Russia has become one of the few countries slapped with a brand-new “risk indicator” in the US State Department travel advisories. Russian security services have “singled out US citizens” for “detention and … harassment,” the state department warned on Tuesday in its fresh advisory update. The US has given Russia …
Read More »Ukraine appoints former neo-Nazi paramilitary leader to senior army advisory role
Dmitry Yarosh announced his new job on Facebook. “By order of Lieutenant-General Valeriy Zaluzhny, I have been appointed adviser to the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Thank you for your trust! Together we will win!” he wrote. Right Sector was created in 2013 as a confederation of several radical …
Read More »FDA advisory panel greenlights Moderna Covid-19 boosters for elderly & at-risk Americans
The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted on Thursday in favor of Moderna’s request for boosters, saying that adults 65 and older, as well as younger adults with health problems, jobs or living situations that put them at increased risk of the coronavirus should have access to them, …
Read More »CDC issues ‘urgent’ advisory calling on ‘pregnant people’ to take Covid jabs, citing spike in deaths & pregnancy complications
A Wednesday statement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “strongly” urged vaccinations for pregnant women – or in the agency’s gender-neutral phrasing, “people who are pregnant” – in order to prevent “adverse pregnancy outcomes” caused by Covid-19. “Pregnancy can be both a special time and also a …
Read More »Fauci insists 3 shots will be needed for ‘full vaccination’, after FDA advisory panel rejects universal Covid boosters
“I believe, when all’s said and done, it’s going to turn out that the proper regimen, at least for an mRNA vaccine [such as Pfizer], is the two original doses, the prime followed in three-to-four weeks by a boost, but also followed several months later by a third shot,” Fauci …
Read More »FDA advisory panel votes AGAINST Covid-19 boosters for general population, but may yet approve it for elderly
The agency’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee met on Friday and heard arguments from scientists and Pfizer representatives in favor of authorizing a third dose of the US drugmaker’s Covid-19 vaccine for the general public. After several hours of deliberation, the panel voted 16-3 against approving the boosters. …
Read More »Mask flip-flop? CDC ‘actively’ considering face cover advisory for vaccinated Americans, according to Fauci
Top health officials have reportedly been having preliminary talks about revising mask recommendations for vaccinated Americans due to a rise in cases and concerns over the more infectious Delta variant of Covid-19. According to current guidance, those vaccinated against the virus do not need to wear masks in most public …
Read More »Chinese officials blast US ‘fearmongering’ advisory to business operating in Hong Kong
The US Treasury on Friday added seven more individuals to its roster of entities sanctioned over what it sees as Beijing’s reneging on commitments to Hong Kong’s autonomy. Together with other parts of the US government, it also issued an advisory to “highlight growing risks” of doing business in the …
Read More »Japanese health officials withdraw advisory to not ‘eat with foreigners’ due to Covid-19 amid backlash
The guidance, which warned farmers against eating with foreigners, was circulated by the Itako Health Center earlier this week, NHK reported. The advisory was reportedly received by local agricultural cooperatives (JAs) as well as city authorities in Ibaraki Prefecture, which fall under the center’s jurisdiction. “If you talk to a …
Read More »‘Do Not Travel’: Citing Covid-19, State Department updating advisory for 80% of the WORLD
On Monday, Foggy Bottom announced that it will be updating the travel advisory during the week, to “better reflect the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) science-based Travel Health Notices,” which will result in the number of places at Level 4: Do Not Travel advisory to increase to “approximately …
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