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In an effort to reinstate COVID-19 travel restrictions, the European Union is set to remove the United States from its safe travel list. According to the New York Times, the E.U. Council will on Monday announce its decision to take six countries off its non-binding list: the U.S., Kosovo, Israel, Montenegro, Lebanon and North Macedonia. As a result, citizens of the aforementioned […]
The rising death toll from COVID-19 has put a serious strain on two Oregon counties—so much that officials have sought refrigerated trucks to store the bodies of deceased patients. Associated Press reports Tillamook County and Josephine County requested the trucks on Friday, as the United States experiences an alarming surge in Delta variant cases and COVID hospitalizations. The former county […]
Shortly before Kanye West hosted his Donda listening event in Chicago, organizers confirmed attendees would not be required to show proof of vaccinations or negative test results. However, the venue said it had secured over a thousand doses of the Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer vaccines for those who wished to receive a shot at the event. “Soldier Field […]
A GOP lawmaker has deleted an ill-conceived tweet that compared COVID vaccine mandates to the Holocaust. As pointed out by the Daily Beast, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky) removed the post Wednesday night, following widespread backlash. The post in question featured a meme that suggested vaccine passports were similar to the identification tattoos forced upon prisoners in concentration camps. […]
COVID-19 regulations are still becoming an increasingly controversial point of contention. Yet a new study by the AP indicates the majority of Americans are in favor of mandatory vaccines. A poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that 59 percent of remote workers support vaccine requirements in their own workplaces, compared to 47 percent of people who are currently working in […]
With the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine now having received full approval from the FDA, the hope among health experts is that many of those who have thus far refused to get vaccinated will finally see the light. In fact, as Dr. Anthony Fauci explained on Monday, COVID-19 could be under much better control by the first half of […]
Authorities in California are searching for a man they say attacked two vaccination clinic workers over the weekend. The attack occurred at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic that had been set up at the site of the former Santa Clarita Senior Center, per a regional NBC report from Christine Kim. Around 4:30 local time on Saturday, […]
Phil Valentine, a Tennessee radio host who expressed skepticism over vaccines, has died from COVID-19 complications. SuperTalk 99.7 WTN confirmed the news on social media Saturday, more than a month after the conservative media personality announced his COVID diagnosis. “We are extremely saddened to report that our host and friend Phil Valentine has passed away,” the station wrote. “Please keep […]
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and his wife, 77-year-old Jacqueline, have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19. Jackson’s activist organization the Rainbow PUSH Coalition announced the news in a statement to WMAQ-TV on Saturday, confirming the couple was being treated at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. The nonprofit didn’t provide any more information about the Jacksons’ conditions. “Doctors […]
The University of Virginia has disenrolled more than 230 students for not complying with the school’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement. The Virginian-Pilot reports 238 students, including 49 who were enrolled in fall courses, were disenrolled after “receiving multiple reminders via email, text, phone calls, calls to parents that they were out of compliance.” Approximately 96.6 percent of the UVA student body is fully vaccinated […]
