The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Thursday that dozens more people have been infected due to an E. coli outbreak that mainly sickened customers eating sandwiches with romaine lettuce at Wendy’s restaurants. In an Aug. 25 press release, the health agency said 52 of the 62 people—or 84 percent—it interviewed…
Multistate E. Coli Outbreak Rises to 84 Cases, Majority Linked to Wendy’s Restaurants
New Group Fighting Against College COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
A new group of parents, students, and others has formed to fight COVID-19 vaccine mandates at U.S. colleges. No College Mandates is pressuring schools to rescind mandates, which have been imposed in schools across the country. “We just believe that this decision should be between the student and his physician or her physician, and colleges…
CDC Recommends Use of Novavax’s COVID-19 Shot for Adolescents
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday signed off on the use of Novavax Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged 12 through 17. The recommendation follows the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authorization for the vaccine for the age group last week. The protein-based vaccine received emergency use authorization in July for…
CDC Investigating Fast-Moving E. Coli Outbreak
Federal authorities said they are investigating an E. coli outbreak in Michigan and Ohio that has left approximately 30 people sickened. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said 29 people have become ill due to the E. coli outbreak since late July. Nine of those individuals have been hospitalized. No deaths have been…
US to Boost Monkeypox Vaccine Supply With 1.8 Million Extra Doses
WASHINGTON—The United States said on Thursday it will boost its supply of monkeypox vaccine by making available an extra 1.8 million doses of Bavarian Nordic’s Jynneos shot, as the number of reported cases in the country rose above 13,500. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), gave the figure for…
Capitol Report (Aug. 18): Judge May Unseal Parts of Affidavit; Multiple FBI Whistleblowers Come Forward
August 18, 2022
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A hearing takes place in Palm Beach to unseal the affidavit associated with the raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Will the judge release it, and how much will be redacted? The government is doubling down on efforts to vaccinate against monkeypox, as the CDC director is now calling for Congress to grant…
The CDC Failed, So Spin It Off and Make It More Powerful?
Commentary The failure of the CDC to manage COVID-19 was baked in from the first moments of its response. A government agency was never going to mitigate much less get rid of this sort of pathogen. This is because the virus never cared a whit about prestige degrees, job descriptions, big budgets, high-end connections, media…
The Recovery Must Begin Now
Commentary The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been the guiding hand throughout the disastrous pandemic response. The influence of this bureaucracy shattered communities, businesses, families, schools, markets, and so much more. It wrecked trust in government, media, and all other institutions like Big Tech. Every person has a story to tell, many of…
Few Patients With Hepatitis C Get Timely Treatment, CDC Says
Few adults diagnosed with hepatitis C virus infections receive timely treatment with antiviral drugs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. The drugs cure hepatitis C in more than 95 percent of patients, but a study of more than 47,000 adults diagnosed in 2019 or 2020 found that only one-third of those with…
A Deeper Dive Into the CDC Reversal
Commentary It was a good but bizarre day when the CDC finally reversed itself fundamentally on its messaging for two-and-a-half years. The source is the MMWR report of Aug. 11, 2022. The title alone shows just how deeply the about-face was buried: “Summary of Guidance for Minimizing the Impact of COVID-19 on Individual Persons, Communities, and…
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