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Doctors in India are battling a surprise wave of "black fungus" infections in coronavirus survivor's eyes, lungs, and brains.

Doctors Alarmed by Outbreak of “Black Fungus” That Infects Patients’ Brains

By Dan Robitzski

An unlucky young woman was mistakenly given six doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Massa, Italy.

Unfortunate Woman Mistakenly Got SIX Doses of COVID Vaccine

By Victor Tangermann

A doctor from a COVID task force to Brazil compared the country's horrible pandemic response to a "biological Fukushima."

Doctor: Brazil’s Horrible COVID Response Is a “Biological Fukushima”

By Dan Robitzski

The US birthrate dropped for its sixth straight year, with a precipitous drop in December births linked to the start of the pandemic.

The United States’ Birthrate Is Declining Rapidly

By Dan Robitzski

The Biden administration announced today that it supports the waiving of intellectual property (IP) protections for COVID-19 vaccines, as CNBC reports.

White House Supports Waiving IP for COVID Vaccines, Sending Pharma Stocks Tumbling

By Victor Tangermann

While millions of people are offering up their arm to get a shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, labs around the world are already working on the next generation.

The Next COVID Vaccine Could Come in Pill Form

By Victor Tangermann

As the pandemic begins its 15th official year, doctors are seeing severe cancer cases that went ignored for too long for one reason or another.

Severe Cancer Is on the Rise

By Dan Robitzski

An antimasker attacked two Asian women in New York City on Sunday, hitting one in the head with a hammer for refusing to remove her mask.

Woman Brutally Attacked With Hammer for Wearing Mask

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese law enforcement likened the burn off from its recently launched space station module to the mass cremations taking place in India on social media.

China Deletes Post Mocking COVID Death Toll

By Victor Tangermann

It may sound like an egregious flaunting of COVID-19 rules — but this massive in Liverpool, England, was in fact government sanctioned.

Scientists Hold Mask-Less Rave to Test Whether It’ll Spread COVID

By Victor Tangermann

A week after spreading dangerous medical misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, Joe Rogan kind of dialed it back and clarified his statement.

Joe Rogan Explains Anti-Vax Comments: “I’m Not a Doctor, I’m a F*cking Moron”

By Dan Robitzski

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COVID Is Killing So Many People in India That They’re Burning Bodies in Parking Lots

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists in Texas found a new coronavirus variant, BV-1, that seems to be similar to the highly-infectious strain from the UK.

Meet BV-1, the Newest COVID Variant To Be Terrified Of

By Dan Robitzski

A medical journal retracted a paper that claimed "current smoking was not associated with adverse outcome" in COVID-19 patients due to conflict of interest.

Paper Claiming Cigarettes Protect Against COVID Retracted for Ties to Tobacco Industry

By Victor Tangermann

At least 20 ventilated coronavirus patients died after an Indian hospital ran out of the oxygen it needed to support them.

Oxygen Failure Kills 22 in COVID Treatment Ward

By Dan Robitzski

Country musician, gun nut and staunch Trump supporter Ted Nugent tested positive for COVID-19 after repeatedly writing off the pandemic as a hoax.

Ted Nugent, Who Said COVID Was a Hoax, Catches COVID

By Victor Tangermann

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla says that we'll probably need a third vaccine dose and frequent boosters to optimize our protection against the coronavirus.

Pfizer CEO Says You’ll “Likely” Need a Third Dose of COVID Vaccine

By Dan Robitzski

A scientist who has long suggested that the coronavirus could have accidentally leaked from a research lab, maintains that the idea is worth investigating.

Harvard/MIT Researcher: COVID Definitely Could Have Leaked From a Lab

By Dan Robitzski

The FDA and CDC have called for a pause on the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine rollout to further investigate blood clot risk.

CDC Says Don’t Take J&J Vaccine While We Figure Out Clotting Risk

By Dan Robitzski

Despite widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccines, people in the US are still trying to track down drugs that weren't designed to treat COVID symptoms.

Good God, Please Do Not Take Ivermectin to Treat COVID-19

By Victor Tangermann

In a reversal, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has decided that vaccines are a good thing after all. Better late than never.

