Tag: COVID-19

Only a Minority of Canadians Would Support School and Business Closures in Future Pandemic: Government Research

In the event of a future pandemic, only a minority of Canadians would support the reintroduction of school and business closures and nightly curfews as part of public health measures, according to in-house research conducted by the Privy Council Office. The May 2022 report titled “Support for and Adherence to Public Health Measures” was based on…


Study Reveals 23 Percent Lower COVID Risk in Those ‘Not Up-to-Date’ With Vaccinations

In a compelling counter-narrative to prevailing views on COVID-19 immunization, a recent study from the Cleveland Clinic Health System reveals that individuals not considered “up-to-date” with their COVID-19 vaccinations, as per the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) definition, may have a lower risk of contracting the virus compared to their “up-to-date” counterparts. This unexpected finding…


London’s ExCel Centre Wins Test Case Over £16 Million COVID-19 Insurance Claim

The Exhibition Centre London (ExCeL) has won a court case over £16 million of COVID-19 business interruption (BI) insurance claims, which its lawyers say will potentially allow “hundreds of thousands of policyholders” to make the same claim. Pizza Express and a dozen of other businesses were also the winners in the six test cases, in which…


More Than 17 Million COVID Vaccine Doses Expired, Public Health Agency Reports

Over 17,300,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses procured by the federal government have expired, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). The figure was revealed in response to an Inquiry of Ministry by Conservative MP Kelly Block on April 25, in which she asked how many COVID-19 vaccine doses procured by the federal government had been…


Meditation May Fight COVID and Chronic Diseases, Is Not Just an Alternative Medicine: Expert

Scientists are increasingly interested in the medicinal benefits of meditation. Hemal Patel, who has a doctorate in pharmacology and toxicology and is a professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Anesthesiology at UC San Diego School of Medicine, has recently secured a $10 million funding commitment from the InnerScience Research Fund to…


EXCLUSIVE: Canadian Military’s COVID Vaccine Mandate Violated Charter Rights, Grievance Review Committee Finds

A military administrative tribunal has found the Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF) COVID-19 vaccine mandate violated the charter rights of members who refused vaccination and said the policy was “arbitrary” in some aspects and “overly broad.” “I conclude that the limitation of the grievors’ right to liberty and security of the person by the CAF vaccination…


Over $2 Million Taxpayers Money Went to Wuhan Research Labs, Government Report Says

Three Chinese research centers, including the bat coronavirus-tinkering Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), had been awarded more than $2 million in U.S. taxpayers’ money in the years leading to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new government report found. The report (pdf), released on Wednesday by the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO), focuses on federal funds disbursed…


LIVE NOW: FDA Considers Updating COVID-19 Vaccines

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee meets from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET on June 15 to discuss the “selection of a specific XBB lineage (e.g., XBB.1.5 or XBB.1.16 or XBB.2.3) for inclusion in the 2023-2024 Formula of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States.” …


Big Pharma Owns Congress, Says Former Congresswoman

The COVID-19 pandemic has woken Americans up to a stark truth: Our health system doesn’t always have our best interests at heart. And worse, the same is true for most of our elected officials in Congress, who are lobbied extensively by big pharma. The one institution designed to protect Americans from predatory drug companies is…


[PREMIERING NOW] Big Pharma Owns Congress, Says Former Congresswoman

The COVID-19 pandemic has woken Americans up to a stark truth: Our health system doesn’t always have our best interests at heart. And worse, the same is true for most of our elected officials in Congress, who are lobbied extensively by big pharma. The one institution designed to protect Americans from predatory drug companies is…