Health

Dire warnings about new variant looking increasingly alarmist.

In a major victory for Christians, Canada's Court of Appeal has halted Pastor Artur Pawlowski's penalty.

Face coverings “unlikely to have much of an impact” in fighting Omicron.

On Nov. 19, Health Canada authorized the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds. Its decision followed in the footsteps of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization on Oct. 29 for the same age group.

"Their symptoms were so different and so mild from those I had treated before."

Missouri federal judge on Monday temporarily blocks Biden admin's Covid-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers in 10 states.

A federal court in Missouri has halted Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for workers in Medicare-certified medical facilities in 10 states on Monday.

More than 6 million illegal immigrants in the United States would be granted amnesty and allowed to obtain government benefits by House Democrats’ Build Back Better Act, according to a review by the Congressional Budget Office.

Florida has continued to post the lowest number of COVID cases in the nation, while keeping a fully open economy. Health officials in the Sunshine State reported just over 1,300 daily average COVID cases last week, which is a 5 percent decrease in COVID-positivity over the past two-weeks.

In an exclusive interview with The Defender, Amy Bolin said in order to be approved for a double-lung transplant, her husband had to be fully vaccinated for COVID even though he’d had the virus and recovered. After his second Moderna shot, he developed a pulmonary embolism and heart condition and died before he could get new lungs.