Elon Musk, Who Refused to Take a COVID Vaccine, Now Says Vaccines Are Good

By Victor Tangermann

Roughly one in three coronavirus patients are diagnosed with some sort of neurological or psychological condition within six months, according to a study.

A Third of COVID Patients Are Diagnosed With “Brain Disease”

By Dan Robitzski

Multiple research teams are working toward a vaccine that protects against every coronavirus at once, including COVID-19 and the common cold.

Scientists About to Start Testing a Universal Coronavirus Vaccine in Humans

By Dan Robitzski

Getting a COVID-19 vaccine can be exhilarating. Not only from the personal security, but also the experience of a public health program actually working.

People Are Experiencing a “Contact High” at Vaccination Centers

By Dan Robitzski

The death count as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has been astronomical — but there may be an even bigger threat facing humanity today.

Something Else Killed Three Times as Many People As COVID This Year

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study by the CDC, those who have been vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccines produced by Moderna and Pfizer no longer carry the virus.

Vaccinated People Don’t Appear to Spread COVID, and That’s Incredible News

By Victor Tangermann

World Health Organization investigators say it's "extremely unlikely" that the coronavirus leaked from a lab, but the WHO chief isn't satisfied.

WHO Head: We’re Still Not Sure if COVID Escaped From a Lab

By Dan Robitzski

COVID case numbers in the US have started to slowly creep upward, and that has CDC Director Rochelle Walensky deeply scared.

CDC Director Says She’s “Scared,” Begs Americans to Take COVID Seriously

By Dan Robitzski

Stanford scientists have posted the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines' mRNA sequences on GitHub for anybody to download.

Scientists Post Recipe for Moderna’s COVID Vaccine for Free Online

By Victor Tangermann

Here's what people want to do with their time as soon as they're fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and can partially reenter society.

After Their Second Vaccine Kicks In, This Is How People Are Reentering Society

By Dan Robitzski

President Joe Biden has announced that his administration has distributed 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in just 58 days.

Biden Admin Gives Out 100 Million Vaccine Doses in Just 58 Days

By Victor Tangermann

Preliminary research suggests that coronavirus vaccines might also serve as a treatment for persistent long-hauler symptoms.

Coronavirus Vaccines Seem to Treat Long-Hauler Symptoms

By Dan Robitzski

The marketing agency ICF Next promised employees a coronavirus vaccine. Instead, it was a surprise test on cybersecurity practices.

A Company Promised Employees Vaccines as a Phishing Test

By Dan Robitzski

The World Health Organization investigators probing the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic finally seem to have some answers.

WHO Investigators Think They Found Where the Pandemic Really Began

By Dan Robitzski

China has officially approved its latest COVID-19 vaccine, its fifth to be exact. And it has one special ingredient: ovary cells from hamsters.

China Approves COVID Vaccine Made From Hamster Cells

By Victor Tangermann

A woman in south Florida who was recently vaccinated against COVID-19 vaccine while pregnant may have passed on her COVID antibodies to her newborn baby.

Doctors: Woman Passed COVID Vaccine Immunity to Her Newborn Baby

By Victor Tangermann

A massive study found that walking speed seemed to help predict COVID disease severity and deaths, regardless of related factors like obesity.

Your Walking Speed Might Predict Whether COVID Kills You

By Dan Robitzski

The anti-masker woman who assaulted her Uber driver in that horrifying viral video turned herself in to the police and faces up to 20 years in prison.

Woman Faces Years in Prison For Coughing on Uber Driver

By Dan Robitzski

As new data on how coronavirus vaccines protect against different variants emerges, the South African strain seems particularly troubling.

This Particular COVID Variant Has Vaccine Experts Concerned

By Dan Robitzski

COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer AstraZeneca went on the defensive after countries halted the rollout of its vaccine over fears it may cause blood clots.

AstraZeneca Defends COVID Vaccine Against Blood Clot Concerns

By Victor Tangermann

A Kroger clinic in Virginia accidentally gave some people injections of air instead of the coronavirus vaccines they thought they were getting.

Vaccine Distribution Site Accidentally Gave Out Empty Shots

By Dan Robitzski

Victor Smith, a 91-year-old man from Ohio, accidentally got two shots of the COVID vaccine in a single day, local NBC-affiliated news station WLWT5 reports.

