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Just 12 People Are Behind Most Vaccine Hoaxes On Social Media, Research Shows
NPR - Sat May 15, 2021
Researchers have found just 12 people are responsible for the bulk of the misleading claims and outright lies about COVID-19 vaccines that proliferate on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. More»

Officials Find Antidote to Vaccine Hesitancy: Free Beer
Buffalo News - Sun May 9, 2021
The idea of getting vaccinated had been rolling around in the back of Tyler Morschs mind for weeks. More»

COVID-19 Is a Vascular Disease: Coronavirus’ Spike Protein Attacks Vascular System on a Cellular Level
SciTech Daily - Sun May 2, 2021
Salk researchers and collaborators show how the protein damages cells, confirming COVID-19 as a primarily vascular disease. More»

India Coronavirus Patients Suffocate Amid Oxygen Shortage And Devastating Case Surge
Associated Press - Sat Apr 24, 2021
SRINAGAR, India - Indian authorities scrambled Saturday to get oxygen tanks to hospitals where COVID-19 patients were suffocating amid the world’s worst coronavirus surge, as the government came under increasing criticism for what doctors said was its negligence in the face of a foreseeable public health disaster. More»

New Mexico Governor Signs Marijuana Legalization, Automatic Expungement Measures into Law
Norml - Mon Apr 12, 2021
Earlier today, Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed two separate measures into law amending the states marijuana policies. More»

Virginia 16th State To Legalize Recreational Pot
NPR - Thu Apr 8, 2021
Virginias Democratic-controlled Legislature passed a bill legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana on Wednesday, making it the 16th state to take the step. More»

Brain illness similar to Mad Cow Disease kills five in Canada - 43 cases reported
The Express - Thu Apr 1, 2021
Health officials have reported 43 cases of the illness in New Bruswick province, Canadian network CBC reports. More»

FDA warns people not to drink alkaline 'Real Water' linked to five cases of hepatitis
Daily Mail - Wed Mar 24, 2021
The Food and Drink Administration (FDA) has warned people not to drink alkaline water brand Real Water after a man suffered liver failure and had to undergo a transplant apparently from drinking the product. More»

Rural community in shock after Georgia raids clinic vaccinating teachers
NBC News - Fri Feb 5, 2021
ELBERTON, Georgia - A small Georgia city was still in shock Friday, days after state health workers raided the busiest medical clinic in the county and seized its Covid-19 vaccine supply because staffers had given doses to teachers. More»

'I really feel angry': Wellstar patients hit with massive bills due to liens
Becker's Healthcare - Wed Feb 3, 2021
Many hospitals - especially those belonging to large, wealthy health systems - increase revenue by using liens to bypass patients insurance and collect full charges from accident victims settlements, according to a February 1 report from The New York Times. More»

Dodger Stadium's COVID-19 vaccination site shut down after protesters gather
Los Angeles Times - Sat Jan 30, 2021
Dodger Stadiums mass COVID-19 vaccination site was shut down Saturday afternoon as dozens of protesters gathered at the entrance, stalling hundreds of motorists who had been waiting in line for hours. More»

California air quality agency suspends limits on cremations in LA county where COVID is killing one person every eight minutes
Daily Mail - Mon Jan 18, 2021
LOS ANGELES, California - Los Angeles officials have asked the regulator to lift the usual limitations on the number of cremations as deaths from COVID-19 cause bodies to pile up across the county. More»

Cannabis extracts may reduce the risk of dying from Covid-19 by stopping the immune system attacking itself
Daily Mail - Mon Jan 18, 2021
Some cannabis extracts may lower the risk of dying from Covid-19 by preventing a patients malfunctioning immune system from attacking itself, research suggests. More»

Florida data scientist Whistleblower Rebekah Jones 'turning herself in' to face new charge
Yahoo News - Sun Jan 17, 2021
Rebekah Jones, the fired Florida Department of Health data scientist-turned-whistleblower, said Saturday she will be "turning herself in" to Florida police on Sunday after a warrant was issued for her arrest. More»

Over 760,000 Pounds of Hot Pockets Recalled
NBC New York - Sat Jan 16, 2021
Nestle Prepared Foods is recalling about 762,615 pounds of select batches of Hot Pockets, the US Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced on Friday. More»

