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“For the first time in decades, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – the nation’s top public health agency – is speaking out forcefully about gun violence in America, calling it a ‘serious public health threat,’” CNN tweeted on Friday, promoting the interview, in which …

After Collins’ Tuesday morning appearance on CNN’s New Day was widely shredded on social media, the NIH director took to Twitter to issue a clarification. He wasn’t claiming parents needed to wear masks around their offspring at home, he insisted – but “vaccinated parents who live in communities with high …

Asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper if he believes more businesses should be putting forth vaccine mandates for employees and customers, Collins confirmed he supported the proof of vaccination strategy to “encourage reluctant folks” to be less resistant.  “As a public health person who wants to see this pandemic end, yes,” …

Olympic Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto announced the move during a press conference on Thursday, saying Kobayashi had been fired and that officials would undertake a last-minute “review” of the opening and closing ceremonies, both of which were meant to be directed by the comedian. “It has come to our …

On Friday, White House coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients revealed that “1 in 5 of all cases” of Covid-19 in the United States – or roughly 20% – were recorded “in Florida alone” and that many cases were “concentrated in communities with lower vaccination rates.” Florida is currently the third most …

Some three decades after the release of his groundbreaking and controversial film ‘JFK,’ Stone has returned once more to the events leading up to and following the gruesome killing in November 1963 of American’s 35th president. For the legendary filmmaker and director, the assassination is as relevant today as it …

The director’s death on Monday was confirmed by his wife Lauren Schuler Donner, who is also a film producer. She did not reveal the cause, according to Deadline. Born in the Bronx in 1930, Donner began his career in television in the 1950s. After a brief stint as an actor, …

Lord Hall, who was the BBC’s director of news and current affairs when journalist Martin Bashir used fake documents to secure an interview with Princess Diana, apologised for his involvement on Saturday and said that staying at his National Gallery job in the wake of the controversy “would be a …

Asked about how the Covid-19 pandemic began at a Wednesday hearing, Walensky initially said that while she lacks the data to comment, most known coronaviruses have an “animal origin.” But pressed by Senator John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) on “other possibilities,” the agency head accepted that the virus may have escaped from …

Walensky made the media rounds on Sunday, where she was confronted by accusations that the CDC’s new mask guidance – which states fully vaccinated people can cease social distancing and wearing masks in public – was a politically motivated decision. During an appearance on Fox News, host Chris Wallace questioned …