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June 22, 2021

White House to narrowly miss 70% COVID vaccination goal by July 4

The White House is expected to fall short of President Biden’s goal of partially vaccinating 70% of adults ages 27 and up against COVID-19 by July 4, but officials told Fox News Tuesday that the Biden administration has already met its target of delivering at least one dose to 70% of adults ages 30 and up.

June 22, 2021

Rubio on GOP bill to sanction Chinese health officials: 'Next great pandemic' could be in China lab right now

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., advocated for a new GOP-led bill to sanction Chinese health officials on 'Fox & Friends' Tuesday and said that, without proper action, another pandemic could occur.

June 22, 2021

New Yorker mag lionizes Fauci in political cartoon as 'America's lifeguard,' Twitter cringes

The New Yorker has taken glorifying Dr. Anthony Fauci to a whole new level with a political cartoon that is raising eyebrows on social media.

June 22, 2021

Australian prison to be evacuated due to plague of mice

A plague of mice that has ravaged vast swathes of eastern Australia has forced the evacuation of a prison while authorities repair gnawed electrical wiring and clear dead and decaying mice from walls and ceilings.

June 22, 2021

Eating disorders surged among adolescents in pandemic

Experts across the country who treat eating disorders in adolescents and young adults say they are seeing unprecedented demand for treatment that arose during the pandemic.

June 22, 2021

US hits encouraging milestones on virus deaths and shots

COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have dipped below 300 a day for the first time since the early days of the disaster in March 2020, while the drive to put shots in arms hit another encouraging milestone Monday: 150 million Americans fully vaccinated.

June 22, 2021

Nursing home deaths up 32% in 2020 amid pandemic, watchdog says

Deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by 32% last year, with two devastating spikes eight months apart, a government watchdog reported Tuesday in the most comprehensive look yet at the ravages of COVID-19 among its most vulnerable victims.

June 22, 2021

Daszak ‘recused’ from Lancet’s COVID-19 commission

The Lancet, a respected British medical journal, updated the profiles of members on its COVID-19 Commission and said Peter Daszak, the president of EcoHealth Alliance, has been “recused” from working on the origins of the pandemic.

June 22, 2021

Ingraham: The American people and red state govs, not Biden, Fauci, led US out of COVID lockdown gloom

In her "Ingraham Angle" on Monday, Laura Ingraham pointed out there are increasingly more about-faces on the part of the government recently when it comes to retracting coronavirus-induced lockdowns.

June 22, 2021

Almost 4,000 fully vaccinated people in Massachusetts have tested positive for COVID-19

Nearly 4,000 fully vaccinated people in Massachusetts have tested positive for COVID-19, according to data this month from the state Department of Public Health.