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The Biden Administration announced last month that free at-home Covid-19 tests will be available again on a government website. Testing kits will be available on CovidTest.gov, and each person can request four free kits. So far, the government is reporting robust demand for the kits. The government started handing out free Covid test kits in January 2022. According to the official site, the program has handed out over 755 million tests to two-thirds of American households. The site briefly stopped handing out testing kits on June 1 to save supplies. Covid cases are rising as the winter approac...
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President Joe Biden and his administration have banned funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology. An investigation determined that the facility is not up to U.S. health and safety regulations. Theories about the institution have been spread around the world, as many believe that the lab is responsible for leaking Covid-19. Republican officials have claimed that China manufactured the virus in this facility, though the U.S. intelligence committee has yet to verify the origin of the pandemic. The Department of Health and Human Services told the institution that it is looking to permanently cut...
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Donald Trump praised Democratic presidential nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a “very smart person.” The comment was made in light of Kennedy’s controversial stances on vaccine safety and the war in Ukraine. “He’s a very smart person,” said Trump on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures. “I know a lot of the members of that family, and he’s a very smart guy. And he’s a little bit of a nerve. And a lot of Democrats I know want to vote for him.” Kennedy announced his campaign for the presidency in April. Despite running as a registered Democrat, the son of the late Robert F. Kennedy has faced critic...
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Florida’s Surgeon General, Joseph Ladapo, changed language in a state-run study of COVID vaccines, suggesting that young men face a greater risk of cardiovascular diseases from mRNA treatments. Ladapo’s findings do not align with the greater medical community’s conclusions. Ladapo, who rose to national prominence during the height of the pandemic by questioning vaccine studies in op-eds for The Wall Street Journal and USA Today, is facing backlash from other doctors. Ladapo’s findings are in direct conflict with the Centers for Disease Control. The original document curated by Florida’s Depart...
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Two GOP Idaho lawmakers introduced a bill that would criminalize the use of mRNA vaccines in the state, which is the technology used in Covid-19 vaccines. If passed, the state code of Idaho would be changed so that those administering mRNA vaccines would receive misdemeanor charges. “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may not provide or administer a vaccine developed using messenger ribonucleic acid technology for use in an individual or any other mammal in this state,” the bill states. “A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.” The bill does not specify...
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Leaked emails showed that Dr. Mehmet Oz (R), who is running for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, encouraged former President Donald Trump to test hydroxychloroquine as a “potential pandemic solution” in March 2020. Hydroxychloroquine has been used to treat malaria, but studies have since shown that it is not an effective solution to the coronavirus. The TV doctor sent an email with a link to one of his show’s segments about hydroxychloroquine research to top Trump adviser Jared Kushner, according to the emails obtained by the Washington Post. “The President should acknowledge this desire for ...
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President Joe Biden tested positive over the weekend with a “rebound” Covid-19 case, but “continues to feel well,” according to the White House. Biden, 79, ended his quarantine period last week after testing negative but was quickly isolated again on Saturday. The President’s “rebound” case also comes after it was revealed that he was taking Paxlovid during his first bout with Covid. The medication, which was approved for pharmacies by the Food and Drug Administration in early July, has been known to speed up recovery only for the virus to return days later. Biden used the medication for the p...
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President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19, and the White House reported that he is taking Paxlovid, the medication that was approved by the FDA for pharmacies just two weeks ago, to fight early symptoms. “He has begun taking Paxlovid. Consistent with CDC guidelines, he will isolate at the White House and will continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced. The Biden administration has been working to increase access to Pfizer-produced Paxlovid, which combines two antiviral drugs and has proven effective in faster recover...
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The Food and Drug Administration authorized the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine to be used in emergency situations for adults on Wednesday, becoming the fourth FDA-approved vaccine in the U.S. The newest vaccine will be issued as a primary two-dose series three weeks apart. Pharmacies will be able to begin administering the Novavax vaccine shortly after it’s signed off on by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisers. They’re slated to meet on Tuesday next week. The vaccine could change the minds of the 1 in 3 individuals who have chosen not to get vaccinated. It was developed ...
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) will reverse his previous stance and allow healthcare providers to pre-order COVID-19 vaccines for children under five, the White House announced on Friday. “We are encouraged that after repeated failures by Governor DeSantis to order COVID-19 vaccines even after every other state had ordered, the State of Florida is now permitting healthcare providers to order COVID-19 vaccines for our youngest children,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. “We believe it is critical to allow parents everywhere to have the choice to get their kids ...
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