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“Americans who have been fully vaccinated do not need a booster shot at this time,” the FDA and CDC said in a joint statement on Thursday, adding that the health bodies are “engaged in a science-based, rigorous process to consider whether or when a booster might be necessary.” The announcement …

Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto apologized to ticket holders and described the outlawing of any crowds as “regrettable”, taking drastic action in an attempt to avoid a new wave of infections amid a rise driven by the highly infectious Delta variant. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga described the move as essential, shelving an agreement …

“Medical freedom is an individual right that should NEVER be infringed upon and any person who thinks otherwise has no place in our government,” Owens said in a tweet stating the decision. She explained her stance as principled opposition to “fear, bribery, and coercion” by “Big Pharma” and the government. …

The IATA stated, however, that the situation in May looked a bit more cheerful than in April this year – by some 2.5%. The airline industry body said that international travel has been much more affected by ongoing mobility restrictions than domestic travel. International passenger demand in May was 85.1% below …

Cases of the Delta variant outnumbered cases of the alpha variant for the first time for the two-week period ending on July 3, making up approximately 51% of total cases. This is a sizable rise from approximately 30% of new cases, as was reported by the CDC for a two-week …

The article, published on Tuesday by Australian science journalist Bianca Nogrady, describes the formula, developed by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute, as “the subject of fascination and controversy since the Russian government authorized its use last year, before early-stage trial results were published.” The news that the country had become the first …

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian declared a week-long extension to Sydney’s stay-at-home order early on Wednesday, prolonging restrictions that were originally revived late last month. The new lockdown is now slated to expire no earlier than Friday, July 16. “The reason for this is as we’ve been saying, this …

The seemingly odd suggestion was the first to come from FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell’s lips in a recent public service announcement on hurricane preparedness.  “You can take simple steps to prepare for hurricanes, including getting the Covid-19 vaccine,” Criswell told Louisiana residents in the short video posted to the governor’s …

Talk about being triggered. Boris Johnson’s press conference on Monday sent #wearamask Twitter into a hyperbolic meltdown of epic proportions. The PM announced that the public would have independence from burdensome domestic Covid restrictions- which were supposed to have lasted for only three weeks but instead have lasted for sixteen months- on …

Speaking to TV channel Russia 24, the head of the Russia Orthodox Church’s Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion, explained that his parishioners regularly repent to him for not being vaccinated. They feel guilty because they passed the virus on to someone else who eventually died, he claimed. “They …