Infectious Disease - Page 770

August 19, 2021

Will Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine recipients need booster too?

The plan for booster shots laid out by health officials on Wednesday applies to Americans who received both doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, but for the nearly 14 million who received Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose jab, the details are not yet clear.

August 19, 2021

Amid Afghanistan chaos, Biden asks for 'legal actions' against governors who ban mask mandates

President Biden on Wednesday said he's asking Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to go after states with bans on mask mandates in schools, up to and including taking "legal action" against them, even as a crisis rages on in Afghanistan.

August 19, 2021

Bills' Dion Dawkins on COVID battle: 'I just wish that I could have been fully vaccinated'

Buffalo Bills offensive lineman Dion Dawkins opened up Tuesday about the challenges he faced – mentally and physically – when he contracted the coronavirus.

August 19, 2021

Florida, Texas turn to COVID-19 antibody treatments amid new surges

Doctors are increasingly turning to antibody drugs in a bid to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed by a surge of COVID-19 cases, a turnabout after months in which the treatments went mostly unused.

August 19, 2021

Maryland school board's meeting on masks grows tense, security guards clear room: report

A school board meeting in Maryland about forcing students to wear face masks inside classrooms this year grew tense after some adults at the meeting refused to wear them, prompting a forced recess and more than a dozen security guards to clear the room, a report said.

August 19, 2021

DeSantis knocks Biden for ‘obsession’ with COVID mandates while Afghanistan, border ‘burn’

President Biden cannot give pushing coronavirus restrictions a rest even while Afghanistan falls in his wake, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis argued on "Hannity."

August 19, 2021

Washington state man claims hospital refusing transplants to the unvaccinated

A Washington state patient who said he will ultimately be denied an organ transplant due to his refusal to undergo a coronavirus vaccine injection spoke out on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Wednesday.

August 18, 2021

De Blasio instituting segregation in New York City with stringent vaccine edict: Tim Pool

Independent journalist Tim Pool told "Fox News Primetime" on Wednesday that New York City's vaccine mandate lacks exceptions for immunocompromised people and other potential ADA exemptions.

August 18, 2021

Geraldo hits Biden for 'pitiful' speech as Afghanistan crumbles: 'What the hell did COVID have to do with' it

Fox News correspondent-at-large Geraldo Rivera called out President Joe Biden for a “pitiful” and irrelevant speech instructing Americans about forthcoming coronavirus booster shots as a geopolitical and humanitarian catastrophe intensifies in Afghanistan under his watch.

August 18, 2021

Biden faces intense backlash for avoiding questions on Afghanistan following address: 'Unmitigated disaster'

President Biden is facing a huge backlash for not taking any questions about the ongoing turmoil in Afghanistan following his coronavirus address to reporters.