The FDA has confirmed that it “prefers” the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine over the Johnson & Johnson, if those two are available. 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 …

Navy commanders have been ordered to begin removing sailors who have refused to get the COVID vaccine. The Air Force has discharged 27 people for refusing to be vaccinated, making them the first people in the service to be removed for that reason. Like San Francisco and New York, Los Angeles has enacted a vaccine …

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, 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 …

Following deadly storms in the South and Midwest, Deanne Criswell, the FEMA administrator, has warned that severe storms might be the new normal. India forced the COP26 climate deal to change its language on reducing coal emissions, replacing the phrase “phase out” with the more milder “phase down.” The largest delegation at the COP26 climate …

According to a Reuters tally, the United States has reached 800,000 COVID deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. New COVID cases are on the rise, now topping out at more than 100,000 per day. Several states are ramping up contact tracing as omicron spreads, particularly in the Northeast. The virus may be spreading more …

The United States has imposed human rights violations on China, Myanmar, and North Korea. The move comes as a growing number of nations announce a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics. Japan has joined the diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics, joining a number of countries already doing so. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, …

A UK-based investigatory tribunal said that it had sufficient evidence to call Chinese treatment of Uighurs genocide. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, has announced that the nation will not send government officials to the Beijing Olympics out of protect for China’s human right’s violations.  The Biden administration, meanwhile, is also expected to announce a …

According to a recent study out of Japan, the omicron variant is 4x more transmissible than delta. New COVID cases are on the rise, now topping out at more than 100,000 per day. Several states are ramping up contact tracing as omicron spreads, particularly in the Northeast. The virus may be spreading more rapidly than …

The Los Angeles school board has made good on its vaccine mandate: 500 unvaccinated employees have been fired. Like San Francisco and New York, Los Angeles has enacted a vaccine mandate, but LA’s is much stricter. Most types of businesses and public buildings are covered by the mandate. Hospitalizations due to COVID are on the …

New COVID cases are on the rise, now topping out at more than 100,000 per day. 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 …

Ten people tested positive for COVID on a New Orleans-bound cruise, but all ten cases were asymptomatic. 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, …

The chief medical officer of Moderna has warned that omicron is a very concerning variant and that the Moderna vaccine may be less effective. The news sent the markets on a downward spiral, which is likely to get worse now that the US has its first reported case in California. The Canadian government has confirmed …