EPA People aged 56 to 59 in England are being invited to book their coronavirus vaccine from this week. Letters for people in the age group, offering them the vaccine, started being delivered to homes on Saturday. It comes after eight in 10 people aged 65 to 69 have taken up the offer of a […]
Rachel Maddow on Monday slammed ex-President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump for reportedly quietly receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in January during their final weeks in the White House, but then not making it public. “Why did they keep this information secret from the American public?” asked the MSNBC anchor. “I mean, sometimes that […]
“I just want to get it over with.” I admit this thought had crossed my mind many times in 2020, ever since first watching the SARS-CoV-2 virus rapidly spreading in China. Before cases were even reported in the United States, I remember telling my husband that people weren’t paying attention. He may have thought I […]
The vote on a South Carolina bill severely restricting abortion in the state grew heated Wednesday when almost every House Democrat walked out in protest of the extremely controversial legislation. The bill, which Republicans voted to move forward after wiping out over 100 proposed amendments, would ban doctors from performing an abortion on a patient if […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reportedly took months to release data on COVID-19 death toll among nursing home residents in fear it would “be used against us.” Health
[unable to retrieve full-text content] The AstraZeneca vaccine forms the bulk of the stockpile acquired so far by a United Nations-backed effort to deploy coronavirus vaccines globally. Health
This delicious dinner recipe is hard to beat. It can be hard to replicate KFC’s famous fried chicken; attempting to make it in your own kitchen never seems to work out. If you’ve ever tried and failed to make your own crispy, yet soft and flavorful fried chicken for dinner, you’re in luck. This recipe […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Here’s how avoiding others as COVID-19 spreads can become a bigger mental health problem and how to address it. Health
[unable to retrieve full-text content] On the day of my surgery, March 18, my hospital stopped allowing visitors. Health
Getty Images A special Crown Office unit set up to probe Covid-linked deaths is investigating cases at 474 care homes in Scotland, the BBC can reveal. The unit was set up in May to gather information on the circumstances of all deaths in care homes. Prosecutors will eventually decide if the deaths should be the […]
President Donald Trump on Sunday baselessly accused his own administration of inflating the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the U.S. as the pandemic’s death toll ticked past 350,000 nationwide earlier in the day. Trump, who has downplayed the threat of the coronavirus from the get-go, attacked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and […]
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Arguments over mask requirements and other restrictions have turned ugly in recent days as the deadly coronavirus surge across the U.S. engulfs small and medium-size cities that once seemed safely removed from the outbreak. In Boise, Idaho, public health officials about to vote on a four-county mask mandate abruptly ended a […]
Getty Images People with a history of significant allergic reactions should not have the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid jab, regulators say. It came after two NHS workers had allergic reactions on Tuesday. The advice applies to those who have had reactions to medicines, food or vaccines, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said. The two people […]
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) shredded Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for blithely featuring in an indoor event that could become a COVID-19 superspreader in Jersey City — and warned the health regulation-busting Republican to stay out of his state. “Matt — You are not welcome in New Jersey, and frankly I don’t ever want you back in […]
In an astoundingly emotional on-air tirade Friday, CNBC personality Rick Santelli sputtered and railed against the need to restrict restaurant outings and to wear face masks to help stem the surging tide of COVID-19 cases. He was disputed repeatedly in a face-off with “Squawk Box” co-host and New York Times financial columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin, who […]