Tag: COVID-19

New study shows hydroxychloroquine ‘may be a benefit’ in treating the coronavirus after all

Emma Colton · January 28, 2021 5:03 pm

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam prepares to address a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. Northam made a statement and answered questions about the late term abortion bill that was killed in committee.

Northam extends Virginia’s COVID-19 restrictions

Washington Examiner · January 28, 2021 5:00 pm

In this Friday, May 17, 2019 photo, Starr Roden, left, a registered nurse and immunization outreach coordinator with the Knox County Health Department, administers a vaccination to Jonathan Detweiler, 6, at the facility in Mount Vernon, Ohio. States are debating whether to make it more difficult for students to avoid vaccinations for religious or philosophical reasons amid the worst measles outbreak in decades, but children using such waivers are outnumbered in many states by those who give no excuse for lacking shots.Data reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a majority of unvaccinated or undervaccinated kindergartners in 10 of 27 states reporting were allowed to enroll in school without any exemption.

Vaccine sign-up info to be protected in Democratic coronavirus health privacy bill

Nihal Krishan · January 28, 2021 4:45 pm

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who had been seeking a waiver of $10 billion since 2012, said in a statement that an "agreement in principle" had been reached. The agreement with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius still has to be finalized.

New York attorney general says governor may be undercounting COVID-19 nursing home deaths by 50%

David Hogberg · January 28, 2021 4:38 pm

GDP contracted 3.5% in 2020, worst performance since 1946

Tyler Van Dyke · January 28, 2021 4:16 pm

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Vaccination discrimination: DC suburb appears to put at-home public school teachers ahead of in-class private school teachers

Timothy P. Carney · January 28, 2021 4:05 pm

Louisiana K-12 schools in line for $1.1B, keeping classrooms open top priority

Washington Examiner · January 28, 2021 4:00 pm

Gov. Andrew Cuomo faults ‘incompetent government’ for COVID deaths

Jake Dima · January 28, 2021 3:20 pm

Chicago parents at breaking point as teachers threaten strike rather than return to class

Zach Halaschak · January 28, 2021 11:30 am

Bipartisan group waits in wings to help broker COVID relief deal

Susan Ferrechio · January 28, 2021 11:30 am

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the United Federation of Teachers annual Teacher Union Day Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019, in New York.

Joe Biden sacrifices children to the teachers unions

Washington Examiner · January 28, 2021 5:00 am

WHO recommends against most pregnant women getting Moderna vaccine

David Hogberg · January 28, 2021 12:00 am