Home > About > News > Statement from HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on CDC’s Recommendation of An Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Updated COVID-19 shots are expected to protect against the currently circulating Omicron variant, with our nation likely on a path where the majority of Americans without significant health risks can be protected against serious illness, […]
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Qatar World Cup 2022: FIFA officials tell police not to treat women as criminals if they report rape
Police in Qatar have been instructed not to treat women as criminals if they report rape or sexual assault. Officers have also been told that pregnant women should ‘not face any accusations’ in a bizarre memo distributed by officials. In hard-line Qatar, women are second-class citizens who can be blamed or even jailed if they […]
Continue readingCOVID-19 Vaccine Boosters vs. Third Doses: Frequently Asked Questions – Anne Arundel County Department of Health
Home / In the News / COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters vs. Third Doses: Frequently Asked QuestionsLast updated: May 23, 2022For some viruses, the protection we get from a vaccine starts to wear off over time. An additional dose of the vaccine may be needed to boost your immune response and make sure you are protected from […]
Continue readingHilo Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Defrauding Covid-19 Relief Programs – Honolulu Civil Beat
Carey Mills is the first person sentenced for Covid-19 fraud in Hawaii and must pay $937,575 in restitution to the Small Business Administration.Hilo resident Carey Mills, 47, was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday to 42 months in federal prison for wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the federal government of program […]
Continue readingRMT union baron Mick Lynch will meet transport secretary TODAY as Christmas strikes loom
Mick Lynch met Transport Secretary Mark Harper today but refused to call off the rail strikes set to cripple Britain over Christmas and the start of 2023. The RMT chief said his member are ‘once bitten twice shy’ after calling off industrial action a fortnight ago – but added that talks with Mr Harper this afternoon […]
Continue readingCOVID-19 cases have climbed in Virginia over the spring – Virginia Mercury
BA.2, one of three main omicron sublineages, is sweeping the world. (BlackJack3D/iStock via Getty Images Plus) Seven-day COVID-19 case averages in Virginia have been climbing over the spring, from about 700 cases a day in early April to nearly 3,000 daily last week. Hospitalizations, currently with a seven-day average of 573, have seen a comparatively modest […]
Continue readingBritish couple sue after falling ill on 'worst ever holiday' at five-star Cape Verde resort
Birds pecking at the buffet table, undercooked food, flies buzzing everywhere and the nausea-inducing smell of sewage aren’t what you would expect from a 5-star luxury hotel in Cape Verde. But this is what Anthony Hoban and his wife Lesley endured for ten days at the Riu Funana hotel on Sal Island during what was […]
Continue readingPosts Distort Misleading Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Data – FactCheck.org
By Catalina JaramilloPosted on October 28, 2022A rigorous vaccine safety monitoring system has shown that the COVID-19 vaccines are safe and only rarely have serious side effects. But an article shared on social media falsely says that CDC data show more than 18 million people “were injured so badly” by a Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 […]
Continue readingGlobal COVID-19 cases stabilize as deaths drop – CIDRAP
University of Minnesota. Driven to Discover.After a 5-week drop, global COVID-19 cases stabilized last week, though deaths continued to decline, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in its weekly update on the pandemic.Cases were down in all but one of the six world regions, with the biggest drop in African countries (-35%). Cases were […]
Continue readingWestern Australia: Inside of bikies' man caves exposed as police announce war on guns
Inside the man-caves of bikies: From Santa decorations to an Easter Island statue and LOTS of guns – a rare insight into how the bad boys of the road REALLY live WA Police issued several high-profile bikies with firearm preventions orders Police footage has revealed rare insight to contents of gangsters’ ‘man caves’ One was […]
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