Health

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) adds COVID-19 vaccines to its routine immunization schedule for children and adults, at least 20 states have passed legislation or issued rules barring vaccine mandates to attend school.

The changes were recommended by the CDC's vaccine advisors and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

Responses to the variant XBB.1.5 were reduced 20x.

“Starting immediately, your institutions must take steps to preserve all records, written and electronic, regarding gender-related treatments performed on minors since the opening of the Center,” Hawley wrote in the letter. “Additional oversight inquiries and outreach will follow.”

Catholic father and pro-life activist Mark Houck, cleared of the Justice Department’s charges against him, returned Thursday to pray at a Philadelphia Planned Parenthood.

Popular Australian TV identity Karl Stefanovic, who appeared in marketing for Australia's vaccination campaign, says he's "done with Covid vaccines."

Molnupiravir, the oral pill for COVID-19, may actually be driving the emergence of new, potentially harmful, variants of the virus, according to a Wellcome Trust-funded study at the pre-print stage.

Legislation that would eliminate a requirement that most foreign travelers arriving in the U.S. be vaccinated against COVID-19 passed the House Wednesday.

Thai government allegedly voiding Pfizer contracts.

Cricket powder apparently increases protein content.