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Two Florida women in their 20s reportedly dressed up as "grannies" to get the COVID-19 vaccine early, according to local Orlando news station WFTV.

Florida Women Caught Wearing Elderly Disguises to Get Vaccine Early

By Victor Tangermann

New coronavirus infections in the United States and around the world dropped by a significant number over the previous week.

Coronavirus Cases Around the World Are Finally Dropping

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new report, the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech is 93 percent effective after just one out of two doses.

Pfizer Says Its COVID Vaccine Is 93% Effective After Just One Shot

By Victor Tangermann

New York just sued Amazon over its failure to protect warehouse workers from the coronavirus and for punishing anyone who spoke out.

New York State Sues Amazon Over Coronavirus Protocols

By Dan Robitzski

Severe cases of COVID-19 might lead to the formation of growths called nodules behind people's eyeballs, but scientists aren't yet sure what that means.

Severe COVID-19 Might Lead to Strange Growths Behind the Eyes

By Dan Robitzski

A researcher has discovered "pretty clear" evidence of a new hybrid version of the coronavirus that resulted from two variants combining their genomes.

Two COVID Strains Appear to Have Merged Into a “Heavily Mutated” Hybrid

By Victor Tangermann

British scientists are cleared to begin a human challenge study on the coronavirus, in which volunteers are willingly infected in a controlled environment.

Scientists Are About to Give Research Subjects COVID on Purpose

By Dan Robitzski

The heart failure drug ivabradine seems to treat the long-hauler symptoms that can last for months after a coronavirus infection.

Doctors Find Drug That Seems to Treat Long-Hauler COVID Symptoms

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists identified seven new coronavirus variants that seem to have emerged independently of each other within the United States.

New COVID Strains Appear to Have Evolved in United States

By Dan Robitzski

As the pandemic rages on, the mental health and wellbeing of young adults and children is suffering to an alarming degree.

The Pandemic Has Shattered Young People’s Mental Health

By Dan Robitzski

Sister André, the world's second oldest person, fended off the coronavirus — and celebrated with champagne and a delicious feast.

World’s Second Oldest Person Survives COVID, Celebrates With Champagne

By Tony Ho Tran

In a chat with Derek Muller's popular YouTube channel Veritasium, Bill Gates said that the world is facing two big threats: climate change and bioterrorism.

Bill Gates Says the Next Horrible Virus Could Be Engineered by Terrorists

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study by researchers from the University of Oxford, the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine can fight the South African variant.

Study: One Particular Vaccine Protects Against Deadly New COVID Variants

By Victor Tangermann

Dr. Fauci says that clinical research on whether the coronavirus vaccines work on kids is beginning, and he hopes vaccinations will begin by September.

Fauci: We’re Now Testing Whether COVID Vaccines Work on Kids

By Dan Robitzski

According to CDC, people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can skip quarantine if they are exposed to somebody who tested positive

CDC: People Who Have Been Fully Vaccinated Don’t Need to Quarantine

By Victor Tangermann

World Health Organization investigators found evidence that the coronavirus outbreak in China may have started as early as October 2019.

WHO Investigators Find Evidence COVID Was Circulating in China Long Before Pandemic

By Dan Robitzski

Texas doctor Hasan Gokal was fired for giving out ten COVID-19 vaccine shots with only six hours remaining until the vial would have expired.

Doctor Fired for Giving Out Vaccine Doses That Were About to Expire

By Victor Tangermann

To prevent the spread of COVID-19 across its facilities, NASA is handing out Fitbit devices to 1,000 of its employees, including 150 astronauts.

Prosthetics and Devices

NASA Is Using Fitbits to Prevent COVID Spread Among Astronauts

By Victor Tangermann

The highly-infectious B.1.1.7 variant of the coronavirus could have mutated entirely within one patient, scienitsts suspect.

Mutated COVID Virus Evolved Inside One Person, Scientists Believe

By Dan Robitzski

Pfizer says that it will soon be able to cut the time it takes to manufacture a batch of vaccines from 110 days down to 60.

Pfizer Says It Can Cut Vaccine Manufacturing Time in Half

By Dan Robitzski

A team sent by the World Health Organization to investigate the origins of COVID-19 announced that it's "extremely unlikely" that the virus came from a lab.

WHO Investigators: “Extremely Unlikely” That COVID Escaped From Chinese Lab

By Victor Tangermann

U.S. Representative Ron Wright died from the coronavirus on Sunday, becoming the first sitting Congressperson to die of COVID-19.

