August 29, 2021 Fauci says COVID vaccination mandates for school children ‘good idea’ Dr. Anthony Fauci says he thinks it’s a good idea amid the surge in coronavirus cases due the highly contagious delta variant to mandate COVID vaccinations for students to attend schools.
August 27, 2021 California legislative switcheroo could 'gut-and-amend' bridge bill into coronavirus vaccine mandate California Democrats are looking to force through statewide coronavirus vaccine rules in a bill that was initially supposed to be about tolls on a bridge in the Bay Area, using a controversial “gut-and-amend” tactic that repurposes an existing bill.
August 27, 2021 HHS diverting millions in funding marked for vaccine efforts to housing migrant children FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has notified Congress that it will transfer an additional $589 million, some of which comes from funding marked for COVID-19 vaccination efforts, to its program to shelter unaccompanied migrant children who have entered the U.S. at the southern border -- part of more than $4 billion that has been diverted to the program this year.
August 27, 2021 Biden says US weighing COVID-19 vaccine boosters five months after second dose Federal officials are weighing considerations to administer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots five months after the initial series, or three months sooner than initially planned, President Biden said Friday, citing the recommendation by the Israeli prime minister.
August 27, 2021 120,000 vaccinated Bay Area residents don't have proof, government has no plans to help About 120,000 vaccinated Californians in the San Francisco Bay Area are struggling to prove they were vaccinated after not receiving the proper CDC cards.
August 27, 2021 Docs urge kids’ routine vaccinations after missed shots amid pandemic Parents should contact pediatricians now for annual physicals, experts say, after pandemic-related closures spurred a marked decline in children’s routine immunizations.
August 27, 2021 CDC not changing school guidance amid delta spread, Walensky says Federal health guidance issued to help schools navigate reopenings and reduce COVID-19 transmission in classrooms, including universal masking regardless of vaccination status and layered mitigation steps, won’t be changed amid the spread of the delta variant, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said during a White House briefing Friday.
August 27, 2021 Gulf Coast tourist beaches turn into coronavirus hotspots over summer Hospitals in the lovingly dubbed "Redneck Riviera" along the northern Gulf Coast are running out of critical care beds for coronavirus patients following a summer of partying, tourism and basically just trying to get back to normal.
August 26, 2021 Fauci blamed measles outbreak on Hasidic Jews; Orthodox leaders set the record straight Orthodox Jewish leaders condemned Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases and chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, for remarks about the Hasidic Jewish community in New York.
August 26, 2021 COVID-19, flu ‘twindemic’ threat worries doctors: ‘Get flu shot early’ Doctors are yet again warning over the threat of a possible “twindemic,” or burdened hospitals amid converging respiratory illnesses like COVID-19 and influenza, prompting calls to receive flu shots early.