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January 21, 2022

CDC studies show COVID-19 boosters offer necessary protection against omicron variant

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said three new reports released by the agency add evidence to the importance of being "up to date" with vaccinations against COVID-19. 

January 21, 2022

Japan widens COVID restrictions due to omicron

Restaurants and bars will close early in Tokyo and a dozen other areas across Japan beginning Friday as the country widens COVID-19 restrictions due to the omicron variant, which has caused cases to surge to new highs in metropolitan areas.

January 21, 2022

California bill would allow preteens to be vaccinated without parents' consent

California would allow children age 12 and up to be vaccinated without their parents' consent, the youngest age of any state, under a proposal late Thursday by a state senator.

January 20, 2022

Dunkin’ Donuts mask dispute in Massachusetts leads to hot coffee toss, arrest, authorities say

A Massachusetts man is facing charges and must undergo a mental health evaluation after allegedly throwing hot coffee at a fellow Dunkin’ Donuts customer in a coronavirus face-mask dispute Thursday morning, according to a report.

January 20, 2022

Democrats making it 'harder to get a burger in your nation's capital than it is to get carjacked': Chip Roy

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, condemned the left's COVID response Thursday on "Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Primetime."

January 20, 2022

Austrian Parliament votes to make vaccines mandatory for all adults

The lower chamber of the Austrian Parliament approved a measure Thursday to make vaccines mandatory for all adults in the country, enforceable by fines of up to 3,600 euros, or approximately $4,000.

January 20, 2022

Cervical cancer: What are the signs and symptoms?

Cervical cancer is the fourth-most common cancer in women.

January 19, 2022

Federal employees tracked in new vaccination databases

Federal employees who refuse vaccination citing a religious exemption are quietly being entered into an online database.

January 19, 2022

WHO says no evidence that COVID boosters are needed for healthy children, young adults

The World Health Organization's (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said Tuesday that there is no current evidence that suggests healthy adolescents or children need COVID-19 vaccine booster doses. 

January 19, 2022

Models predict wave of omicron deaths

The omicron variant may cause less severe disease on average, but COVID-19 deaths are climbing and modelers say 50,000 to 300,000 more Americans could die by the time the wave subsides in mid-March.