Category: High-profile cases

Steny Hoyer Tests Positive for COVID-19

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) announced on Tuesday he has tested positive for COVID-19. “This afternoon, I tested positive for COVID-19, and I am experiencing mild symptoms,” the 82-year-old congressman said in a statement. “Thankfully, I am fully vaccinated and already received my booster shot.” He continued, “I’m very grateful to the researchers, scientists, and…


Sen. Mitt Romney Isolating After Positive COVID-19 Test

SALT LAKE CITY—Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday and “will be isolating and working remotely for the recommended period of time,” according to a news release from his office. The Utah Republican is fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 and is not showing any symptoms, the statement said. His wife, Ann,…


New Zealand PM Ardern Is Self Isolating After Exposure to COVID-19 Positive Case

WELLINGTON—New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has gone into self-isolation until Tuesday after being deemed a close contact of a person who tested positive for COVID-19, the government said. The exposure took place on Jan 22 during a flight to Auckland from the town of Kerikeri, the government said in a statement on Saturday, adding…


Elton John Tests Positive for COVID-19, Postpones Texas Concerts

Elton John has postponed this week’s scheduled Texas concerts after contracting COVID-19. The award-winning British singer and pianist said in a statement on Instagram that he’s disappointed to be rescheduling his two farewell concert dates in Dallas after testing positive. John, 74, kicked off his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour on Jan. 19. “It’s always…


Boston Patient Denied Heart Transplant Over Refusing COVID-19 Vaccines

A Boston hospital removed a patient from a heart transplant waiting list because he refused to get the COVID-19 vaccines. “My son has gone to the edge of death to stick to his guns,” David Ferguson, father of the patient, told CBS Boston on Monday. “His heart has now deteriorated so much to the point…


6 Czech Players Test Positive Ahead of Olympic Training Camp

PRAGUE—Six players on the Czech Republic’s Olympic hockey team have tested positive for the coronavirus, national team coach Filip Pešán said Friday. The six players, all unnamed, are among a group of 12 that came from the Russia-based KHL. “It’s a complicated situation and it’s changing every hour,” Pešán said, adding none of the positive…


Poland’s Ex-president Solidarity Leader Walesa Has COVID-19

WARSAW, Poland—Poland’s former president and former Solidarity pro-democracy movement leader, Lech Walesa, said Friday that he has COVID-19. The 78-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate said on Twitter that he was surprised to find out he is infected despite the three vaccination doses he has received. “I can’t believe it: I received 3 shot, …. (but)…


EXCLUSIVE: Wife Stands Off With Hospital to Keep Her Husband Alive, and Wins

Sentiments expressed in random phone calls for Anne Quiner as her husband Scott lay in a hospital bed breathing through a ventilator ranged from “I hope your husband dies a vegetable” followed by a litter of profanity, to “he should have taken the vaccine; I hope he dies,” before hanging up. While not the traditional…


Wife Stands Off With Hospital to Keep Her Husband Alive, and Wins

Sentiments expressed in random phone calls for Anne Quiner as her husband Scott lay in a hospital bed breathing through a ventilator ranged from “I hope your husband dies a vegetable” followed by a litter of profanity, to “he should have taken the vaccine; I hope he dies,” before hanging up. While not the traditional…


Texas AG Ken Paxton Tests Positive for COVID-19: Office

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tested positive for COVID-19, according to his office on Wednesday. “He remains working diligently for the people of Texas from home,” Paxton’s communications office told the Texas Tribune. Paxton’s vaccination status is unclear, and his office did not address questions over the matter, reported the Tribune News service. It is…