Marjorie Taylor Greene Promotes “Measles Parties” for Kids Amid Deadly Outbreaks
AlterNet - Sun Mar 9, 2025
Measles can cause brain swelling and pneumonia. More»
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Confirmed in Commercial Poultry Flock in Georgia, All Poultry Activities in Georgia Suspended
GA Department of Agriculture - Fri Jan 17, 2025
Today, the Georgia Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed a positive case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a commercial poultry operation located in Elbert County, Georgia. More»
Bird Flock Tests Positive for Bird Flu in Atlanta
WSB-TV - Mon Jan 13, 2025
CLAYTON COUNTY, Georgia — A case of avian influenza has been confirmed in a small backyard flock of birds in Georgia. More»
New ‘Pirola’ variant of COVID is spreading fast, has experts concerned
New York Post - Fri Sep 1, 2023
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise nationwide, a new variant dubbed “Pirola” has experts worried. More»
FDA Removes 1,100 Dead Rodents From Arkansas Family Dollar Facility
Associated Press - Sat Feb 19, 2022
WEST MEMPHIS, Arkansas - More than 1,000 rodents were found inside a Family Dollar distribution facility in Arkansas, the US Food and Drug Administration said on Friday as the chain issued a voluntary recall on items purchased from hundreds of stores across the US south. More»
Stop Using These Baby Formulas, the FDA Says, After 4 Infants Are Hospitalized, 1 Died
NPR - Sat Feb 19, 2022
The US Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers not to use some powdered baby formulas after identifying four bacterial infections linked to the products. More»
Oklahoma ICU Locks Down, Files Restraining Order Against Evangelical Church Leader
Daily Kos - Fri Feb 18, 2022
Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City has had to increase security, lock down their intensive care unit, and file a restraining order, all because of an Oklahoma church group that had been protesting the care and treatment of one of their members for COVID-19. More»
Metro Atlanta Doctors Paint a Bleak Picture of Omicron's Toll
Marietta Daily Journal - Sat Jan 22, 2022
As they did five months ago when the delta variant was ravaging Georgia, doctors from six of metro Atlanta's largest healthcare providers joined forces Thursday to pull back the curtain on the toll omicron is now taking on their hospitals. More»
Florida Health Official Put on Leave After Encouraging Staff to Get Covid Vaccine
The Guardian - Wed Jan 19, 2022
A health official who helped lead Florida’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been put on administrative leave as state officials investigate whether he tried to compel employees to get vaccinated. More»
Desperate Hospitals Asking Covid Infected Staff to Return
Politico - Mon Jan 17, 2022
Hospitals and long-term care facilities are so short staffed that many are compelling Covid-positive doctors and nurses to return to work, arguing that bringing back asymptomatic or even symptomatic staff is the only way they can keep their doors open amid a spike in hospitalizations. More»
US COVID Hospitalizations Hit New Record High, Raising Risks for Patients
NPR - Tue Jan 11, 2022
The omicron-driven surge has sent COVID-19 hospitalizations skyrocketing across the US, reaching a new pandemic high this week with 145,982 patients hospitalized. More»
Study Finds Cannabis Compounds Prevent Infection By Covid-19 Virus
Forbes - Tue Jan 11, 2022
Compounds in cannabis can prevent infection from the virus that causes Covid-19 by blocking its entry into cells, according to a study published this week by researchers affiliated with Oregon State University. More»
Massive Salad Recall for Salmonella, Listeria
BGR - Wed Dec 22, 2021
If you’ve stocked up on salad ahead of the holidays, you should ensure that the products you’ve purchased have not been just recalled. More»
‘A terrible tragedy’: US Passes 800,000 Covid Deaths – Highest in the World
The Guardian - Tue Dec 14, 2021
The US death toll from Covid-19 has passed 800,000, a once-unimaginable figure seen as doubly tragic given that more than 200,000 of those lives were lost after vaccines became available last spring. More»
Fauci Says Omicron Variant Is Likely Already Here, NY Declares State of Emergency
Daily Beast - Sat Nov 27, 2021
Parts of the US have begun an all-out assault against the new, highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19 as Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that the variant is likely already circulating in the country. More»
