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July 21, 2021

US life expectancy in 2020 saw biggest drop since WWII

U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since World War II, public health officials said Wednesday. The decrease for both Black Americans and Hispanic Americans was even worse: three years.

July 21, 2021

Fauci, Rand Paul trade 'lying' accusations about gain-of-function research in hearing on Delta variant

Top government epidemiologist Dr. Anthony Fauci and Sen. Rand Paul traded accusations of "lying" about gain-of-function research at a Tuesday Senate hearing, continuing the long-running feud between the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director and the Kentucky senator. 

July 21, 2021

Salt Lake City mayor, city council declare racism a public health crisis

Salt Lake City, Utah, Mayor Erin Mendenhall said on Tuesday she and the city council have signed a joint resolution declaring racism a public health crisis.

July 21, 2021

Ingraham doesn't believe the left's tactics will sway vaccine skeptics

Fox News host Laura Ingraham took aim at public health officials and the media for their constant COVID-19 vaccine coercion on Tuesday night's "The Ingraham Angle."

July 20, 2021

Hannity: Fauci, NIH 'may have played a role' in development of COVID-19

Sean Hannity slams Dr. Fauci for 'playing word games' when pressed on gain-of-function, Wuhan lab leak

July 20, 2021

Rand Paul: Fauci intimidates scientists from contradicting him because 'he controls all the funding'

Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY, alleged on "Fox News Primetime" that scientists who have come to disparate conclusions about COVID-19 or activity at the Wuhan lab than Dr. Anthony Fauci are silent because Fauci controls their funding.

July 20, 2021

Johnson & Johnson vaccine less effective against Delta variant: study

A recent study from researchers at NYU’s Grossman School of Medicines found that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine may be less effective in battling COVID-19 variants than vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna.

July 20, 2021

'The Five' reacts to Fauci's 'Clintonian' fireworks with Sen. Paul: 'Depends on the definition of 'is'

The panel on "The Five" compared National Institutes of Allergy & Infectious Disease director Dr. Anthony Fauci's fiery back-and-forth with Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., during a hearing Tuesday to the famously semantic defense made by President Bill Clinton during his impeachment deposition regarding whether he was having sexual relations with intern Monica Lewinsky.

July 20, 2021

De Blasio to mandate COVID vaccinations for public hospitals staff

Mayor Bill de Blasio will mandate that employees of the city’s public hospital and health clinic systems be vaccinated for the coronavirus — or submit to weekly testing for COVID-19, The Post has learned.

July 20, 2021

Former surgeon general says Republicans 'support' vaccines, but 'want transparency'

Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams told “America Reports” Tuesday that Republicans “support” coronavirus vaccinations, but the party just wants “transparency.”