Category: COVID-19

PREMIERING NOW: Dr. David Bell: The Real Meaning of Recent WHO Negotiations and the ‘One Health’ Ideology [ATL:NOW]

The World Health Organization (WHO) just concluded a new round of negotiations around a new pandemic treaty and amendments to the 2005 International Health Regulations. What is the significance of these changes? To find out, I sit down with Dr. David Bell, a public health physician and biotech consultant in global health. He is a…


Dr. David Bell: The Real Meaning of Recent WHO Negotiations and the ‘One Health’ Ideology [ATL:NOW]

The World Health Organization (WHO) just concluded a new round of negotiations around a new pandemic treaty and amendments to the 2005 International Health Regulations. What is the significance of these changes? To find out, I sit down with Dr. David Bell, a public health physician and biotech consultant in global health. He is a…


Nearly Everyone in US Has Antibodies Against COVID-19: Study

Nearly everyone in the United States has some form of protection against COVID-19, according to a new study. Some 96.4 percent of people aged 16 and older who donated blood had evidence of antibodies against COVID-19, researchers found. The bloods were analyzed between July and September 2022. The percentage of people with antibodies was up…


[PREMIERING 6/5, 9:30 AM ET] Dr. David Bell: The Real Meaning of Recent WHO Negotiations and the ‘One Health’ Ideology [ATL:NOW]

The World Health Organization (WHO) just concluded a new round of negotiations around a new pandemic treaty and amendments to the 2005 International Health Regulations. What is the significance of these changes? To find out, I sit down with Dr. David Bell, a public health physician and biotech consultant in global health. He is a…


UK Government Denies Targeting COVID-19 Policy Critics on Social Media

The UK government is facing renewed pressure to shut its Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU) after the unit was accused of tracking the activities of vocal critics of COVID-19 policies when flagging so-called disinformation. The government has denied targeting individuals, saying the unit was banned from flagging journalists and MPs to social media platforms. The CDU was…


FDA Revokes Authorization for COVID-19 Vaccine

Just three different COVID-19 vaccines are available in the United States after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 1 revoked the authorization for the Johnson & Johnson shot. Regulators made the move because of a request from Janssen, a Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary that makes the vaccine. Janssen “has informed the FDA…


US Fines British Airways Almost £1 Million Over COVID-19 Flight Refunds

One of Britain’s biggest airlines has been fined almost £1 million by the U.S. government over claims it failed to pay refunds for cancelled flights during COVID-19. In legal documents from the U.S. Transportation Department, British Airways was said to have failed to “provide timely refunds to passengers” for abandoned or rescheduled flights to and…


Study Linking Hydroxychloroquine to Increased Deaths Frequently Cited Even After Retraction

An Australian and Swedish investigation has found that among the hundreds of COVID-19 research papers that have been withdrawn, a retracted study linking the drug hydroxychloroquine to increased mortality was the most cited paper. With 1,360 citations at the time of data extraction, researchers in the field were still referring to the paper “Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine…


Privacy Commissioner Dismisses All Complaints Over COVID Vaccine and Quarantine Mandates

Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne has dismissed all complaints over federal vaccine and quarantine mandates, arguing COVID-19 pandemic measures enforced by the Liberal government were necessary and justifiable under the Privacy Act. “The urgency of limiting the spread of the virus was understandably a significant challenge for government and public health authorities,” Dufresne wrote in a report…


[LIVE NOW] AI Pioneers Warn of Human Extinction; 330 COVID-19-Related Papers Retracted For Errors and Ethical Concerns | Live with Josh

Pioneers on creating artificial intelligence are now saying the risk of AI is on par with a pandemic or nuclear war. They have signed a joint statement urging that mitigating this risk needs to be a global priority. Meanwhile, the budget deal between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy just passed the U.S….