Congressman Who Criticized COVID Lockdown Dies From COVID

By Dan Robitzski

Israel has at least partially vaccinated a huge portion of its population, but the country is finding that vaccines alone won't allow it to lift lockdown.

The Most Vaccinated Country on Earth Is Having Trouble Reopening

By Dan Robitzski

100 children in the UK have been hospitalized with pediatric inflammatory multi-system syndrome a week, a rare and dangerous post-COVID-19 disease.

Kids Are Getting Hospitalized With a Weird COVID-Related Disease

By Victor Tangermann

A study found that the death rate for coronavirus patients was nearly three times higher among people already diagnosed with schizophrenia.

People With Schizophrenia Vastly More Likely to Die From COVID

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists Are Sticking the Same People With Multiple Vaccines

Scientists Are Sticking the Same People With Multiple Vaccines

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists still don't know whether people who've taken the coronavirus vaccine can keep spreading the disease, so Pfizer began a new study.

Scientists Rushing To Learn If Vaccinated People Still Spread COVID-19

By Dan Robitzski

A boy in Florida died from the coronavirus just hours after his first symptoms began. His family hope it reminds others that anyone can catch the disease.

9-Year-Old Dies Hours After Falling Ill With COVID

By Dan Robitzski

Anti-vaxxers temporarily shut down the coronavirus vaccine center at Dodger's Stadium on Saturday, adding to the already hours-long lines.

Anti-Vaxx Mob Shuts Down COVID Vaccine Distribution Site

By Dan Robitzski

After a freezer storing coronavirus vaccines failed late Thursday night, healthcare workers scrambled to give out as many as they could before they expired.

Freezer Failure Prompts Madcap Vaccine Giveaway

By Dan Robitzski

Millionaire couple Rodney and Ekaterina Baker, who conned their way into getting coronavirus vaccines meant for an indigenous community, may be imprisoned.

Wealthy Couple Who Stole Indigenous Community’s Vaccine Could Be Jailed

By Dan Robitzski

Controversial new research suggests that COVID-19 has a notable negative impact on male fertility, making it harder to have kids.

Study: Catching Coronavirus Makes it Harder for Men to Have Kids

By Dan Robitzski

Johnson & Johnson shared clinical data on its single-shot coronavirus vaccine. It doesn't work as well, but it does offer crucial logistical advantages.

The Single Shot Vaccine Is Far Less Effective, But Still Pretty Good

By Dan Robitzski

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WHO Team Hits the Streets to Investigate COVID Origins in China

By Dan Robitzski

A facility that bottles the AstraZeneca coronavirus into glass vials was temporarily on lockdown today after a suspicious package arrived.

Vaccine Factory Locked Down Due to “Suspicious Package”

By Dan Robitzski

Health officials in China are testing for COVID-19 with anal swabs, citing limited evidence that the virus lingers in the digestive tract.

China Is Now Using Anal Swabs to Test for COVID-19

By Dan Robitzski

Overall numbers are still low, but more American adults now say that they would take the coronavirus vaccine than did last month.

The Number of Americans Who Want a COVID Vaccine Is Slowly Growing

By Dan Robitzski

President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he's committed to vaccinating 300 million Americans by the end of summer, an extremely ambitious timeline.

Biden Commits to Vaccinating 300 Million Americans by End of Summer

By Victor Tangermann

Yet another study suggests there's a strong condition between COVID-19 and a variety of psychiatric and neurological conditions.

Health & Medicine

More Evidence Links COVID to Mental Illness, Neurological Disease

By Dan Robitzski

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who once said religious amulets in his wallet would block the coronavirus, tested positive for COVID-19.

The President of Mexico Said Religious Amulets Would Protect Him Against COVID. Then He Caught It.

By Dan Robitzski

Out of 128,600 Israelis who had received both doses of the Pfizer vaccine, only 20 people had been infected by the virus.

People Who’ve Gotten Both Shots Simply Aren’t Getting COVID

By Victor Tangermann

A Canadian millionaire couple chose to skip the line and fly out to a remote Indigenous community to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

Millionaire Couple Steals COVID Vaccine Meant for Indigenous Community

By Victor Tangermann

A large group of diners attacked a Chili's hostess because the restaurant wouldn't seat them all at the same table during the pandemic.

