The Senate committee passed the resolution on Thursday without a single voiced objection, indicating bipartisan support for the move in Washington, and urged other NATO members to follow suit and show unity in welcoming Stockholm and Helsinki into the US-led military bloc. “A powerful alliance rooted in shared values, Sweden and …
Read More »January 6 panel to hold ex-Trump chief of staff in contempt
“The Select Committee is left with no choice but to advance contempt proceedings and recommend that the body in which Mr. Meadows once served refer him for criminal prosecution,” committee Chairman Bennie Thompson and Vice Chair Liz Cheney wrote in a letter to Meadows and his lawyer. The letter came …
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 »New York ethics panel to investigate OWN approval for ex-Governor Cuomo’s $5.1mn Covid-19 leadership book deal
The state’s Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) said it will conduct an additional inquiry into how a $5.1 million contract for Cuomo’s 2020 memoir was authorized last year – perhaps ironically, by the very same ethics panel – the body’s newly hired chair Jose Nieves said on Tuesday, per …
Read More »CDC panel recommends allowing third Covid-19 vaccine shots for seniors, vulnerable adults, setting stage for US boosters to begin
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Thursday recommended giving third doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to people 65 and older, as well as to individuals 50-64 whose medical conditions make them more likely to suffer serious illness or death from the virus. If the CDC accepts the recommendation later …
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 »Vote for RT Creative Lab’s panel submissions at SXSW 2022 – DIGITAL ‘DA VINCIS’ & WW2 THROUGH DIGITAL ART
Below are RT Creative Lab’s pitches for the panels at SXSW 2022: DIGITAL “DA VINCIS”: RESHAPING BRAND STORYTELLING Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the most prominent brand storytellers of his time. His renowned “Last Supper”, commissioned by the Duke of Milan, depicts a famous Biblical scene. Yet one detail …
Read More »UK government panel claims Covid mutation with 35% death rate a ‘realistic possibility,’ suggests new strains may ‘evade’ vaccines
A Friday report by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) looked at a series of hypothetical scenarios related to Covid-19 variants, finding it a “realistic possibility” that a mutation could appear with a case fatality rate comparable to SARS (10%) or MERS (35%), both of which belong to the …
Read More »US campus libs think they’re promoting ‘diversity’ by holding a panel on ‘black sex’ for black students only. Seriously.
Billed as a “diverse week of comprehensive, queer-inclusive, culturally-specific, sex-positive sexual health events and conversations,” Tulane’s ‘sex week’ contained some understandable topics like one on safe sex, another on “reconnecting with your sexuality after trauma,” as well as some predictably woke happenings to prove the school’s promise of “diversity.” One …
Read More »Robinhood execs’ contributions to House Financial Service panel leaders under scrutiny as hearing over GameStop saga announced
Federal records, dug up by the media in light of the continuing massacre of hedge funds by retail investors using trading apps like Robinhood and Webull, has showed that Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev and the app co-founder Baiju Bhatt contributed $2,800 each to the campaigns of Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman …
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