America’s Food Safety System Failed to Stop a Salmonella Epidemic. It’s Still Making People Sick
ProPublica - Fri Oct 29, 2021
For years, a dangerous salmonella strain has sickened thousands and continues to spread through the chicken industry. The USDA knows about it. So do the companies. And yet, contaminated meat continues to be sold to consumers. More»
Walmart recalls essential oil-infused spray after 'rare and dangerous' bacteria found
NPR - Fri Oct 22, 2021
Walmart is recalling an essential-oil aromatherapy spray after a "rare and dangerous bacteria" that can cause a potentially fatal condition was reported, the Consumer Product Safety Commission says. More»
Salmonella outbreak linked to onions: Throw away onions if you don't know where they're from, CDC says
USA Today - Thu Oct 21, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has linked fresh whole onions to a growing and mysterious salmonella outbreak. More»
QAnon Followers Threaten Hospital After Outspoken COVID Denier Dies Of COVID
Huffington Post - Mon Sep 13, 2021
QAnon believers and other conspiracy theorists have inundated a Chicago hospital with threats after a prominent COVID-19 denier who sought treatment for the disease died Monday. More»
Far-Right Proud Boys Attack Three Schools
Daily Beast - Sun Sep 5, 2021
VANCOUVER, Washington - Three schools in Vancouver, Washington went into lockdown Friday after a group of anti-mask protesters that included the Proud Boys attempted to gain entry and disrupt the school day. More»
Anti-vaxxers forced a mobile COVID-19 vaccine site in Georgia to shut down after threatening health workers
Business Insider - Wed Sep 1, 2021
Georgia's health department chief said workers at state COVID-19 vaccination events have been the victims of "threats" — and that one mobile inoculation site had to shut down due to "bullying". More»
'There is no room to put these bodies,' Alabama health official says as Covid-19 deaths climb
CNN - Sat Aug 28, 2021
The rate of Covid-19 deaths has increased in 42 US states in the last week, according to new data, as the spread of the more virulent coronavirus Delta variant has upended a spring of reopenings and led to increasing concern headed into autumn. More»
Unvaccinated US school teacher spread COVID to 26 people
AFP - Fri Aug 27, 2021
An unvaccinated teacher at an elementary school in California spread the Delta variant of the coronavirus to at least 26 other people, including 12 students in their classroom, a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday. More»
Texas Veteran Dies of Treatable Pancreatitis While Waiting for Hospital Bed
Daily Mail - Fri Aug 27, 2021
A US Army veteran died of a treatable illness while waiting for a hospital bed as doctors struggled to find a facility that would accept him. More»
Pentagon To Require COVID Vaccine For All Troops By September 15th
Associated Press - Mon Aug 9, 2021
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will require members of the US military to get the COVID-19 vaccine by September 15, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press. More»
15,000-Year-Old Viruses Discovered in Tibetan Glacier Ice
Ohio State News - Fri Aug 6, 2021
Scientists who study glacier ice have found viruses nearly 15,000 years old in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China. More»
NC Catholic priest, diagnosed with rare brain disease just last month, dies at age 53
Charlotte Observer` - Mon May 24, 2021
Father Michael Kottar, a Roman Catholic priest who had served in the Diocese of Charlotte for more than 21 years and who revealed earlier this month that a rare brain disease would soon take his life, died on Saturday night in Pickerington, Ohio. More»
Officials Find Antidote to Vaccine Hesitancy: Free Beer
Buffalo News - Sun May 9, 2021
The idea of getting vaccinated had been rolling around in the back of Tyler Morsch's mind for weeks. More»
Utah protest against ‘medical tyranny’ includes burning a giant effigy of a vaccine syringe
Salt Lake Tribune - Fri May 7, 2021
A cheering Utah crowd burned an effigy of a giant vaccine syringe in Moroni, according to a May 1 video posted on YouTube. More»
COVID-19 Is a Vascular Disease: Coronavirus’ Spike Protein Attacks Vascular System on a Cellular Level
SciTech Daily - Sun May 2, 2021
Salk researchers and collaborators show how the protein damages cells, confirming COVID-19 as a primarily vascular disease. More»