October 5, 2021 NYC teacher vaccine mandate: Judge rejects employees' bid for temporary restraining order A group of 10 teachers and other public school employees had requested a temporary restraining order against New York City's COVID-19 vaccine mandate on the basis of religious exemption.
October 5, 2021 Atlanta 'machete man' terrorizes neighborhood, accused of squatting in house amid eviction moratorium Business owners and residents of an Atlanta neighborhood say they are being terrorized by a “Machete Man” who wields weapons in public and is accused of squatting in the neighborhood following an eviction moratorium stemming from the pandemic.
October 5, 2021 Vaccines linked to preventing over a quarter-million COVID-19 cases, 39,000 deaths among seniors: HHS study Department of Health and Human Services reports that COVID-19 vaccinations may have helped to prevent more than a quarter-million coronavirus cases and tens of thousands of deaths among seniors.
October 5, 2021 Orange County sees lower coronavirus case rate than LA County despite not having mask mandate: report Orange County, California, a non-mask mandate county, has a lower coronavirus case rate than neighboring Los Angeles County, which enforces mask wearing, a new report found.
October 5, 2021 'Long COVID' symptoms' cause may have been uncovered in new research Lingering COVID-19 symptoms may be caused by an overload of inflammatory cells “trapped” inside insoluble microscopic blood clots, according to researchers at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
October 5, 2021 Pentagon requires COVID-19 vaccinations for civilian employees by Nov. 22 The Pentagon is requiring that all civilian employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 22 – a move affecting more than 700,000 individuals.
October 5, 2021 FDA authorizes another COVID-19 at-home test The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Monday that it had issued an emergency use authorization for the ACON Laboratories Flowflex COVID-19 Home Test.
October 5, 2021 NYC teachers out of work over vaccine mandate, fight back with lawsuit: 'It saddens me' New York City teachers ousted from their jobs over the vaccine mandate fought back with a lawsuit.
October 5, 2021 Francis Collins, longtime head of NIH, to resign Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, announced his resignation Tuesday, saying he will step down from his post by the end of 2021.
October 5, 2021 Jason Rantz rips Dr. Fauci's 'ludicrous' remark about Christmas gatherings Seattle radio host Jason Rantz told “The Faulkner Focus” on Monday that it is “ludicrous” that Dr. Anthony Fauci claims it’s “too soon to tell” whether Christmas gatherings are appropriate.
