Category: COVID-19

Senators Receive First-Ever Classified Briefing on Artificial Intelligence

Lawmakers say artificial intelligence is uncharted territory, but want to find out how to navigate regulations. A first-ever classified briefing on AI took place on Tuesday. A House committee is investigating the origins of COVID-19 and holding a hearing to find out whether Dr. Anthony Fauci and others persuaded scientists to dismiss the lab leak theory….


Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support Program Has Paid Out Nearly $7 Million in Claims Since December 2020

Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP) has paid out nearly $7 million in claims since it first launched, according to updated bi-annual records. According to the VISP, a total of 1,859 claims have been received thus far from Canadians who suffered death or injury as a result of vaccines administered in Canada on or after Dec….


Supreme Court Justices Warn New York Not to Use Race Again to Ration Medical Treatment

Two conservative Supreme Court justices warned New York officials that if they try again to ration health care based on the patient’s race—as they did with COVID-19 treatments in 2021—they will vote to take a case challenging the policy on an emergency basis. The comments came in a statement Justice Samuel Alito filed when the…


ANALYSIS: ‘I Hate When Politics Is Injected Into Science’: Text Messages of Top Scientists Shed Light on COVID Origin Response

News Analysis A new report released by Republican members of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic includes new evidence that a group of scientists who received funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), conspired to dismiss the origin of the pandemic in order to protect China. The text messages…


COVID Amplified Societal Issues That Need to Be Addressed, Says Group That Fought Against Restrictions

With COVID-19 now mostly being discussed in historical terms, a Quebec group that was at the forefront of challenging public health restrictions is redesigning itself to tackle broader issues in society. “After COVID, we noticed a number of other problems that COVID amplified,” says André Fortier, an osteopath and co-founder of Réinfo COVID Québec, now…


Chinese Military May Have Had COVID-19 Virus in Its Possession as Early as September 2019

Commentary According to the World Health Organization, there have been 6,947,192 confirmed COVID-19 deaths globally as of June 28. Of those, 1,127,152 occurred in the United States, making the number of Americans killed by the virus more than 19 times the number of American soldiers killed in the Vietnam War. And yet, over three years…


LIVE NOW: Coronavirus Subcommittee Holds Hearing to Investigate the ‘Proximal Origin of a Cover Up’

The House Oversight Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic holds a hearing on “Investigating the Proximal Origin of a Cover Up” at 10 a.m. ET on July 11. Witnesses will include Kristian Andersen of Scripps Research and Robert Garry of the Tulane University School of Medicine. …


Coronavirus Subcommittee Holds Hearing to Investigate the ‘Proximal Origin of a Cover Up’

The House Oversight Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic holds a hearing on “Investigating the Proximal Origin of a Cover Up” at 10 a.m. ET on July 11. Witnesses will include Kristian Andersen of Scripps Research and Robert Garry of the Tulane University School of Medicine. …


Governments ‘Crossed the Line’ with COVID-19 Lockdowns, Says 1922 Committee Chair

Governments around the world “crossed the line” when they imposed “unprecedented” lockdown measures on their populations during the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior Conservative MP has said. Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the influential 1922 Committee of Conservative backbench MPs, was an early objector to the “unprecedented removal of people’s liberties that took place in the…


Peru Declares National Health Emergency Over ‘Unusual Increase’ in Rare Neurological Syndrome

Peruvian authorities declared a 90-day emergency over an “unusual increase” in Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a disorder that is linked to certain vaccines, the Zika virus, COVID-19, and other viruses, according to reports. President Dina Booluarte issued a decree over the weekend that about $3.2 million will be used to improve patient care, increase control on detections, and other…