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September 24, 2021

CDC director recommends COVID-19 booster for younger at-risk workers, defying advisory panel

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky late Thursday endorsed the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine booster shot for younger at-risk workers, which is seen as a rare break from the agency's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices panel.

September 24, 2021

CNN health experts cling to COVID restrictions, call for extending masks in schools, separating kids in 'pods'

On Thursday, two medical contributors for the left-wing network called for extended mask-wearing among children in the classroom, tampering the hopes of optimistic Americans who were just beginning to see a ray of light out of the chaos.

September 23, 2021

CDC recommends Pfizer booster shots

A panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine booster shots for people 65 years old and older, along with those at high risk of severe COVID-19.

September 23, 2021

New Wuhan COVID docs 'completely contradict Fauci' on gain-of-function claims, ex-State Dept official says

Newly leaked documents obtained by private research group DRASTIC "completely contradict" claims made by both China and American immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci about the reality of gain-of-function research being done inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology that may have caused the coronavirus pandemic, according to a former State Department COVID-19 investigator.

September 23, 2021

Team USA to mandate COVID vaccine for athletes attending Winter Games: 'Pandemic is far from over'

Team USA Olympians hoping to attend the Winter Olympics in Beijing next year will have to be fully vaccinated by December, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced Tuesday.

September 23, 2021

COVID-19 variant R.1 is ‘something really to watch,' researcher says

As the coronavirus continues to spread around the world, researchers are keeping a close eye on the R.1 variant in the United States. 

September 23, 2021

Janice Dean: Good riddance to Cuomo's "Dr. Knows Best"

Thursday Governor Kathy Hochul finally did something that should’ve been done more than a year ago.

September 23, 2021

CDC advisers try to work out the details on booster shots

With booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine now authorized in the U.S., government advisers reconvened on Thursday to tackle this question: Exactly who should roll up their sleeves right away?

September 23, 2021

Asthma organization warns of new social media trend using hydrogen peroxide to treat COVID-19

The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) has issued a warning about a concerning new social media trend in which people are breathing in hydrogen peroxide through nebulizers to treat or prevent COVID-19. 

September 23, 2021

Dr. Siegel on ‘America's Newsroom’: COVID booster shot will 'benefit' people over age 60

Dr. Marc Siegel joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to discuss coronavirus booster shots.