Colorado Republican Incites Violence Against Health Workers by Publishing Their Home Addresses
Raw Story - Thu Dec 31, 2020
The leader of the Republican Party chapter in Parker, Colorado has apologized after he declared "war" on public health officials and publicized their home addresses. More»

Wisconsin Hospital Employee 'Intentionally' Destroyed 500 COVID Vaccine Doses
Associated Press - Thu Dec 31, 2020
AURORA, Wisconsin - Police and federal authorities are investigating after a Wisconsin health system said an employee admitted to deliberately spoiling 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine. More»

Judge Threatened a Mother With Contempt of Court for Getting Her Child a COVID-19 Test
ProPublica - Sat Dec 19, 2020
Ohio juvenile court Judge Timothy Grendell has been outspoken about his belief that the COVID-19 pandemic is overblown. More»

Millions Of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Stuck In Warehouses Until Federal Orders, Pfizer Says
Huffington Post - Thu Dec 17, 2020
Millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are languishing in warehouses awaiting shipment instructions from the Trump administration — even as states are clamoring for them - vaccine manufacturer Pzifer said in a statement Thursday. More»

"We want them infected": Trump appointee demanded "herd immunity" strategy, emails reveal
Politico - Wed Dec 16, 2020
HHS science adviser Paul Alexander called for millions of Americans to be infected as means of fighting Covid-19. More»

Covid-19 vaccine: Allergy warning over new jab
BBC - Wed Dec 9, 2020
People with a history of significant allergic reactions should not have the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid jab, regulators say. More»

'It's a slaughter,' Doctors Say of New Coronavirus Wave
Yahoo News - Thu Nov 19, 2020
WASHINGTON - Saturday was supposed to see the University of Virginias football team face off against Louisville - but then the coronavirus got in the way. More»

Lawsuit: Tyson managers bet money on how many workers would contract COVID-19
Iowa Capital Dispatch - Wed Nov 18, 2020
A wrongful death lawsuit tied to COVID-19 infections in a Waterloo pork processing plant alleges that during the initial stages of the pandemic, Tyson Foods ordered employees to report for work while supervisors privately wagered money on the number of workers who would be sickened by the deadly virus. More»

Inmates help move bodies as they pile up at El Paso Medical Examiner's office
KTSM-TV - Sat Nov 14, 2020
EL PASO, Texas - An El Paso County Sheriffs spokesperson confirms that inmates at the County Detention Facility are assisting the El Paso Medical examiner with the overflow of bodies at the morgue. More»

U.S. shatters records with more than 100,000 new cases in a single day
Washington Post - Thu Nov 5, 2020
Months ago, the notion of the United States recording more than 100,000 coronavirus infections in a single day seemed inconceivable. More»

FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US healthcare system
Associated Press - Thu Oct 29, 2020
BOSTON, Massachusetts - Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a wave of data-scrambling extortion attempts against the US healthcare system designed to lock up hospital information systems, which could hurt patient care just as nationwide cases of COVID-19 are spiking. More»

El Paso County, Texas, imposes a curfew from 10pm to 5am as all hospitals hit 100% capacity
Daily Mail - Mon Oct 26, 2020
El Paso County in Texas has ordered a curfew between 10pm and 5am as the number of cases COVID-19 skyrocket and all hospitals reach 100 percent capacity. More»

COVID-19 Pandemic Has Claimed Far More Lives Than Reported
NBC New York - Mon Oct 12, 2020
Far more Americans have died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic than have been counted and reported, according to new research published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. More»

Leading Medical Journal Calls For End To Trump Administration
Huffington Post - Wed Oct 7, 2020
In a rare political statement from a scientific journal, the New England Journal of Medicine released an editorial Wednesday lambasting the Trump administrations response to the COVID-19 pandemic and calling on Americans to vote President Donald Trump out of office next month. More»

Deadly Microbe Water Warning Lifted for All But 1 Texas City
NBC New York - Sat Sep 26, 2020
Texas officials on Saturday lifted a warning for all but one Houston-area community to stop using tap water because it might be tainted with a deadly brain-eating microbe. More»

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