Diners Attacked Chili’s Hostess for Enforcing COVID Rules

By Dan Robitzski

COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer Moderna claims its vaccine appears to work against two new highly transmissible variants of the coronavirus.

Moderna Says Its Vaccine Is Effective Against New COVID Variants

By Victor Tangermann

The nation's top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci believes we are weeks away from the approval of a single dose vaccine for COVID-19.

Fauci: Single-Shot COVID Vaccine Could Be Approved Within Weeks

By Victor Tangermann

In a national address on Friday, Biden said that the US is "expected to reach well over 600,000" coronavirus deaths. "We're in a national emergency."

Biden Predicts That More Than 600,000 Americans Will Die From COVID

By Victor Tangermann

According to UK experts, the fast spreading B117 variant of the coronavirus may increase the death rate by 30 to 40 percent.

The New Variant of Coronavirus May Be 30-40 Percent Deadlier

By Victor Tangermann

Top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci told CNN that Trump's bungled response to the COVID-19 pandemic "very likely" cost American lives.

Fauci: Trump’s Bungled COVID Response Probably Caused Many Deaths

By Victor Tangermann

Now Trump is out, meaning Fauci is in a position many people dream about: being able to publicly shred their former boss at a televised press briefing.

Dr. Fauci Just Absolutely Shredded His Former Boss, Donald Trump

By Jon Christian

In a number of new executive orders, president Joe Biden has called on Americans to wear masks in public for the next 100 days.

Biden Calls on All Americans to Wear Masks in Public For 100 Days

By Victor Tangermann

When Biden took office on Wednesday, he and his team quickly learned that the Trump admin. neglected to make a coronavirus vaccine distribution plan.

Biden Admin Shocked to Discover No Vaccine Distribution Plan

By Dan Robitzski

In a letter obtained by Reuters, Amazon offered to help president Joe Biden with the country's efforts to roll out the COVID-19 vaccine.

Amazon Offers to Help White House Distribute COVID Vaccine

By Victor Tangermann

Arnold Schwarzenegger joined the list of politicians and public figures who used their coronavirus vaccination to urge others to get vaccinated as well.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Gets COVID Vaccine

By Dan Robitzski

Vaccinating everyone on Earth still might not be enough to eradicate the coronavirus, which could spread asymptomatically behind the scenes.

Expert: We Could Vaccinate Everyone on Earth and Not Eliminate the Coronavirus

By Dan Robitzski

Public health experts weigh in on how, specifically, President-elect Biden can get the coronavirus vaccine rollout on track.

Here’s How Biden Could Save the Coronavirus Vaccine Rollout

By Dan Robitzski

The average life expectancy in the United States dropped more sharply than it has in over 40 decades thanks to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 Slashed the US Life Expectancy by More Than a Year

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are monitoring various species of wildlife to track whether the coronavirus can jump among different kinds of animals.

Scientists Systematically Hunting for COVID-19 in Wild Animals

By Dan Robitzski

A COVID-19 reserve held back intended to be used as second booster shots by the Trump administration doesn't actually exist, the Washington Post reports.

Report: Trump Admin’s Promised COVID Vaccine Reserve Doesn’t Exist

By Victor Tangermann

The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office is operated at nearly double its usual capacity, and officials are scrambling to find new places to store bodies.

Los Angeles Is Literally Running Out of Space to Store Dead Bodies

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists in Ohio found two new strains of the coronavirus, both of which seem to be more infectious than the dominant strain.

Two New Coronavirus Strains Emerge in the United States

By Dan Robitzski

Residents in Shenyang, China are being tested for COVID-19 by a plastic-wrapped robotic arm that is being remotely controlled from the next room.

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China Is Using Robots to Administer COVID Tests

By Victor Tangermann

Looking back at 2020, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in the United States. Coronavirus deaths outnumbered gun deaths, for instance, eight-to-one.

COVID-19 Killed Eight Times More Americans Than Guns in 2020

By Dan Robitzski

The activist group DC Marijuana Justice plans to hands out free bags of weed to people who get the coronavirus vaccine in Washington D.C.

Activists Plan to Hand Out Free Weed at DC Vaccination Sites

By Dan Robitzski

The Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California will be turned into a "super site" for COVID-19 vaccinations in the surrounding Orange County later this week.

Disneyland Will Turn Into a Giant Vaccine Distribution Center

By Victor Tangermann