The first hospital in the United States to mandate all its health care workers get the COVID-19 vaccine has quietly decided not to require the updated booster shot after facing staffing shortages, according to an internal email obtained by The Epoch Times. Houston Methodist Hospital in April 2021 announced it was mandating the vaccine. The hospital fired…
EXCLUSIVE: Hospital With 1st COVID Vaccine Mandate in United States Not Requiring Updated Booster
Head Start Mask Mandate Will Be Removed: Biden Administration
A federal program called Head Start that serves hundreds of thousands of young children will soon stop requiring masks. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families, which runs the program, announced on Sept. 16 that it is planning to publish a rule that will rescind its mask mandate. “This…
Biden Says COVID-19 Pandemic ‘Is Over’
President Joe Biden said in a new interview that the COVID-19 pandemic has ended, stoking criticism from some critics over his administration’s continued use of emergency policies. “The pandemic is over,” Biden told CBS’ “60 Minutes” in an interview that aired on Sept. 18. “We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still doing a…
Unvaccinated Air Force Officers Grounded Despite Court Order: Former Space Force Lt. Colonel
Members of the Air Force have been grounded for refusing to take a COVID-19 shot even after a court order ruling against such actions said a former space force commander on Sept. 15, adding that it is “not the time to be tampering with our readiness.” Roughly two months back, a federal court in Ohio…
Senators Urge US Agency to Suspend Funding to EcoHealth Alliance
A group of senators is urging a U.S. agency to suspend its funding to the nonprofit that funneled money for years to a laboratory in China. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and eight colleagues called on Samantha Power, administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), to suspend money from three grants that total millions…
‘Hospital Holocaust’: Woman Escapes COVID-19 Hospital Treatment Protocols, Says Others Not So Lucky
Over a week after Gail Seiler’s physician had given her a terminal diagnosis, her husband, Brad Seiler, wheeled her out of the back door of the hospital where she had been admitted for COVID-19 on Dec. 3, 2021. “I’m so sorry, Mrs. Seiler, but you are going to die,” she recalled her physician telling her…
Woman Escapes COVID-19 Hospital Treatment Protocols, Says Others Not So Lucky
Over a week after Gail Seiler’s physician had given her a terminal diagnosis, her husband, Brad Seiler, wheeled her out of the back door of the hospital where she had been admitted for COVID-19 on Dec. 3, 2021. “I’m so sorry, Mrs. Seiler, but you are going to die,” she recalled her physician telling her…
Walensky Defends Most of CDC Workforce Working Remotely
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sept. 14 defended how most of the agency’s workers are working remotely every day or some days. “The people who need to be at CDC are at CDC,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director, told Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) during a hearing in Washington. Cassidy…
COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Estimated to Turn Negative Over Time in Children: Study
The effectiveness of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine against infection turned negative over time for children aged 5 to 11, according to a new study. Researchers found that for kids in the age group, the effectiveness peaked at 60 percent to 70 percent several weeks after the first dose. It then dropped, nearing zero at week 18…
Biden Administration Decides Not to Enforce COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors
President Joe Biden’s administration has opted not to enforce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, following a recent court decision that enabled the government to enforce the rule in some parts of the country. The White House Safer Federal Workforce quietly updated its website on Aug. 31 to say that the government “will take…
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