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The Biden administration informed Congress on Monday of its plan to begin winding down the COVID-19 national and public health emergency declarations with an end date set for May 11. The announcement comes in response to two House Republican measures pushing to end the emergencies immediately, according to CNN. “The wind-down would align with the Administration’s previous […]
80% of Canadian remote workers would prefer to look for a new job rather than be forced to return to their offices full time, according to a survey conducted by financial website HardBacon. The survey asked Canadians who work from home or remotely how often they do so and how they would react if their […]
President Joe Biden told Scott Pelley in his 60 Minutes interview on Sunday that the Covid pandemic is “over.” Biden and Pelley were walking through Huntington Place, the site of this year’s Detroit Auto Show, when the president was asked if the pandemic is over. “The pandemic is over,” Biden responded. “We still have a problem with COVID. We’re […]
Joe Rogan unsurprisingly voiced his support for the Republican party in the upcoming midterms during a recent episode of his podcast. Rogan, who pushed back against claims of being a “secret conservative” last month, pointed the finger at Democrats for their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “I hope there’s lessons learned in this because this is […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease expert, who rose to household name status during the COVID-19 pandemic, has announced he plans to step down as Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden and as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The 81-year-old shared the news on Monday and confirmed he will exit both […]
In a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker opened up about a deepfake Donald Trump film they developed prior to the pandemic. The movie, which would’ve been Stone and Parker’s first feature since 2004’s Team America: World Police, was a day away from beginning shooting before the world […]
California has become the latest state to declare a state of emergency in response to the monkeypox outbreak. California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the declaration on Monday as the state recently eclipsed 800 monkeypox cases, according to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The declaration will allow California to deploy personnel from the Emergency Medical Services […]
The World Health Organization has cautioned the public that the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over yet, and a new variant is spreading rapidly in America. As CNN reported, the novel coronavirus has continued to spread and a new subvariant of Omicron, BA.5, has been detected. The strain was first detected in July 2022, and is believed […]
Pfizer said Saturday its Omicron-adapted COVID-19 have shown a “high immune response” against the variant. In separate statements, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla and BioNTech CEO Prof. Ugur Sahin both expressed excitement over the latest data, which they say bodes well for the pair of Omicron-adapted candidates. “Based on these data, we believe we have two very […]
Children as young as six months old can now receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The New York Times reports that the CDC recommends parents get their children immunized, with the vaccines available to this age group on Tuesday. Kids from six months through five years old can get Moderna, and kids from six months through four […]
