Brain illness similar to Mad Cow Disease kills five in Canada - 43 cases reported
The Express - Thu Apr 1, 2021
Health officials have reported 43 cases of the illness in New Bruswick province, Canadian network CBC reports. More»
FDA warns people not to drink alkaline 'Real Water' linked to five cases of hepatitis
Daily Mail - Wed Mar 24, 2021
The Food and Drink Administration (FDA) has warned people not to drink alkaline water brand 'Real Water' after a man suffered liver failure and had to undergo a transplant apparently from drinking the product. More»
Rural community in shock after Georgia raids clinic vaccinating teachers
NBC News - Fri Feb 5, 2021
ELBERTON, Georgia - A small Georgia city was still in shock Friday, days after state health workers raided the busiest medical clinic in the county and seized its Covid-19 vaccine supply because staffers had given doses to teachers. More»
Dodger Stadium's COVID-19 vaccination site shut down after protesters gather
Los Angeles Times - Sat Jan 30, 2021
Dodger Stadium's mass COVID-19 vaccination site was shut down Saturday afternoon as dozens of protesters gathered at the entrance, stalling hundreds of motorists who had been waiting in line for hours. More»
Cannabis extracts may reduce the risk of dying from Covid-19 by stopping the immune system attacking itself
Daily Mail - Mon Jan 18, 2021
Some cannabis extracts may lower the risk of dying from Covid-19 by preventing a patient's malfunctioning immune system from attacking itself, research suggests. More»
California air quality agency suspends limits on cremations in LA county where COVID is killing one person every eight minutes
Daily Mail - Mon Jan 18, 2021
LOS ANGELES, California - Los Angeles officials have asked the regulator to lift the usual limitations on the number of cremations as deaths from COVID-19 cause bodies to pile up across the county. More»
Florida data scientist Whistleblower Rebekah Jones 'turning herself in' to face new charge
Yahoo News - Sun Jan 17, 2021
Rebekah Jones, the fired Florida Department of Health data scientist-turned-whistleblower, said Saturday she will be "turning herself in" to Florida police on Sunday after a warrant was issued for her arrest. More»
Colorado Republican Incites Violence Against Health Workers by Publishing Their Home Addresses
Raw Story - Thu Dec 31, 2020
The leader of the Republican Party chapter in Parker, Colorado has apologized after he declared "war" on public health officials and publicized their home addresses. More»
Wisconsin Hospital Employee 'Intentionally' Destroyed 500 COVID Vaccine Doses
Associated Press - Thu Dec 31, 2020
AURORA, Wisconsin - Police and federal authorities are investigating after a Wisconsin health system said an employee admitted to deliberately spoiling 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine. More»
Judge Threatened a Mother With Contempt of Court for Getting Her Child a COVID-19 Test
ProPublica - Sat Dec 19, 2020
Ohio juvenile court Judge Timothy Grendell has been outspoken about his belief that the COVID-19 pandemic is overblown. More»
Millions Of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Stuck In Warehouses Until Federal Orders, Pfizer Says
Huffington Post - Thu Dec 17, 2020
Millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are languishing in warehouses awaiting shipment instructions from the Trump administration — even as states are clamoring for them - vaccine manufacturer Pzifer said in a statement Thursday. More»
Covid-19 vaccine: Allergy warning over new jab
BBC - Wed Dec 9, 2020
People with a history of significant allergic reactions should not have the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid jab, regulators say. More»
'It's a slaughter,' Doctors Say of New Coronavirus Wave
Yahoo News - Thu Nov 19, 2020
WASHINGTON - Saturday was supposed to see the University of Virginia's football team face off against Louisville - but then the coronavirus got in the way. More»
Lawsuit: Tyson managers bet money on how many workers would contract COVID-19
Iowa Capital Dispatch - Wed Nov 18, 2020
A wrongful death lawsuit tied to COVID-19 infections in a Waterloo pork processing plant alleges that during the initial stages of the pandemic, Tyson Foods ordered employees to report for work while supervisors privately wagered money on the number of workers who would be sickened by the deadly virus. More»
U.S. shatters records with more than 100,000 new cases in a single day
Washington Post - Thu Nov 5, 2020
