Category: High-profile cases

Scientists Question Pfizer’s Paxlovid Data After Biden Tests Positive for COVID-19 Again

President Joe Biden posted a video after he tested positive for COVID-19 again saying that he’s “feeling fine” as scientists have speculated that Paxlovid-associated rebound cases are more common than initially suspected. “Hey folks, Joe Biden here. Tested positive this morning. Going to be working from home for the next couple of days. And I’m…


Scientists Question Pfizer’s Paxlovid Data as Biden Tests Positive for COVID-19 Again

President Joe Biden posted a video after he tested positive for COVID-19 again saying that he’s “feeling fine,” as scientists speculate that rebound cases tied to the use of the antiviral drug Paxlovid are more common than initially suspected. “Hey, folks, Joe Biden here. Tested positive this morning. Going to be working from home for…


Biden Makes First Public Appearance After Testing Negative for COVID-19

President Joe Biden on July 27 exited isolation after testing negative for COVID-19 and spoke to reporters at the White House. “I’ve just tested negative for COVID-19 after isolating for five days,” Biden said at an event in the White House’s Rose Garden Washington, his first public in-person appearance since testing positive on July 21. Biden, 79, who…


Biden Tests Negative for COVID-19, to Leave ‘Strict Isolation’

President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 after being in isolation for five days, according to his physician. Now, the president will discontinue his isolation starting Wednesday, White House Dr. Kevin O’Connor wrote in a letter (pdf). It came after Biden, who has received two booster doses, took one antigen test on Tuesday and the other…


Biden Well Enough to Resume Physical Exercise: Doctor

President Joe Biden is feeling well enough to resume physical exercise five days after beginning treatment for COVID-19, his doctor said on July 26. Biden finished the five-day course of Paxlovid, Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill, and his symptoms “have now almost completely resolved,” Dr. Kevin O’Connor said in a memorandum (pdf) to White House press secretary…


White House Provides Update on Biden’s Condition After COVID-19 Diagnosis

The White House’s COVID-19 czar said Sunday that President Joe Biden is improving three days after he tested positive for COVID-19. Biden was “feeling much, much better” on Saturday night and Sunday morning, COVID-19 coordinator Ashish Jha told CBS News’ “Face the Nation.” “I checked in with his team late last night. He was feeling…


Ex-White House Testing Czar Says Biden ‘At Risk’ After Contracting COVID-19

Former White House COVID-19 testing chief Brett Giroir weighed in on former President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 diagnosis, saying that the president’s advanced age puts him “at risk” of severe symptoms. A report issued Friday by the physician to the 79-year-old president (pdf) said that Biden had a temperature of 99.4 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday night…


White House Doctor Provides Update on Biden’s Condition

President Joe Biden’s symptoms have improved one day after he tested positive for COVID-19, White House doctor Kevin O’Connor said on July 22. Biden, 79, had a slightly high temperature on Thursday night but the temperature has remained normal since taking tylenol, according to a memorandum (pdf) from O’Connor to White House press secretary Karine…


White House Says It Doesn’t Matter Where Biden Got COVID-19

It doesn’t matter where President Joe Biden contracted COVID-19, according to the White House. “I don’t think that matters. Right? I think what matters is we prepared for this moment,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on July 21, shortly after it was announced Biden tested positive for the illness. An antigen test…


Biden Makes First Comment Following COVID-19 Diagnosis

President Joe Biden issued his first comment after he was diagnosed with COVID-19 earlier on Thursday, saying he’s doing “fine” and “keeping busy.” “Folks, I’m doing great. Thanks for your concern. Just called Senator Casey, Congressman Cartwright, and Mayor Cognetti (and my Scranton cousins!) to send my regrets for missing our event today. Keeping busy!”…