Monthly Archives: January 2023

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has released the names of the Republicans who will serve on a pair of subcommittees as part of the GOP’s promise to launch investigations into the Biden administration. McCarthy in a tweet Tuesday announced the GOP membership of two select subcommittees on the “Weaponization of the Federal Government” and the origins of […]

The mother of a murdered 18-year-old who attended court on Wednesday wearing a T-shirt of her daughter’s mutilated body has explained why she did it.  ‘It was painful to show those images, but I had no choice,’ said Alessandra Verni, who has been seeking justice for her daughter for the last five years. Convicted murderer […]

[1/2] A medical worker prepares a dose of the "Cominarty" Pfizer-Bivalent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a vaccination center in Nice as a new surge in the COVID-19 outbreak starts in France, December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Eric GaillardJan 27 (Reuters) – Brussels is discussing with Pfizer (PFE.N) and BioNTech (22UAy.DE) the possibility of reducing the up to […]

Gunman kills one and wounds two others after storming Azerbaijan embassy in Iran ‘where his wife vanished eight months ago’ Attacker gunned down head of security at the Tehran embassy this morning He claims his wife has not been seen since visiting the embassy last year  By Jack Newman For Mailonline Published: 06:44 EST, 27 […]

A federal advisory panel Thursday discussed ways to simplify and routinize COVID-19 vaccines more than two years after the first shots became available. Well over 90% of the American public has now been infected, vaccinated or both, meaning that the level of protection against severe disease is vastly different than it was when vaccines were first introduced in […]

Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MDUK Health Security Agency press office today announced that in its interim advice to the UK government on the COVID-19 vaccination program for 2023, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that plans should be made for those at higher risk of severe COVID-19 to be offered a booster vaccination […]

Former Vice President Mike Pence‘s team didn’t start packing up his documents until after January 6, due to then President Donald Trump‘s insistence that everyone in the administration act like they were staying for a second term.  CBS News reported Thursday on why the ex-vice president’s aides got a late start in moving him out of […]

The unprecedented infectiousness of XBB.1.5 prompted renewed calls for public caution Friday from New York City health officials, who announced the latest omicron descendant, widely believed to be behind the latest case wave, now accounts for nearly three-quarters of all coronavirus circulating across the five boroughs.Calling the new strain “the most transmissible COVID variant we […]

February half-term ski holidays for hundreds of thousands of Brits could be ruined after French unions voted to shut down lifts during the school break.   The two major unions for seasonal and lift workers announced ‘unlimited’ strike action from January 31, as a dispute over pension reforms rumbles on.  Walkouts over the half-term period would […]

Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues Cynthia Cox Follow @cynthiaccox on Twitter , Krutika Amin Follow @KrutikaAmin on Twitter , Jennifer Kates Follow @jenkatesdc on Twitter , and Josh Michaud Follow @joshmich on Twitter Nov 30, 2022 The share of COVID-19 […]