Tag Archives: COVID Vaccine

Mediaite reports: Fox News employees in New York City will be required to have at least one coronavirus vaccination dose by Dec. 27 in order to work in person at the company’s headquarters. There will no longer be a testing requirement for Fox News employees in New York City. “All workers in NYC who perform in-person work at an office …

Media Matters has the transcript: GREG GUTFELD (HOST): It might have been a month ago when I said that. I said, like, with a high transmission, low severity strain, you actually — could actually be a natural booster. I was lambasted in the media, as I often am, for being way ahead of the curve. But you — what you’re …

The Insider reports: Supporters of former US President Donald Trump booed and jeered when he announced on Sunday that he had received a Covid-19 booster shot and was in favour of the vaccine. Trump made the comments during an appearance on the former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly’s “History Tour.” O’Reilly told the audience that he and Trump were both …

Mediaite reports: A dose of harsh reality for the unvaccinated went viral over the weekend, as screenshots of a White House briefing transcript circulated. The video is just as impactful. The screenshot, from the December 17 briefing by the White House COVID-⁠19 Response Team, reads “We are intent on not letting Omicron disrupt work and school for the vaccinated. You’ve …

CNBC reports: Moderna announced Monday that a third dose of its mRNA vaccine against Covid-19 appears to provide significant protection against the omicron variant. Moderna said that its currently authorized booster can “boost neutralizing antibody levels 37-fold higher than pre-boost levels,” which it described as reassuring. However, it also said that a double doze of the booster shot — 100 …

Gothamist reports: As COVID cases surge in New York ahead of anticipated holiday travel, the state is offering dozens of vaccination pop-ups starting this week, including in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County. “The winter surge is in full force, but we are not defenseless. We have the tools to fight this virus and its variants: Get vaccinated, …

The Hill reports: In a statement released by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the administration said it was “gratified” by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit decision to reinstate its mandate. The Labor Department said in a statement on Saturday that “to provide employers with sufficient time to come into compliance,” it would not be …

Roll Call reports: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisers voted unanimously Thursday to recommend that the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine take a back seat to Moderna and Pfizer shots, when possible, due to risks of adverse side effects. Serious clotting events, specifically thrombosis with thrombocytopenia, or TTS, are a rare but serious side effect of the Johnson …

Playbook reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is one of the most prominent anti-vaxxers in the country. So it came as a surprise when an invitation to a holiday party at his home in California last week urged attendees to be tested or vaccinated beforehand, two people familiar with the matter told Daniel Lippman. When we called up Kennedy for comment, …

The Baton Rouge Advocate reports: Attorney General Jeff Landry and a Republican state lawmaker filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block Gov. John Bel Edwards from adding the COVID-19 vaccines to the list of shots students are required to receive to attend schools and universities. The lawsuit argues that the rule making statutes that gave the Democratic governor the power …

PBS NewsHour reports: Army officials said Thursday that 98% of their active duty force had gotten at least one dose of the mandatory coronavirus vaccine as of this week’s deadline for the shots but that more than 3,800 soldiers flatly refused and could start being removed from the military next month. The U.S. military’s largest service, however, reported the lowest …

TMZ reports: Jason Hitch, who was a pivotal part of season 2 of “90 Day Fiancé” has died after complications from COVID-19 … TMZ has learned. Jason’s sister, Shannon tells us he passed away Tuesday night inside the ICU of a Florida hospital. We’re told Jason’s family was able to be with him when he died and held his hand …

Changing America reports: As preliminary data begins to roll in surrounding the omicron variant, one symptom is beginning to stand out among the others: Many of those infected have reported having a scratchy throat as opposed to a sore throat. A number of U.K. media outlets have reported on this symptom, which originally gained traction when the initial cases of …

CNBC reports: Google has told its employees they will lose pay — and will eventually be fired — if they don’t comply with the company’s Covid-19 vaccination policy, according to internal documents viewed by CNBC. The document said employees who haven’t complied with the vaccination rules by the Jan. 18 deadline will be placed on “paid administrative leave” for 30 …

Defense One reports: The Navy will start processing unvaccinated active-duty sailors for separation under a new policy guidance released Wednesday. Thousands of sailors risk ending their career’s early and repaying bonuses and education fees for failing to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by the end of November. “We want every sailor to receive the vaccine and stay Navy. And …

The Hill reports: A federal appeals court on Wednesday effectively revived a Biden administration vaccine mandate for health workers at hospitals that receive federal funding in roughly half of the U.S. The procedural ruling by the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit temporarily scaled back a nationwide injunction put in place by a Louisiana-based federal judge …

CNBC reports: The U.K. reported a record number of new daily Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, with 78,610 in the last 24 hours. The figure was an increase from 59,610 the day before, and it surpasses the previous high of 68,053 cases reported on Jan. 8. It underlines the dramatic surge in infections that the country is seeing ahead of the …

Forbes reports: Some 163,000 Covid-19 deaths in the U.S. could have been prevented by vaccination since June this year and the virus is one of the leading causes of death in all age groups, according to research by the Kaiser Family Foundation, as cases soar amid concerns the new omicron variant will trigger another wave of infections. Covid-19 was the …

The Associated Press reports: Kroger, the country’s biggest traditional grocery chain, is ending some benefits for unvaccinated workers as big employers attempt to compel more of their workforce to become vaccinated with cases of COVID-19 again rising. Unvaccinated workers will no longer be eligible to receive up to two-weeks paid emergency leave if they become infected, a company spokesperson confirmed …

Religion News Service reports: A former employee of Christian finance guru Dave Ramsey is suing his former boss for religious discrimination, claiming he was fired for putting his faith in science and not prayer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lawyers for Brad Amos filed a complaint Monday (Dec. 13) in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, alleging there …