Pfizer and BioNTech on Friday said they are delaying their request for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize their coronavirus vaccine for children under five years old, because there’s not enough data…
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CDC: More vaccinated adults hospitalized with omicron, but fewer admitted to ICU
A higher proportion of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 during the period of omicron dominance were fully vaccinated compared to the period of delta dominance, according to a new analysis, but those people were als…
Paul promises investigation of Fauci if Republicans take Senate
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he plans to subpoena Anthony Fauci’s records if Republicans retake the Senate in November’s midterm elections and he becomes chairman of a committee.Paul stands to become ch…
White House dismisses DeSantis calls to reverse decision on antibody therapies that don’t work
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday dismissed criticism from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and other Republicans who are demanding the Biden administration continue to allow states to use a COVID-19 tre…
Kemp sues Biden administration over Medicaid work requirements
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) is suing the Biden administration to force the reinstatement of the state’s Medicaid waiver.The plan, which was approved in the final days of the Trump administration but ha…
Supreme Court handcuffs Biden on vaccinations
The Supreme Court’s ruling against vaccine-or-test rules for businesses dealt a major blow to the Biden administration’s efforts to combat the pandemic, leaving them without many more tools to boost the number of people v…
Supreme Court blocks Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate for employers
The Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers but upheld the vaccine-only mandate for health care providers.The court ruled 6-3 against the…
Fauci clashes with Paul, says attacks kindle ‘the crazies’
White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci accused Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) of putting him in danger with personal attacks during the pair’s latest clash on Tuesday.During a Senate Health Committee hearing on th…
Omicron threatens to upend classrooms
The omicron variant is posing the biggest challenge for schools to date, threatening in-person learning and upending a year where classrooms have mostly remained open.Some major school districts shifted to remote l…
CDC reports record number of child COVID-19 hospitalizations
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky reported Friday that there have been a record number of pediatric hospitalizations due to COVID-19 and announced new i…