Months ago, the notion of the United States recording more than 100,000 coronavirus infections in a single day seemed inconceivable. More»
El Paso County, Texas, imposes a curfew from 10pm to 5am as all hospitals hit 100% capacity
Daily Mail - Mon Oct 26, 2020
El Paso County in Texas has ordered a curfew between 10pm and 5am as the number of cases COVID-19 skyrocket and all hospitals reach 100 percent capacity. More»
COVID-19 Pandemic Has Claimed Far More Lives Than Reported
NBC New York - Mon Oct 12, 2020
Far more Americans have died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic than have been counted and reported, according to new research published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. More»
Deadly Microbe Water Warning Lifted for All But 1 Texas City
NBC New York - Sat Sep 26, 2020
Texas officials on Saturday lifted a warning for all but one Houston-area community to stop using tap water because it might be tainted with a deadly brain-eating microbe. More»
Post-COVID Heart Damage Alarms Researchers
Yahoo News - Fri Sep 11, 2020
Shelby Hedgecock contracted the coronavirus in April and thought she had fought through the worst of it - the intense headaches, severe gastrointestinal distress and debilitating fatigue - but early last month she started experiencing chest pain and a pounding heartbeat. More»
American Airlines to lay off 17,500 front-line workers due to coronavirus travel slump
USA Today - Tue Aug 25, 2020
American Airlines warned in July that it would have to lay off up to 25,000 flight attendants, pilots and other front-line workers this fall due to the steep decline in travel brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. More»
NYC Preparing to Lay Off 'Hundreds' of EMTs Amid COVID Budget Crisis
WNBC-TV - Wed Aug 19, 2020
The FDNY EMS union said that City Hall is looking to eliminate 400 emergency medical response jobs, just months after first responders were dealing with call volumes as high as 6,500 a day during the peak of the pandemic. More»
Memphis woman, 56, still recovering from COVID-19 after a hospital stay is evicted from her home over her mother-in-law's medical debt
Daily Mail - Sun Aug 9, 2020
A Memphis woman who is recovering from COVID-19 was evicted from her home last week over medical debt belonging to her mother-in-law. More»
Three-Quarters of Adults With COVID-19 Have Heart Damage
UPI - Thu Aug 6, 2020
Seventy-eight percent of people diagnosed with COVID-19 showed evidence of heart damage caused by the disease weeks after they have recovered, according to a study published Monday by JAMA Cardiology. More»
More Than 600 Sickened by Bagged Salad Mixes
WRC-TV - Sat Jul 25, 2020
The number of people sickened by a parasite infection linked to Fresh Express bagged salad mixes has risen to 641 cases in 11 states, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. More»
Georgia Hospital Worker Sounds Alarm: 'I Have Never Ever Seen Anything Like This'
NPR - Fri Jul 17, 2020
The emergency room overflowed with patients. More»
US Coronavirus Data Has Already Disappeared After Trump Shifted Control From CDC
WNBC-TV - Thu Jul 16, 2020
Previously public data has already disappeared from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website after the Trump administration quietly shifted control of the information to the Department of Health and Human Services. More»
Trump Orders Hospitals Not To Provide COVID Data To CDC
New York Times - Wed Jul 15, 2020
The Trump administration has ordered hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and, beginning on Wednesday, send all coronavirus patient information to a central database in Washington - a move that has alarmed public health experts who fear the data will be distorted for political gain. More»
Trump Sending Military to Hospitals to "Oversee" COVID-19 Data
Daily KOS - Wed Jul 15, 2020
There are a number of jobs that the National Guard has been trained to perform. More»
Alabama students throwing 'COVID parties' to see who gets infected
ABC - Thu Jul 2, 2020
Students in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 have been attending parties in the city and surrounding area as part of a disturbing contest to see who can catch the virus first, a city council member told ABC News on Wednesday. More»
Two Friends in Texas Were Tested for Coronavirus. One Bill Was $199. The Other? $6,408.
New York Times - Mon Jun 29, 2020
Before a camping and kayaking trip along the Texas Coast, Pam LeBlanc and Jimmy Harvey decided to get coronavirus tests. More»