FDA greenlights COVID-19 booster vaccine for some immunocompromised patients

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s infectious-disease infectious-diseaseto authorize a booster shot for certain immunocompromised patients. HIV and cancer patients, organ transplant recipients and those taking immunosuppressant drugs comprise about 2.7% of the U.S. adult population.  infectious-disease Growing evidence had suggested select immunocompromised patients mount a diminished protective…

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COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandate gets support from largest US teachers union

The National Education Association – the country’s largest education” target=”_blank”>teachers< vaccination and testing mandates for its members Thursday, even as 90% of them have already gotten the jab. “We also support regular COVID-19 testing in lieu of vaccination for those not yet vaccinated or those for whom vaccination is not medically appropriate or effective. We…

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Britney Spears' mom, Lynne, 'pleased' with ex-husband Jamie's decision to eventually step down as conservator

britney-spears” target=”_blank”>Britney Spears< from his daughter’s conservatorship once a proper plan is set in place. “Lynne Spears is pleased Jamie has agreed to step down,” her attorney, Gladstone N Jones III, told Fox News in a statement on Thursday. “Lynne entered into this conservatorship to protect her daughter almost three years ago. She has accomplished…

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WHO says COVID-19 origin needs more studies as top expert's lab 'concern' made public for first time

The world-health-organization” target=”_blank”>World Health Organization’s< appears to have contradicted his February statement dismissing the infectious-disease – admitting that it was not “extremely unlikely” as the WHO said at the time, but “probable.” On Thursday, the WHO in a new statement admitted that the lab-leak was not “extremely unlikely” after all. “On review of the phase…

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Campos-Duffy to Schwarzenegger: 'I was born free … not waiting for a bodybuilder to tell me what to do'

Former California arnold-schwarzenegger” target=”_blank”>Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger<  to those who seek to terminate COVID mandates. “There is a virus here. It kills people, and the only way we prevent it is to get vaccinated, to wear masks, to do social distancing, washing your hands all the time, and not just to think about ‘well my freedom is…

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Rebecca Grant: Battle for Afghanistan – Taliban could be defeated by this brutal strategy

Twenty years of fighting, 2,352 American deaths and it comes down to this: can Afghanistan’s government forces pull back and hold on until the conflictsover-extends its military push? The battle isn’t looking good. Taliban offensives have taken 12 of Afghanistan’s 34 conflicts since last week.  The Afghanistan Army head was fired by Afghan President conflictson Wednesday. Ghani…

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Biden vacates DC as Afghanistan, immigration crises accelerate

joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden<, continuing a trip outside the nation’s capital amid spiraling crises, including a deteriorating situation in world-regions that’s been compared to the fall of Saigon.  American troops are en route to the country Friday in an attempt to help Americans there escape, even as the Department of State downplays the situation, particularly regarding…

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