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July 6, 2021

WaPo urges US to 'get serious' on COVID origins after calling Wuhan lab-leak theory 'debunked' 'conspiracy'

The Washington Post editorial board is calling on the US to "get serious" about the origins of the coronavirus pandemic after the paper previously declared the Wuhan lab-leak hypothesis a "debunked" "conspiracy theory."

July 6, 2021

Former Planned Parenthood president wants Biden to push vaccine requirements for Americans

Former Planned Parenthood President Dr. Leana Wen wrote in the Washington Post on Tuesday that President Joe Biden should mandate vaccinations, asserting that getting the jab is not an “individual decision.”

July 6, 2021

Brit Hume: COVID 'as badly handled as any public policy issue I can remember'

Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume joined “Tucker Carlson Tonight” Tuesday evening to discuss the handling of the coronavirus pandemic among the elderly and the most vulnerable.

July 6, 2021

Biden admin launching 'door-to-door' push to vaccinate Americans, sparks major backlash

The Biden administration is launching a new "door-to-door" effort to vaccinate Americans after falling short of its Fourth of July goal of having 70% of the adult population with at least one shot of the coronavirus vaccine.

July 6, 2021

Washington Post calls for 'serious' investigation into COVID origins

The Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post wrote Tuesday about the need for a "serious investigation" into the origins of the coronavirus -- after the mainstream media spent more than a year either dismissing or casting doubt on the distinct possibility the virus escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan, China; rather than being the causation of a zoonotic transmission between a bat or a civet from a nearby "wet market" and a human.

July 6, 2021

COVID lab leak theory can't be ruled out without going into lab: Dr. Asher

Former State Department investigator Dr. David Asher spoke out Tuesday against a group of medical experts dismissing COVID-19 lab leak “conspiracy theories” in an article published in The Lancet medical journal. Asher joined “The Story” after recently testifying before House Republicans in a public hearing on the origins of COVID-19.

July 6, 2021

White House launches COVID surge response teams to tackle Delta variant

President Biden on Tuesday said the White House is launching “COVID-19 surge response teams” in an effort to circumvent another spike in coronavirus cases amid the rising threat from the Delta variant.

July 6, 2021

Back to work: What to do with your pandemic puppy?

As more employers issue return-to-office dates for staff, new puppy parents might be at a loss at what to do.

July 6, 2021

Alabama closes COVID vaccine sites as state demand plateaus

According to the Biden administration, the holiday was supposed to represent independence from the virus but some states have less than 50% of their population vaccinated.

July 6, 2021

Maryland court rejects Gov. Hogan's attempt to block federal unemployment programs

Maryland’s highest court has upheld a lower court's emergency order keeping the state enrolled in enhanced federal unemployment programs.