Category: HHS

Facts Matter (March 9): Docs Show Government Paid 100+ Media Outlets to Advertise Vaccines, Coinciding With Positive Stories

The Florida Department of Public Health officially updated their guidance and became the first state in the entire nation to recommend against having healthy children get the COVID-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, according to new documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, it turns out that hundreds of news organizations throughout America have been paid…


Biden Administration to Fund Distribution of Smoking Kits, Needles to Drug Addicts

The Biden administration is to grant $30 million over the next three years in an effort to address drug use and overdose issues, intending to distribute smoking kits and syringes to addicts as part of the program. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an agency under Health and Human Services (HHS), will…


‘Allow People to Exercise Their Natural Immunity’: Former HHS Adviser

Several prominent doctors joined around 30,000 demonstrators in the “Defeat the Mandates” march in Washington on Sunday. Among them was former federal government adviser Dr. Paul Alexander, who declared that COVID-19 mandates and rules have failed to prevent transmission of the virus. “Society has been so terrorized for two years,” Alexander told The Epoch Times’…


Immigrant Children Land at Scranton Airport Amid Lax COVID-19 Protocols

Wearing a mask to curb the spread of COVID-19 on an airplane and in airports is federally required, but airport workers at the Wilkes Barre-Scranton International Airport in Pennsylvania say only about half the immigrant children, teens, and chaperones that have been flown into Scranton are wearing masks. Now, at least one airport worker has…


COVID-19 May Qualify as Disability Under ADA: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its guidance on COVID-19, saying employees who have had the disease might be protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act. COVID-19 cases that persist for more than a few weeks, along with impairments caused by the virus, can be classified as disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),…


Health and Human Services Building Evacuated Over Alleged Bomb Threat: Official

Several buildings near the Capitol were evacuated by authorities on Wednesday due to an alleged bomb threat, according to officials. The Health and Human Services (HHS) building was shut down over the incident, HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Sarah Lovenheim said in a statement. The alleged bomb threat was reported at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building,…


Biden Reverses Trump Ban on Federal Funds for Clinics Referring Women For Abortion

The Biden administration on Monday rolled back a Trump-era rule that bans clinics that receive federal family planning funding from referring women for abortions. Beginning Nov. 8, clinics receiving federal funds will be allowed to refer pregnant women for abortions. It revokes former President Donald Trump’s February 2019 regulation that required organizations that perform abortions and make…


White House, HHS Defend Announcing Booster Shot Plan Ahead of Approval

The White House and federal health officials are standing by the decision to announce the plans for COVID-19 booster shots for many Americans back in August ahead of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) and Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) approval for the extra doses. The announcement issued by eight top government doctors…


States See Looming Monoclonal Antibody Crunch as Biden Administration Rations Doses

Some states are set to receive fewer doses of monoclonal antibody treatments after the Biden administration switched the distribution system this week. Demand for monoclonal antibodies, used to treat non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients, has shot up in recent weeks, leading to what some officials have described as a shortage. The Biden administration tipped off states in…


Senate Clears Funding Boost to Evacuate Americans From Afghanistan

From CQ-Roll Call WASHINGTON—Legislation to lift the cap on annual assistance under a Department of Health and Human Services program that aids U.S. citizens returning from war zones or similar crises cleared the Senate by unanimous consent Tuesday. The measure would raise the funding cap for the U.S. Repatriation Program from $1 million to $10…