylvania teacher allegedly threatened to shoot school officials over plastic COVID barrier A Pennsylvania elementary school teacher has been arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot district officials because janitors removed a plastic barrier he set up in his classroom to protect against the spread of COVID-19, reports say.
October 13, 2021 Semiconductors 101: Computer chips shortages lead to national security concerns An anonymous expert on computer chips, known as semiconductors, warns recent supply shortages present a major national security threat.
October 13, 2021 Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 booster shot bolsters immune defense, FDA staff say A booster of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine showed signs of significantly bolstering the immune defenses of study subjects, federal health regulators said Wednesday.
October 13, 2021 Ohio woman with stage 4 liver disease denied lifesaving transplant surgery over vax requirement An Ohio hospital denied a woman a liver transplant due to her refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine.
October 13, 2021 WHO announces committee to probe COVID-19 pandemic origins The World Health Organization (WHO) announced 26 proposed members to an advisory committee aimed to steer studies into the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic and other pathogens of epidemic potential.