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June 15, 2021

COVID-19 origins: Reps. Stefanik, Wittman introduce legislation sanctioning top Chinese health officials

Reps. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Rob Wittman, R-Va., introduced a bill to take action against Chinese health officials as doubts remain about China's transparency regarding the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.

June 15, 2021

Sen. Ernst targets group, which funded Wuhan lab suspected as COVID origin, with grant accountability bill

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is introducing a bill aimed at holding organizations that take taxpayer dollars accountable amid the controversy over a group that had one grant suspended over its work with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), yet continued to receive federal funds through other methods. 

June 15, 2021

New York lifts remaining COVID-19 restrictions after reaching vaccination goal

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that all remaining COVID-19 restrictions "would be relaxed as of today" after the state reached its goal of vaccinating 70% of the adult population, but mask-wearing would remain in effect for some.

June 15, 2021

WHO advisory committee member on COVID coming from Wuhan lab: 'Coincidences are just too great'

A WHO advisory board member argued Tuesday that the COVID-19 outbreak “most likely” escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, telling “America's Newsroom” that the “coincidences are just too great” for the virus to not have originated in the Chinese lab.

June 15, 2021

US coronavirus deaths hit 600,000 as weekly fatalities decline to new lows

The U.S. recorded a grim milestone Tuesday with over 600,000 deaths attributed to coronavirus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. However, the news comes as weekly fatalities have declined to lows not seen since early on in the pandemic.

June 15, 2021

Boston Globe draws mixed reactions with piece on 'downside of ditching masks'

The Boston Globe was panned on Monday for publishing a piece that fretted over the "downside of ditching masks," with many social media users fuming that some media seem determined to keep normal life at bay.

June 15, 2021

CDC to label delta COVID-19 strain a 'variant of concern,' say vaccines 'effective'

EXCLUSIVE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday will announce that the delta variant of COVID-19 is a "variant of concern" in the U.S., but that two doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are effective against it, Fox News has learned.

June 15, 2021

US delivers 1.35M Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines to Mexico

A White House official confirmed on Tuesday that 1.35 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine had arrived in Mexico.

June 15, 2021

AstraZeneca antibody cocktail fails to prevent COVID-19 symptoms in trial

AstraZeneca’s antibody cocktail failed to prevent COVID-19 symptoms in trial participants recently exposed to the virus, the company announced Monday.

June 15, 2021

GOP senators demand COVID-19, Wuhan documents from HHS, NIH

A group of Republican senators is demanding a trove of documents on behind-the-scenes deliberation within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) about the origin of the coronavirus and the possibility it escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.