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Anheuser-Busch is being accused of discriminatory rights practices related to a program centered on providing opportunities to minorities and women.

A church in San Jose, California is being fined $1.2 million for continuing services without masks during the COVID pandemic.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated Saturday after an individual threw an explosive device near him while he was campaigning at a fishing port in western Japan.

"[T]he fact that the studies that do exist (including our own late addition) fail to show convincing evidence of benefit from masking suggests that, if there is a benefit, it is a rather modest one, i.e. masks may reduce the risk slightly but do not guarantee you won’t get infected," said Dr. Breathnach.

New Zealand is to keep its COVID-19 mandates, including seven-day isolations and mask mandates in specific settings, for at least two more months.

A review of over 2,000 studies.

Germany's Health Minister, Karl Lauterbach, declared that the COVID-19 pandemic is over in Germany, citing virus variants, vaccination rates, and hospital cases as evidence for his assessment.

Billionaire Bill Gates has urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to set up a Global Health Emergency Corps to tackle transnational health threats, in order to prevent another pandemic like COVID-19.

The CDC paid one firm $420,000 and another $208,000 for access to data from at least 55 million cellphone users.

British actress Tilda Swinton stated at the 2023 South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) that she will not be wearing a mask throughout the production of her latest project.