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June 15, 2021

Brazil: 41 COVID-19 cases connected to Copa America event

Brazil's health ministry has documented 41 cases of COVID-19 related to the Copa America, including 31 players or staffers and 10 workers who were hired for the event.

June 15, 2021

Sen. Johnson, suspended by YouTube for HCQ content, says early treatment of COVID could've saved thousands

Senator Ron Johnson, R-Wis., sounded off Monday on "The Ingraham Angle" after Google-owned YouTube handed down a suspension of his account because he posted a video that contained information about Hydroxychloroquine, a relatively cheap prescription medication used to fight malaria and lupus.

June 14, 2021

Live bats at Wuhan lab 'not a conspiracy' but 'fact' Sky News Australia journalist claims

A Sky News Australia reporter joined "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on Monday to share newly released video which appears to show the Wuhan Institute of Virology experimenting on bats.

June 14, 2021

Defective COVID shots given at Times Square vaccination site

The New York City Health Department sent out an emergency notice informing that 899 patients who received the COVID-19 vaccine at the pop-up COVID vaccination site in the former "NFL Experience" building in Times Square had erroneously been injected with expired Pfizer doses.

June 14, 2021

Organized religion 'decays' as political ideologies increasingly viewed in 'religious light': Niall Ferguson

Historian Niall Ferguson warned Monday on "Tucker Carlson Today" that society is increasingly applying religious feelings to political figures and ideologies as established religions have to God, which should be a dire warning.

June 14, 2021

Former Biden COVID adviser sparks outrage after claiming Americans could have 'sacrificed' more to stop virus

Former White House COVID-19 response adviser Andy Slavitt suggested on Monday that the U.S. could have handled the pandemic better if Americans had “sacrificed a little bit more,” drawing the ire of some viewers.

June 14, 2021

Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, flu shot coadministration likely ‘viable strategy,’ company says

Maryland-based biotech company Novavax on Monday announced its experimental COVID-19 vaccine remained effective when coadministered with an approved flu shot.

June 14, 2021

Delta COVID-19 variant doubles risk of hospitalization compared to Alpha strain, Scottish study finds

A study out of Scotland has found the Delta COVID-19 variant carries double the risk of hospitalization compared to the Alpha strain, particularly in patients with five or more comorbidities.

June 14, 2021

UK extends COVID-19 restrictions as Delta variant spreads

The U.K. will face another four weeks of COVID-19-related restrictions, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday amid concerns of rapid spread of a highly transmissible Delta variant.

June 14, 2021

UK to face ‘substantial third wave’ of coronavirus as Delta variant spreads, expert says

A top expert with the U.K.’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) on Sunday warned the region is approaching a third wave of COVID-19 infections as a highly transmissible variant first detected in India continues to proliferate.