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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 […]
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 Biden administration is restoring health care protections for transgender people. On Monday, per the Associated Press, President Biden announced that the Department of Health and Human Services had again affirmed that federal laws against sex discrimination also protected gay and transgender Americans. During the Trump era, notably, the previous administration had insisted on the […]
On Friday, Pfizer and BioNTech announced the initiation of the full FDA approval application process for its COVID-19 vaccine, saying data to support what’s called a Biologics License Application would be submitted on a rolling basis in the coming weeks. “We are proud of the tremendous progress we’ve made since December in delivering vaccines to […]
Some people who received the Johnson & Johnson shot experienced fainting or dizziness afterward, which the CDC now says was actually due to anxiety and not an issue with the vaccine. J&J is the only vaccine that calls for one dose. A new study from the public health agency reveals that similar temporary reactions have […]
The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for use, once again. According to the New York Times, United States health regulators ended the pause on the single dose shot on Friday afternoon, after an advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged officials to resume its use. The vaccine was one of three shots […]
The next time you want to add honey to something, you might want to think twice. According to a study conducted by Nature Communications, traces of radioactive chemicals from nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s can be found in American honey. The samples collected came from over 100 hives and soil samples all across the Eastern United States. […]
On Saturday, officials in the California city of Burbank resorted to putting a chain-link fence around a restaurant, the Tinhorn Flats Saloon & Grill, because it was repeatedly defying COVID-19 mandates. This move comes as demonstrators continue to rally on both sides of the issue, according to NBC Los Angeles. City police Lt. Derek Green […]
On Monday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made a declaration in which he asserted that the COVID-19 pandemic is “a long way from over,” due in part to “confusion and complacency,” and an overall lack of consistent public health measures. Nearly 800 million vaccines have been given out across the globe, but Dr. Tedros said […]
