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Three lab researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology were sent to the hospital with an illness in the fall of 2019, the Wall Street Journal reports.  Per the report, intelligence gathered by “an international partner” further raises suspicion brought on by a State Department document which claims that employees at the lab where the coronavirus possibly originated from were hospitalized with symptoms “consistent […]

Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to President Biden, fears that many Americans are “misinterpreting” the most recent update to the CDC’s guidance on wearing masks. Speaking with Mike Allen for Axios this week, Fauci stressed the importance of fully reading and absorbing the guidance, noting that the most recent update was meant to signify […]

Only 12 people on the internet are responsible for the majority of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter’s most popular misleading claims and lies about COVID-19 vaccines, research has found.  Imran Ahmed, the chief executive officer of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, shared that the 12 people— expertly coined as the “Disinformation Dozen”—produce “65% of the shares of […]

Just three days after the CDC announced that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask or physically distance in any setting, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, clarified Sunday that new mask guidance for vaccinated individuals does not grant permission for widespread removal of masks. “We are asking people to […]

The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are not only effective against COVID-19, but may also help prevent future pandemics. Researchers at Duke University came to this concluding after testing mRNA-based vaccines similar to the jabs used on lab monkeys. According to their findings, which were published in Nature this week, these variety of vaccines induced “broadly neutralizing” antibodies that appeared to protect against Sars-CoV-2—the infection […]

It seems Lollapalooza will return to Grant Park in the upcoming months. Sources tell Variety that the City of Chicago has given the go-ahead for the four-day music festival, which is expected to take place in late July at near-to or full capacity. The news comes as cities across the country take major steps in reopening, and just weeks after […]

A Florida man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in coronavirus relief funds. According to the Department of Justice, 29-year-old Miami resident David Tyler Hines is accused of falsifying federal applications to secure $3.9 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans, which were intended to help small businesses stay afloat during the pandemic. […]

Despite the academic school year coming to a close for many colleges and universities, schools still keep a tight eye on their students to combat COVID-19. Three University of Massachusetts Amherst students learned this the hard way after being suspended for attending an off-campus party without masks. USA Today cites that the three students were […]

A 23-year-old woman in Italy was accidentally given six doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday morning. She has since been discharged from the hospital after personnel monitored her for potentially adverse reactions.  The patient had no underlying conditions and is said to be in “good health.” Her hospital stay lasted 24 hours. She was let […]

The Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people in the United States between the ages of 12 and 15 years old, CNN reports.  An advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is scheduled to meet Wednesday to review the data provided by Pfizer, […]