MOUNT STERLING—Nestlé Prepared Foods is recalling more than 762,000 pounds of pepperoni Hot Pockets, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said. The frozen stuffed sandwiches—shipped to retail stores nationwide—are being recalled because they “may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of glass and hard plastic,” the USDA said Friday. The…
55 People Died in US After Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines: Reporting System
Fifty-five people in the United States have died after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, according to reports submitted to a federal system. Deaths have occurred among people receiving both the Moderna and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, according to the reports. The reporting system, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), is a federal database. The system is passive,…
Senate Finance Committee Uncovers “Opaque Business Practice” That Caused Rising Insulin Cost
The Senate Finance Committee released a report on Jan. 14 detailing the “opaque” business dealings between drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that led to the higher cost of insulin for the past 15 years. The report (pdf) is a result of an almost two-year bipartisan investigation led by Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and…
Supreme Court Allows Rule Requiring Women To Pick up Abortion Pill in Person
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a Trump administration request to reinstate a rule requiring women to go in person to pick up abortion pills. The nation’s top court voted 6-3 to remove a lower court’s preliminary injunction on the Food and Drug Administration rule that requires women to pick up the abortion medication mifepristone from…
Supreme Court Reinstates Rule Requiring Women to Pick Up Abortion Pill in Person
The Supreme Court has granted a Trump administration request to reinstate a rule requiring women to go in person to obtain abortion pills. The nation’s top court voted 6-3 on Jan. 12. to remove a lower court’s preliminary injunction on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rule that requires women to pick up the abortion medication…
Chapman University Resists Calls to Fire Law Professor Who Spoke at DC Trump Rally
Chapman University has refused to fire a law professor who spoke at a rally for President Donald Trump near the White House last week, citing the university’s rules for dismissing a faculty member. The California-based private university is under pressure to fire John Eastman, a conservative legal scholar at Chapman’s Fowler School of Law. On…
Bureau of Prisons Delivers COVID-19 Vaccine to 68 Facilities
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) said in a statement Monday that vaccine doses have now been delivered to 68 facilities across the United States. As of Jan. 11, there are 5,530 federal inmates and 2,013 BOP staff who have tested positive for COVID-19 nationwide, according to a BOP tracker. To date, there have been…
California to Use Disneyland as COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Site
The parking lot Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California will soon serve as the first super Point-of-Dispensing (POD) site for COVID-19 vaccines.
Cuomo Expands Vaccination Network, Widens Eligibility Criteria to Accelerate Rollout
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has expanded the vaccine administration network and widened eligibility criteria to accelerate the statewide pace of inoculations against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus following a slow rollout and reports that narrow guidelines have led to some vaccine doses being discarded. Cuomo made the announcement at a Jan. 9 press…
Biden to Prioritize Minorities for Equal Access to Resources Needed to Reopen, Rebuild
President-elect Joe Biden said on Jan. 8 that his administration plans to prioritize minorities for equal access to resources needed to reopen and rebuild amid the ongoing CCP virus pandemic. In previewing his priorities for spending to address the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, the former vice president said the priority for the small…
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