Loading

Pilots Protest Biden’s Vaccine Mandate

A major North Carolina airport saw pilots protesting Saturday against President Biden’s new vaccine mandate, as the airline industry already struggles with staffing shortages amid an inoculation push. A group called the US Freedom Flyers organized a rally outside Charlotte-Douglas…

First Antiviral Pill Against Covid-19 to Seek FDA…

Drugmaker Merck asked federal health officials Monday to greenlight its experimental pill against COVID-19, which could make history as the first oral antiviral medicine to treat the harrowing virus. The drugmaker submitted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)…

Pixabay

Pfizer Asks FDA to Approve Vaccine for Young…

Pfizer said Thursday it asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize its Covid-19 vaccine with BioNTech for kids ages 5 to 11. The news couldn’t come any sooner for parents anxious to get their children vaccinated as…

Pixabay

CDC Reverses Stance on Masks for Vaccinated Americans

On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reversed its guidelines for vaccinated Americans. Now, the CDC says that vaccinated Americans should wear face coverings indoors to help protect against the delta variant. This…

Pixabay

J&J COVID-19 vaccine paused

U.S. health authorities came close to simply warning about a blood-clotting risk from Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine, but decided to recommend pausing use out of concern doctors would improperly treat the condition, people familiar…

Loading

IRS: Covid Masks, Hand Sanitizer Can Get You…

The IRS announced that Americans can get a tax break this filing season for masks, hand sanitizer, sanitizing wipes, and other personal protective equipment to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The tax code lets taxpayers…

CDC Issues New Social Distancing Guidelines

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated K-12 school distancing guidelines to reflect that they can safely reopen while maintaining 3 feet of space between students as long as there is universal mask use. However, in communities where coronavirus transmission is…