Infectious Disease - Page 717

September 22, 2021

Clay Travis: Fauci's prediction on college football games and COVID infections 'hasn't materialized'

With college students returning to campuses this fall, they're also returning to college football stadiums across the country.

September 22, 2021

GOP Nevada Lt Gov. hopeful aggressively thrown through metal detector at COVID meeting, video shows

A Republican candidate for Nevada’s lieutenant governor was seen on camera being thrown out of a local government meeting in Las Vegas, where a committee vote declared the spread of COVID-19 misinformation a public health crisis.

September 22, 2021

Vaccine mandates may keep a few Nets players off the court

The Brooklyn Nets have a roster full of shot makers: Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving among them. However, they apparently lack willing shot takers. Based on New York City’s recent vaccination mandate, several Nets players would be unable to enter Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, if the season were to start today.

September 22, 2021

Garth Brooks on performing at bars instead of stadiums amid coronavirus pandemic: ‘Dive bars are vaccinated’

Garth Brooks revealed audience vaccinations are the reason he opted to pivot his stadium tour into a dive bar tour.

September 22, 2021

Gov. Whitmer agrees: No mask mandates in schools and no vaccine passports in Michigan

Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state legislature have agreed on a budget proposal that includes language banning health officials from enforcing mask mandates in schools and preventing state public agencies from enforcing vaccines on employees or customers.

September 22, 2021

'Test to Stay': How kids can remain in school during a COVID-19 outbreak

Schools around the country have started using a “Test to Stay” protocol. The goal is to keep students who test negative for COVID-19 in school during an outbreak rather than send them home to learn remotely.

September 21, 2021

Brazilian president's son slams 'Marxist' de Blasio for warning father not to go to UN over lack of vaccine

Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of the Brazilian president, lashed out on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Tuesday against New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for warning Brazil's president not to attend the UN General Assembly due to his lack of COVID vaccination.

September 21, 2021

New Zealand police arrest pair trying to enter locked-down Auckland found with large amount of KFC

Two men found with a car full of Kentucky Fried Chicken and around $70,000 in cash were arrested as they tried entering New Zealand's largest city, in violation of its tough COVID-19 lockdown measures.

September 21, 2021

German gas station clerk murdered after refusing service to man who wouldn't wear COVID mask

A gas station clerk in Germany was murdered Saturday after refusing service to a man who wouldn’t wear a face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic.

September 21, 2021

Most women aren't getting regular tests for cancer, other dangerous diseases, survey shows

A new multiyear, global survey of women's health shows that most women aren't getting regular tests or screenings for cancer and other dangerous diseases that kill millions of people every year.