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EXCLUSIVE: CDC Changed Definition of Breakthrough COVID-19 After Emails About ‘Vaccine Failure’

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) altered its definition of COVID-19 cases among the vaccinated, leading to a lower number of cases classified as a breakthrough, according to documents obtained by The Epoch Times. The CDC in early 2021 defined the post-vaccination cases as people testing positive seven or more days after…


Hospitals Made More Money During COVID Pandemic: Study

Many hospitals in the United States raked in more money during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, partially due to an infusion of funds from the federal government, according to a new study. About three-quarters of the hospitals analyzed by researchers had a positive net operating income in 2020 and 2021. That was…


US Military Confirms Myocarditis Spiked After COVID Vaccine Introduction

Cases of myocarditis soared among U.S. service members in 2021, after the COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out, a top official has confirmed. There were 275 cases of myocarditis in 2021—a 151 percent spike from the annual average from 2016 to 2020, Gilbert Cisneros Jr. said. Mr. Cisneros, under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, was…


US Military Confirms Myocarditis Spike After COVID Vaccine Introduction

Cases of myocarditis soared among U.S. service members in 2021 after the COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out, a top Pentagon official has confirmed. There were 275 cases of myocarditis in 2021—a 151 percent spike from the annual average from 2016 to 2020, according to Gilbert Cisneros Jr., undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, who…


Fauci Knew Chinese Lab Was Conducting Risky Experiments: Email

Dr. Anthony Fauci knew that researchers at a U.S.-funded laboratory in China were conducting risky experiments, according to a newly disclosed email. Dr. Fauci, at the time the head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, joined a call on Feb. 1, 2020, with scientists around the world to discuss the possibility that…


Health Care Clinics Lost Workers Due to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: Study

Dozens of health care clinics in Oregon lost workers because of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate imposed by the state’s health agency, according to a new study. About half of clinics that filled out surveys reported losing workers. The majority of those reporting the loss of employees are situated in rural areas. “Oregon’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate…


All COVID-Infected at Health Conference Were Vaccinated: Study

Every person known to be infected with COVID-19 after attending a health conference in Germany was vaccinated, according to a new study. All people who reported testing positive for COVID-19 said they had received at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. Approximately 4,462 people attended the conference in Berlin in the fall of 2022 but…


Biden Picks COVID-19 Vaccine Proponent as Next CDC Director

President Joe Biden has tapped an aggressive promoter of the COVID-19 vaccines as the next director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Biden, on June 16, announced he’d chosen Dr. Mandy Cohen, the former top health official in North Carolina, to lead the CDC after the current director steps down this…


COVID-Vaccinated More Likely to Be Hospitalized: CDC Data

COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization turned negative over time, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data presented on June 15. The effectiveness against hospitalization plummeted to negative 8 percent for people who received one of the old COVID-19 vaccines, according to data from a CDC-run hospital network. A dose of one…


Updated COVID-19 Vaccines Needed Due to Waning Effectiveness: FDA

Newly formulated COVID-19 vaccines are necessary because the performance of the current slate is slipping over time, U.S. officials said this week. “There appears to be an inverse relationship between the time since vaccination and vaccine effectiveness, such that bivalent COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against Omicron sublineages appears to wane over time,” officials with the Food…