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June 21, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy puts India’s gains against virus at risk

In Jamsoti, a village tucked deep inside India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, the common refrain among the villagers is that the coronavirus spreads only in cities. The deadly infection, they believe, does not exist in villages.

June 21, 2021

Blood shortage forces New England surgery delay

Some New England hospitals are delaying or rescheduling surgeries because of a shortage of blood donations during the pandemic.

June 21, 2021

Fauci denies scientists 'deliberately suppressed' lab theory

Dr. Anthony Fauci claimed Wednesday on “CBS This Morning” that scientists did not "deliberately" suppress information regarding theories that the coronavirus originated from a laboratory.

June 20, 2021

Fauci doubles down on claim that attacking him is an attack on science

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top disease expert in the U.S., appeared to double down on recent comments he made that attacks on him are essentially attacks on science.

June 20, 2021

Steve Scalise accuses Pelosi of ‘Soviet-style cover-up’ of COVID-19 origins

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., had some fiery words for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi while speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition, accusing her of thwarting efforts to investigate the truth origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

June 20, 2021

Kevin McCarthy calls for declassification of COVID origins intelligence: 'Let the entire world know'

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy called for the declassification of the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into the origins of COVID-19 during an appearance on “Sunday Night America.”

June 20, 2021

Biden admin showing 'empty rhetoric' on China as questions remain about origins of COVID-19: Ratcliffe

Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has blasted the Biden administration for its "empty rhetoric" in a new report about China that fails to mention any question of the origins of COVID-19. 

June 20, 2021

Rep. Mike Gallagher: Truth on COVID, China – here's why world needs answers about what happened at Wuhan

Just like the Soviet Union during the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown, from the earliest days of the pandemic when the virus emerged in Wuhan, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has engaged in a concerted campaign to pile lies on top of lies about the virus and its origins.  

June 20, 2021

As Brazil tops 500K COVID-19 deaths, protests rage against President Jair Bolsonaro

Anti-government protesters took to the streets in more than a score of cities across Brazil on Saturday as the nation’s confirmed death toll from COVID-19 soared past half a million — a tragedy many critics blame on President Jair Bolsonaro’s attempt to minimize the disease.

June 20, 2021

Delta variant cases rising in U.S., Midwest showing higher rate than national average

The Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to spread through the U.S., with Missouri and Kansas seeing high transmission as vaccination efforts remain sluggish in some parts of the country.