Los Angeles County has reported 8,600 new COVID cases, doubling the number of cases from the previous day. Forty-eight people have tested positive for COVID on a Royal Caribbean ship, and 98% of them were vaccinated. Omicron has been detected in 89 countries, and cases are doubling every 1.5-3 days in places experiencing community transmission. …

Congress has passed a bill that would require companies to prove that their imported goods did not come from Uighur slave labor. President Biden has compared the Chinese treatment of the Uighur people to the Holocaust. A Chinese detective in exile spoke to CNN about the torture Uighurs have been subjected to in China, including …

Forty-eight people have tested positive for COVID on a Royal Caribbean ship, and 98% of them were vaccinated. Omicron has been detected in 89 countries, and cases are doubling every 1.5-3 days in places experiencing community transmission. According to a new study, the omicron variant is no safer than the delta variant, and it is …

According to a new study, the omicron variant is no safer than the delta variant, and it is five times more likely to reinfect people who have already had COVID. The Omicron variant grows 70x faster than the delta variant, which may account for its fast spread. In the final analysis of its COVID pill, …

A Florida man who threw a fire extinguisher at police has been sentences to five years, the longest sentence yet handed down in the Capitol riots trials. The move comes amidst a call for stricter sentences. One federal judge is consistently giving people who stormed the Capitol on January 6 more time than prosecutors ask …

  In the final analysis of its COVID pill, Pfizer says the drug is highly effective, even against Omicron, and it should be released before the end of the year. Before Omicron, Pfizer reported a 90% reduction in hospitalizations and death in high-risk COVID patients. In terms of the vaccine, Pfizer’s CEO announced that the …

Omicron cases are on the rise in Denmark and Britain. In the US, several states are ramping up contact tracing as omicron spreads, particularly in the Northeast. The virus may be spreading more rapidly than other variants because, researchers suggest, it may have picked up part of the Omicron variant. Belgium has confirmed a case …

Several states are ramping up contact tracing as omicron spreads, particularly in the Northeast. Belgium has confirmed a case of a new, highly-mutated COVID variant. The same variant has appeared in Hong Kong, as well. The variant’s spread has prompted the stock market to fall dramatically. Massive protests have broken out across Europe, its citizens …

Denver is nearing a record-breaking snow drought. In about a week, it will break a record set in 1887 for the longest span without snow––235 days. According to the annual Global Carbon Budget Report, the planet has eleven years to avoid dire climate scenarios. The largest delegation at the COP26 climate conference is affiliated with …

According to the CDC, COVID vaccines are five times more effective at preventing COVID than prior infection. Additionally, WHO data reveals COVID transmission is reduced by 40% among the vaccinated. And, coincidentally, seven doctors just got COVID at, of all places, an anti-vaccine summit. Starting December 15, any member of the US Army who has …

Belgium has confirmed a case of a new, highly-mutated COVID variant. The same variant has appeared in Hong Kong, as well. The variant’s spread has prompted the stock market to fall dramatically. Massive protests have broken out across Europe, its citizens fed up with COVID lockdowns. In the US, Florida Republicans have approved a bill …

According to WHO data, COVID transmission is reduced by 40% among the vaccinated. And, coincidentally, seven doctors just got COVID at, of all places, an anti-vaccine summit. Starting December 15, any member of the US Army who has not been vaccinated will be denied promotions and reenlistment. Like San Francisco and New York, Los Angeles …