A Man Accidentally Got Two COVID Vaccines on the Same Day and It Was Not Good

By Victor Tangermann

As the vaccine rollout continues, a smaller proportion of people who catch the coronavirus are being sent to the hospital.

COVID Hospitalizations Are Plummeting With Vaccine Rollout

By Dan Robitzski

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can gather in small numbers indoors.

CDC: People Who Are Fully Vaccinated Can Gather Indoors

By Victor Tangermann

There are several major coronavirus variants spreading throughout the world. Here's what you should know about the most important ones.

Five Coronavirus Variants That You Should Know About

By Dan Robitzski

Given a choice, a surprising number of people prefer the convenience of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine over the increased effectiveness of the others.

People Are Obsessed With the Vaccine That Only Requires One Dose

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new survey, 69 percent of Americans either want or have at least partially received a coronavirus vaccine, signalling growing optimism.

69 Percent of Americans Want the COVID Vaccine

By Dan Robitzski

International travelers have had to endure something rather humiliating upon entering China at the airport: anal swab tests for COVID-19 as Reuters reports.

China Is Administering Anal Swabs to Foreign Visitors

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors are identifying patients who were simultaneously infected by multiple coronavirus variants, raising concerns about new mutations.

People Are Catching Two COVID Strains at the Same Time

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have turned their focus on treating the long-term effects of COVID-19 — including a long term loss of taste and smell.

COVID Stole Their Smell and Taste. Now They’re Getting Treatment.

By Victor Tangermann

President Biden announced that the US will likely have enough coronavirus vaccines to inoculate every adult in the country by the end of May.

White House Says US Will Have Enough Vaccine For All Adults by May

By Dan Robitzski

A study shows that the coronavirus can directly attack and kill heart cells, potentially settling a longstanding scientific debate.

Study: COVID-19 Can Kill Heart Cells

By Dan Robitzski

The governors of both Texas and Mississippi announced they will be lifting both states' mask mandates and rolling back COVID-19 health mandates.

Despite Rebounding Cases of COVID, TX to Open State “100 Percent”

By Victor Tangermann

The Archdiocese of New Orleans just issued a dangerous statement calling the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine "morally compromised."

Catholic Archdiocese Calls COVID Vaccine “Morally Compromised”

By Dan Robitzski

Preliminary data suggests that the coronavirus variant P.1 is capable of reinfecting people who already survived COVID-19.

New P.1 Strain Can Re-Infect People Who Already Caught COVID

By Dan Robitzski

Vaccination passports could allow immunized people to travel or re-enter society, but many people in already-vulnerable groups would be excluded.

Expert: Vaccination Passports Could Become a “Dystopian Nightmare”

By Dan Robitzski

Health officials in the UK are trying to get in touch with an individual who was infected with a new variant of the virus that originated in Brazil.

Officials Hunting For Missing Person Infected With New COVID Strain

By Victor Tangermann

New studies show that people who already recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies in their system get "robust" protection from a single Pfizer dose.

Single Pfizer Dose “Robust” For Those Who Have Had COVID

By Dan Robitzski

Moderna has announced it has created the first batch its new COVID-19 vaccine that protects people against a deadly new variant from South Africa.

Moderna Testing New Vaccine Designed to Protect Against Deadly Variant

By Victor Tangermann

Since they peaked in the middle of January, the number of new daily coronavirus infections deaths has been in consistent decline.

COVID Deaths Have Dropped Dramatically Since January

By Dan Robitzski

When scientists took a closer look at a baby with COVID-19, they found that the kid caught a previously-undiscovered variant and had a massive viral load.

This Baby Had 51,000 Times as Much Coronavirus as Expected

By Dan Robitzski

According to the FDA, the single-dose coronavirus vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson provides strong protection against severe cases of COVID-19.

The FDA Says That the Single-dose Covid Vaccine Is Highly Effective

By Victor Tangermann

A new variant of the coronavirus is quickly becoming the dominant strain in California, worrying experts, as the Los Angeles Times reports.

Rapidly-Spreading COVID Strain More Transmissible, Less Susceptible to Vaccines

By Victor Tangermann

Top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci put the United States' failure to reign in the virus into a global perspective during a Monday interview on ABC.

Fauci: The US Has Pretty Much Done Worse Than Any Other Country

By Victor Tangermann